Comment Summary

What ideas if any do you have as to how NYAVA can increase membership?
#	Response Date	Response Text
1.	4/8/2008 1:07:00 PM	Better Marketing. More exposure in trade publications.
2.	4/8/2008 1:38:00 PM	Recruit students at local schools with NP management programs
3.	4/8/2008 1:45:00 PM	partnering with organizations, corporations and development professionals.
4.	4/8/2008 3:07:00 PM	more recruitment events - maybe a big social network gathering. Invite every possible non-profit in NYC - you never know who they have on staff that works w/volunteers yet do not have that title.
5.	4/8/2008 3:07:00 PM	Outreach to hospitals, adoption agencies, health related organizations, social service agencies.
6.	4/8/2008 2:35:00 PM	Set up a membership booth at the Volunteerism conference in June in Atlanta and other national events
7.	4/8/2008 2:48:00 PM	Maybe specific support and training catered to the different types of volunteers we work with (seniors, students, professionals,etc)
8.	4/8/2008 3:52:00 PM	I know the fee is an obstacle to many of my peers in this business. Their companies will not reimburse them.
9.	4/8/2008 3:55:00 PM	Do something at the Mayor's BBQ in August -- like all NYAVA people wear Tshirts or something to identify us in a "wannabe" way.
10.	4/8/2008 7:59:00 PM	Marketing. Identifying local non-profits that are not represented among members and market directly.
11.	4/8/2008 9:00:00 PM	Allow members to attend workshops without paying additional money- even if this means the cost of membership increases.
12.	4/9/2008 4:03:00 PM	Better marketing. Utilize Boards of members or other funding to get the word out.
13.	4/9/2008 5:30:00 PM	Need to send out recruitment material to all not for profits Might start with oe sector at a time i.e. cultural, health care, CBO's
14.	4/10/2008 7:45:00 PM	We need to somehow get our oganization into mainstream media more often. I'm not sure how but this must be done--more letters to editor, maybe interviews on radio stations but I am not sure how to go about this best.
15.	4/11/2008 9:08:00 PM	Increased marketing and networking events
16.	4/15/2008 2:40:00 PM	branch beyond NYC in workshop offerings partnerships with organizations that are presence throughout the state such as Cornell Cooperative Extension www.cce.cornell.edu
17.	4/15/2008 3:16:00 PM	Through other Volunteer Administration organizations
18.	4/15/2008 3:24:00 PM	Give them something more concrete as a benefit.
19.	4/15/2008 3:57:00 PM	Increased advertising--listing of organization in prominemnt place on Idealist, Craigslist, Timeout NY; Increased bebenfits--I noticed that many members are interested in employment opportunity info; making more info and listings avaialble to members might increase interest
20.	4/15/2008 4:34:00 PM	offer student, other discounts. partner with organizations to give discounted/free membership to those who voluntueer a certain amount of hours for that organization
21.	4/15/2008 4:38:00 PM	Work with or establish a marketing comittee who will focus on "recruitemnet & Retention" of members. This survey is a good start.
22.	4/16/2008 1:06:00 PM	better marketing
23.	4/17/2008 10:58:00 AM	- focus -- recruitment often appears to be an after thought - review and then clearly state the benefits to the "various" targeted populations, one size doesn't necessarily fit all
24.	4/17/2008 1:35:00 PM	I wish I knew. We are such a useful, professional organization.
25.	4/22/2008 5:15:00 PM	Consider using some of its financial resources to underwrite one program a year and offer it for free to attract a wider audience
26.	4/22/2008 5:54:00 PM	Market to new MPA graduates.
27.	4/22/2008 6:36:00 PM	Have been thinking about that.
28.	4/22/2008 6:46:00 PM	get more word about the organization - very few people knwo about it
29.	4/22/2008 7:18:00 PM	identify volunteer managers and solicit membersip
30.	4/24/2008 6:56:00 PM	Credit or acknowledgement for brining in new members
31.	4/29/2008 3:19:00 PM	Direct calls to colleagues in similar organizations who are not members.
32.	5/9/2008 3:49:00 PM	Start a member referral program.