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10 STEPS TOBUILDING POWERFULWOMEN
National Business Womens Week
Year End Officer Transition
Equal Pay Day
Member Retention
Grassroots Lobbying Legislative Issues
Membership Retention
Young Careerist
Chartering a NEW local
Individual Development Program
BPW Foundation
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KEY
LOCAL ORGANIZATION ISSUES
  • Leadership commitment
  • Recruitment methods
  • Retention techniques
  • Strategies to attract and maintain members

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Join your BPW sisters as we work to achieve
the 10 STEPS
TO
BUILDING POWERFUL WOMEN
and thus,
a more powerful organization!
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National Business Womens Week Womenomics
National Business Womens Week will be observed
the third full week in October. This is the
premier event to promote your local organization.
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  • National Business Womens Week Proclamation
  • Publish an article in any print media about the
    meaning of NBWW and your local organizations
    activities
  • Public Service Announcement about NBWW and your
    local organizations activities
  • Guest appearance on radio or television for
    visibility
  • Woman of the Year or Business of the Year program
  • Organize a Womenomics Forum
  • Letter to the editor about NBWW or Womenomics
    Forum
  • Media release about NBWW or Womenomics Forum

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Resources v     BPW/USA National Business
Womens Week Manual v     Womenomics Guide v    
LO Leadership Resource Guide v     BPW/USAs
Best Companies List v     101 FACTS
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Membership Retention
  • Begins while recruiting members
  • Ensure that members feel they are receiving
    top-value benefits
  • Involve every member in local activities on a
    level with which they are comfortable

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  • Follow up with everyone who renews send a thank
    you letter (2 pebbles per member letter)
  • Contact members who have not renewed ask them
    to please renew (5 pebbles per member contact)
  • Complete a questionnaire for every non-renewal
    (5 pebbles for every questionnaire)
  • Membership survey (10 pebbles)

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  • Publicize and host at least two programs that
    focus on developing the professional, political
    and personal development of your members and the
    community (20 pebbles each)
  • Encourage renewing members to become POWERWOMEN

    (25 pebbles per POWERWOMAN)
  • Achieve 90 retention by year-end
    (100 pebbles)

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Resources v     Current Local Organization
Membership Roster (BPW/USA
Website) v     Survey for people who do not plan
to renew their dues v     Sample letter thanking
people for renewing their membership v     Sample
membership survey     
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Additional Resources v BPW/USA Membership
Renewal Forms v     New Member Orientation v    
BPW/USA Mentoring Program v     Membership
Recruitment and Retention Manual v     POWERWOMAN
Form
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Membership Recruitment
  • Every person you meet or work
    with is a potential new member
  • One-on-one contact
  • Effectively-planned recruitment program
  • Membership campaign should focus on specific
    goals and activities
  • Encourage At-Large Memberships as alternative

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  • Membership Campaign (100 pebbles)
  • LO assessment
  • Campaign plan
  • Prepare publicity, recruiting and retention
    materials
  • Launch the campaign
  • Evaluate
  • Recognize top recruiter and key volunteers

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  • Professional, political or personal event -
    include a membership recruitment component (75
    pebbles)
  • Demographic information - individual member -
    your local (40 pebbles)
  • Develop recruiting materials (30 pebbles)
  • Recruit two new members and be a POWERWOMAN
    (125 pebble each POWERWOMAN)
  • Develop a membership packet for prospective
    members. (1 pebble per packet given to a
    guest)

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  • Follow-up letters to every guest. (2 pebbles per
    guest)
  • Welcome Packet for new members (30 pebbles)
  • New member orientation/induction (5 pebbles per
    orientation)
  • Mentor new members (5 pebbles per member mentor)
  • Increase At-Large Membership by at least two (2)
    members. (200 pebbles)
  • Achieve an overall 10 increase in membership
    from the previous year. (50 pebbles)

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Resources v     Membership Campaign
Guidelines v     Membership Recruitment and
Retention manual v     POWERWOMAN Form v     Fact
Sheet on BPW/USA member services v     Signature
event information v     BPW/USA website  
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Young Careerist (YC) Program
  • BPW/USA Signature Event
  • One of the most powerful tools
  • for increasing visibility in the community
  • for recruiting young women

