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Summer Planning Meeting. July 15, 2013. Chapter membership. 1. 4. Chapter competition. 5. 2. Chapter survey results. Chapter web presence. 6. 3. Chapter finances. Chapter events. Agenda 1. Membership 2. Survey Results 3. Events 4. Competition 5. Web 6. Finances. Chapter Membership.
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Summer Planning Meeting July 15, 2013
Chapter membership 1 4 Chapter competition 5 2 Chapter survey results Chapter web presence 6 3 Chapter finances Chapter events Agenda1. Membership 2. Survey Results 3. Events4. Competition 5. Web 6. Finances
We have 213 smart and talented members • STC has approximately 5,400 members (as of 7/15/13) • Out of the 67 geographic communities in STC, we are the largest • The top 5 largest communities, in order of decreasing size, are WDCB, Toronto (Ontario), Twin Cities, Silicon Valley, and New England Relative chapter size
STC WDCB Members as of July 12, 2013 Not shown: 1 member each in California, Germany, and France Total members: 213
Geographic distribution of chapter members as of 7/12/13 Virginia: 102 Maryland: 83 DC: 14 Other states and countries: 14
Goal 1: Develop new leaders • Strategy 1: Encourage volunteerism • Strategy 2: Support and educate chapter leaders • Strategy 3: Improve chapter transitions • Goal 2: Provide greater value to members • Strategy 1: Provide educational opportunities • Strategy 2: Enhance recognition programs • Strategy 3: Help members connect • Goal 3: Reach out to wider communities • Strategy 1: Establish liaison to related organizations • Strategy 2: Increase outreach to students, teachers, and working professionals Chapter strategic planDeveloped 2006, updated 2012
2013 Super Power Survey STC WDCB Chapter Spring 2013 Data as of 06/05/2013
How many of us responded? • 50 as of 7/1/2013 • How did we publicize the survey? • Email • Linked In • Facebook • Twitter • Can I still take the survey? • Yes! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/63BF7YX 2013 Survey
If you attended one of our events/webinars, what did you like about it? • networking (24) • subject (19) • speaker (10) • convenience (6) • webinar (4) • food (3) • summit (1) TELL US WHAT YOU WANT FROM STC
If you have not attended one of our events or webinars, what could we do to encourage you to attend? • location (7) • MD (4) • VA (2) • Metro access (1) • relevant topics (2) • time of event (2) • record event & rebroadcast (1) • webinar (1) Encouraging event attendance
STC offers a variety of resources to members and non-members. Let us know which of these benefits are useful to you. Perceived benefits of membership
Tell us about your connection with each of these STC-related social media options. Tell us about online communication
Tell us about your connection with each of these STC-related social media options. STC-related social media
“For jointly planning and executing Tech the Halls! Holiday Party in coordination with local communication organizations to celebrate the DC area's status as a tech mecca while providing STC Washington, DC – Baltimore members with management experience, networking opportunities, and exposure to diverse groups of professional communicators.” Received Pacesetter Award at STC Summit
What kinds of events and webinars would you like to see in the future? Tell us what you want from STC
Proposed monthly fall event schedule (pending library availability): Third Monday evenings at Miller library in Ellicott CityThird Thursday evenings at Tysons-Pimmit library
Proposed monthly fall event schedule (pending library availability): Third Monday evenings at Miller library in Ellicott CityThird Thursday evenings at Tysons-Pimmit library
70 free and 60 low cost previously recorded STC seminars available to rebroadcast
We’re going to give Meetup.com a try to help get the word out about our events. • Meetup.com may help us reach more younger people and nonmembers. • We will need to ensure that people do not register for events on Meetup but continue to register on EventBrite. We’ll soon have a Meetup.com presence
Last year’s entry deadline: November 30, 2012 • Total entries: 37 • Total winners: 26 • Distinguished: 4 (includes 1 Best of Show) Excellence: 10 (includes 1 Best Student Entry) Merit: 12 • Judges: 18 • Judging interval: 5 weeks 2012-2013 STC WDCB Summit Award Competition Highlights
Repeat last year’s successful formula • Keep fees the same ($25 students, $50 members, $75 other chapter, $100 nonmembers) • Continue to support the International Summit Awards by paying to submit Best of Show entry • Consider converting web forms to Google forms • Get UXPA and related orgs on board • Recruit great judges and committee members: THIS MEANS YOU! 2013-2014 Competition Plans
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We are moving our transaction registry from InDinero, which costs us a monthly fee, to Google Docs. • We do not have a good report to share right now on income and expenses by category. • We think a free resource like Google Docs will help us improve our internal reporting. We need to improve our reporting
stcwdc@stcwdc.org wdcb.stcwdc.org Thank you! Thank you!