| 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. |