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  • Recruit at least four young career women to
    participate (50 pebbles)
  • Host a Young Careerist Program
    (75 pebbles)
  • Offer paid membership to your locals top
    participant (100 pebbles)
  • Media release before and after Young Careerist
    event (20 pebbles each)
  • Financially support your Young Careerist to
    participate in the state Young Careerist program
    (50 pebbles)

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  • Resources
  • v Virginia Allen Young Careerist Guidelines
  • National Legislative Platform

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Individual Development Program (IDP)
  • Member retention tool
  • Personal professional development
  • Develop stronger members stronger leaders

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  • Recruit at least four participants
    (50 pebbles)
  • Host Individual Development Program
    (75 pebbles)
  • Offer paid membership to Individual Development
    Speak-off winner (100 pebbles)
  • Media release before and after ID Program
    (20 pebbles each)
  • Financially support IDP Speak-off winner to
    participate in state IDP speak-off
    (50 pebbles)

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Resource   v     BPW/USA Individual Development
Program manual  
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Foundation
  • Charitable arm of BPW/USA
  • Contributions to the Foundation
    are tax deductible
  • Career Advancement Scholarships
  • Develops programs corporate partnerships that
    address workingwomens issues 

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  • Invite prior Foundation scholarship winners to
    speak at your meeting (25
    pebbles)
  • Publicize local organization scholarship
    recipients (10 pebbles per publication)
  • Publicize Career Advancement Scholarship
    application process (10 pebbles
    per publication)

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  • Feature information about BPW Foundation at
    meeting request donations or hold fundraiser
    (25 pebbles)
  • Average donation 10 per member (25
    pebbles)
  • 100 member participation at any monetary level
    (25 pebbles)

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Resources v     LO Leadership Resource
Guide v     Foundation PowerPoint
Presentation v     BPW/USA Foundation Scholarship
Recipient lists v     BPW/USA Foundation Donation
Forms v     101 FACTS
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Chartering New Local Organizations
  • Charter at lest one new local
  • Reach out to businesses, schools, communities
  • Straightforward and unafraid!

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  • Create a POWERWOMAN team (30 pebbles)
  • One POWERWOMAN serve as liaison with proposed or
    new local (25 pebbles)
  • Visit the proposed location for the new local
    (100 pebbles)
  • Keep State Membership Chair aware of plans and
    status (25 pebbles)
  • Assist in creating list of prospective members of
    organizational event (25 pebbles)

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  • Plan informational meeting/open house to
    determine interest
  • Set date, time, location (25 pebbles)
  • Invitations to prospective members, state,
    regional/district officers, other guests (25
    pebbles)
  • Notify media (25 pebbles)
  • Plan the agenda (25 pebbles)
  • Confirm refreshments and other pertinent plans
    (25 pebbles)

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  • 7. Charter a NEW local!
  • Set date, time and location for charter party
    (50 pebbles)
  • Invite charter members, prospective members,
    National, State, Regional/District Officers, and
    other dignitaries (50 pebbles)
  • Notify the media (25 pebbles)
  • Plan the agenda (25 pebbles)
  • Confirm refreshments and other pertinent plans
    (25 pebbles)

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  • Conduct/assist with the Chartering Ceremony (50
    pebbles)
  • Assure that appropriate paperwork is completed
    and forwarded to BPW/USA (25 pebbles)
  • Notify locals in your state and request donations
    to help the new local (50 pebbles)
  • Continue liaison arrangement for a minimum of six
    months (100 pebbles)

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Resources v   www.bpwusa.org v Any National
Membership Committee Member
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Grassroots Lobbying Legislative Issues
  • One of BPWs strengths is our focus on
    legislative issues
  • Legislative Platform outline of year-long
    advocacy issues
  • Public Policy Resolutions
  • BPW/PAC
  • Get Out The Vote (GOTV)

