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Have projects
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Great speakers
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Member specific skills
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Offer door prizes
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Guest leaders for meetings
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List titles and assignments and get each member to volunteer for something
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Have members team up to do presentations
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Have special pre-meeting events
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Offer a prize for recruiting the most members
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Separate networking events
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Have phone buddies
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Assign a seasoned member to a new member (mentoring)
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Follow up with guests (i.e. email, phone call, handwritten notecard, carpool/rideshare)
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Use technology more (E-vites)
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Design flyers
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Make local roster to include picture, name and business
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Have a great venue (consider cost, traffic, service, quality, comfort, access)
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Team up with other locals
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Brainstorm yearly calendar with all members and executive board
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Identify a signature event that excites members and is relevant in community
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Poll local members: what do they want from BPW, then try to meet that (friends/social, learn, contacts, civic)
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Submit articles and ideas to state (and local) newsletter/website at least monthly
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Role model proper parliamentary procedure and remind members of the benefits
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Vary networking at every meeting (see Networking for Novices link)
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Stand up when speaking to the group
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Practice speaking with brevity and purpose
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Form a representative group and attend another local’s meeting or event
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Evenly divide the BPW Collect and have each member stand and say their line(s)
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Challenge members to memorize the Collect, honor member by having them recite at end of meeting
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Write a guidebook – BPW for Idiots
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Design a local BPW t-shirt
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Refrain from overloading the few by enlisting the many
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Provide time estimates for assignments & committee duties so members have a realistic awareness
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Respect members finances (paying to attend event, donating to event, and buying at event is excessive $)
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Every member should put BPW on their calendar each month and commit to attend the meeting.
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Another idea is to invite local women of influence to attend meetings and join if they desire. Like local politicians, heads of departments in large companies, business owners, community activists, etc.
