Encourage local BPW members to compete in
either ID or YC (it’s about the experience not winning)
Use incentives (local ID & YC winner who
compete at state get next years local dues waived)
Make posters
and/or notices
Have supply of
BPW YC & ID brochures to pass out
Set up ID & YC
informational luncheon
Draft email
invitation to send out to possible ID & YC candidates
Purchase
notecards/envelopes to personalize invitation to compete
Set & achieve
minimum local goals (100 flyers, 50 email invites, 20 handwritten
invites, 10 in-person invites)
Posters @
Community Colleges
Posters @
Universities and Sororities
Posters at YWCA
and female health clubs/gyms (Curves)
BPW member talk
to Community College speech/debate/drama/business class and invite
participation
Poster/notice
at local community theater, announce competition to cast and invite
participation
Press Release
in newspaper (local & college)
Notices at
local and college libraries
Notice at
Chamber of Commerce
Attend Chamber
meeting, invite local business owner or Managers to participate
Contact human
resource departments and post notices
Recruit new
employees/entry level jobs
Invite newly
elected local official (school board member, city council, PTA
President)
Invite
community college student school board officers to participate
Notice to local
Parliamentary organization (check websites for NAP, AIP)
Ask local
female Pastor to participate
Check “Manager
boards” at local stores (WalMart, Safeway) – send written invite to
female supervisor at store
Be sure and
hand out BPW brochures about ID and YC program to each individual
invited
Attend and
(request permission) announce competition to local Toastmasters club &
invite
Request each
local BPW member bring in one ID or YC candidate to learn about program
and/or compete
Ask female
family member (grandmother, mother, aunt, sister, daughter, niece) to
compete at local level
Ask at least
one female neighbor or service provider to compete (hair stylist,
grocery cashier, daycare provider)
Whenever you
receive excellent service (fast food, restaurant, casino) inform person
and invite her to compete
Invite grade
school, middle school, and/or high school teachers to compete – put
notice up at all local schools
Invite local
librarians to compete
Check local
firefighter, EMS, law enforcement (police, sheriff, state), and dispatch
to invite female employees
Put up posters
or notices in female employee restrooms (with permission)
Check for local
youth groups and invite coaches/leaders (soccer, girl scouts, 4-H)
Recruit local
discharged female military personnel