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  •  
  • Lobby as an individual on a BPW legislative
    issue. (50 pebbles each)
  •  Participate in a state or national Lobby Day.
    (25 pebbles) 
  • Discuss National Legislative Platform and current
    Public Policy Resolutions during an LO meeting.
    (25 pebbles) 
  • Conduct a discussion on the Equal Rights
    Amendment (ERA) and/or Affirmative Action.
    (25 pebbles each)
  • Write, and have published, a letter to the editor
    about a legislative issue. (10
    pebbles each)

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  • Host a candidates forum. (50
    pebbles)
  • Plan and execute a Get-Out-the- VOTE campaign.
    (50 pebbles)
  • Information about BPW/USA PAC at a LO Meeting and
    follow-up with a request for a donation and/or
    hold a PAC fundraiser. (25 pebbles)
  • Write (and have published) a letter to the editor
    about the importance of exercising your vote.
    (10
    pebbles per letter)
  • Meet the goal of 5 per member average PAC
    donation. (25 pebbles)

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  • Resources (Grassroots Lobbying)
  • v     Grassroots Advocacy Tool Kit
  • v     Building Alliances
    v     Get-Out-the-Vote Campaign Guidelines
  • v     PAC Report
  • v     BPW/USA Website
  • v     101 FACTS

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Resources (Legislative Issues) v     Legislative
Platform v     Current Public Policy
Resolutions v     Affirmative Action Fact
Sheets v     ERA Fact Sheets v     BPW/USA
Website v     ERA Tool Kit  
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Equal Pay Day
  • Annual observance
  • When women reach the same level of earning that
    their male counterparts reached during the prior
    calendar year
  • Raise awareness
  • Disparity in current earnings has negative
    impact on pensions
  • Family issue

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  • Equal Pay Day Proclamation (10 pebbles each)
  • Article published in your local print media about
    the meaning of Equal Pay Day and/or your local
    organizations activities during Equal Pay Day
    (10 pebbles each)
  • Public Service Announcement about the meaning of
    Equal Pay Day and/or your local organizations
    activities (10 pebbles each station)
  • 4. Guest appearance on a radio or television
    program. (3-5 minute segment - 50
    pebbles)

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5. Host an Equal Pay Day event
(50 pebbles) 6. Write and have published a
letter to the editor about Equal Pay Day.
(10 pebbles) 7. Submit your LOs achievements
for BPW/USAs Giraffe Award
(25 pebbles) 8. Members join Red Purse
Society (20 pebbles each)
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Resources v    Equal Pay Day Tool Kit v
   BPW/USA Website v Local Organization
Leadership Resource Guide v GAO Report v
101 FACTS v Giraffe Award Criteria
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  • Maintain a strong and
    enthusiastic leadership team
  • Critical to the sustained
    growth strength of the local
  • Year-end review of
    accomplishments member participation
  • Strong nominations committee
  • Time to turn over historical and management
    records, awards, and any other precious items
    that are often misplaced or lost from year to
    year

Year-end Officer Transition
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  • Select a nominations committee (no later than
    February) (20 pebbles)
  • Hold an orientation (no later than May) (50
    pebbles)
  • Review progress toward stated goals and establish
    a plan for the upcoming year.
    (45 pebbles)
  • Letter to members (45 pebbles)
  • Recognize and reward key members for their
    contribution to the LO (25 pebbles)
  • Publicize the installation of new officers.
    (15 pebbles)

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Resource LO Leadership Resource Guide
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IMPORTANT DATES! Registration Deadline October
1, 2005 Program Period June 1, 2005 May 31,
2006 Completed submissions due to BPW/USA
June 13, 2006
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Registration Form must be mailed, faxed or
emailed to 2005-06 BPW/USA Membership
Chair Brenda D. Gunn
2900 W. Broadway, Suite 206
Louisville, KY 40210-1343 Fax (502)
852-4643 bpwmembership_at_yahoo.com
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Awards
  • Every local has the opportunity to participate
    and be recognized!
  • No minimum number of pebbles are required for
    entry!
  • Top 30 of all entries will receive recognition
  • Complete just one Stepping Stone, submit your
    entry, and you will be recognized for your
    accomplishment!

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