Tips for success

Looking for ways to recruit and retain members? Maybe you need some ideas for this year’s activities. Listed below are general activity ideas for your ACT chapter:

Recruitment
Mentoring (buddy system)
Bi-monthly meetings: 1st social, 2nd business
Kick-off lunch
Magnet of meeting dates
End of year barbeque/banquet
Call-a-thon: call incoming and prospective students
Listserve & flyers

Social
Kickoff cookout/bbq
Chapter exchange
Annual picnic
Skeet shoot
Volleyball tournament
Bowling
Senior send-off
Hockey games
Co-organization X-mas party
Booth at yearly open house


Leadership
Alumni/current member relations
Upper classmen/freshmen connection program
Committee creation
Officer meeting and retreats
Community education mentoring program


Community Service
Ronald McDonald House
Food Pantry
Clothing donations
Can food drive
Collect food for needy
Nursing home entertainment
Battered women’s shelter


Fundraising
Relay for Life
Concessions
Combine w/other clubs
Sell clothes and stuff
Casino night
Chili cook off
Stuff envelopes
Letter writing campaign
Marketing campaigns for campus events or other clubs
Apply for student funds


Education
Guest speakers: Industry experts, including communicators, reporters, editors, spokesperson, farmers, ACT and university alumni

Tours: local publishers, printers and designers, organizations, associations of growers/producers

Mentorship: match upper and under classmen, match members with professionals

Interaction: Collaboration with local organizations
Collaborations with campus groups

Experience: Providing students with contact/network opportunities that facilitate career/jobs search for positions in journalism, communications or marketing