Membership and Volunteerism

Membership Fundamentals

Did you know that one in every ten girls is a Girl Scout? Did you know that 99 percent of our adult members are volunteers? Each year membership staff from across the United States and overseas have a tremendous role in mobilizing girls and adult membership. This course focuses on the development skills necessary to build membership in order to make Girl Scouting accessible to every community.

Who Should Attend
New staff whose major job accountabilities are the development of membership—recruitment and retention of girls and adults, membership planning, volunteer development and building community partnerships. This course is for staff who have been on the job for at least four months and completed orientation of their job responsibilities in the council.

Content

• Examine membership trends and identify membership potential through demographic analysis
• Develop strategies for recruiting and retaining volunteers and girls
• Explore and practice ways to market Girl Scouting to all segments of the jurisdiction
• Identify components of an effective Single Entry Volunteer Development System
• Understand why community cultivation and collaboration are important to membership growth and retention
• Identify the membership pathways for girls and adults
• Review the latest GSUSA program resources, including those for The New Girl Scout Leadership Experience
• Become familiar with career development opportunities that will provide for growth
• Become familiar with career development opportunities that will provide for growth as a membership professional
• Share membership strategies with colleagues from other councils and work directly with GSUSA's Membership and Volunteerism Team to effectively recruit and retain girls and adults in Girl Scouting

Travel Scholarship information:
Volunteers and council staff will receive a reimbursement of ninety percent (90%) of actual travel costs and ninety percent (90%) of actual lodging costs at Edith Macy. (Reimbursement rates are ordinarily 80% for travel and 35% for lodging while at Macy. This is a special offer that we are able to extend, for FY2010 but it is not to be expected in the future.)

Registration fee: $225
Start time: 9:00 a.m. on the first day
End time: 12:00 noon on the last day
Location: Edith Macy Conference Center

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