1. Welcome to DKG Membership training
Please take your chapter’s yellow Guideline book and find a seat.
We are glad you are here!

2. Membership committee Kristin Merkle – Tau Susan Carlson – Alpha Omega
Susan Carlson – Alpha Omega
Mary Jo Roberts - Alpha Chi
Betty Rozeboom – Beta Gamma

4. Why should women join ? How did you become a member?
Who honored you by asking to to join?
What does DKG mean to you?
We need to think about these questions before we begin to ask others to join our society.

5. What is your job as membership chair ?
or what have I gotten myself into? (I know some of you are thinking that) NOT TO WORRY – the little yellow book to the rescue!

6. Maintain membership data – member profiles (form 50)
Encourage members to bring guests to meetings
Membership dues – help treasurer retain members
Be a role model for chapter relationships
Examples of membership benefits –share at meetings
Re-inspire, re-build, re-affirm – sustaining our pride in DKG
Seek support when chapter is in distress
Honor deceased members – at a chapter meeting, form 6
Identify, invite, initiate new members
Problem solve membership issues

7. Icebreakers Roll call questions tied to program topic.
One word of purpose to each person then form a phrase. (monthly)
Shoe-story of the shoe tied to your life.
Cookies with recipe and have a cookie walk.
Brag time: brag $ to a fund.
Eat food and socialize before meetings
Personally meeting with others
Bagging welcome packs – informal conversations
Rules chair – poses ? (to support fundraising)
Name tags for all members (what you teach/taught)
Mini- report about yourself
Personal contact – phone call about meetings
Bring an object from home that tells about you.
Sit at tables related to an interest.

8. Welcome to day 2  My 2 truths and a lie: I swam with King penguins.
I went zip lining in Costa Rica.
I performed my friend’s wedding.
I rode a roller coaster in the middle of a marathon.

9. Yes I did!

10. With your table mates share how you joined DKG.
Share your “homework”
With your table mates share how you joined DKG.

11. Its all about members Getting new members – initiation Collecting dues
Keeping members
Meeting members needs – planning a variety of programs
Celebrating members
Accomplishments/talents
Years in DKG
Necrology

12. Opportunities for members
Remind them what their dues can do for them.
Scholarships
Leadership opportunities
Seminars/ Conferences
Networking with other educators

13. What does your chapter do to keep members and gain new ones?
Brainstorm at your table, please.

14. orientation www.dkg.org Guides are there under the
Committee tab and then click
on Membership.

15. New recruits
Use the orientation guide to share the benefits of DKG membership.
Share personal stories of DKG moments from chapter member.
Brag about what your chapter has done – awards/ service projects
Give them a mentor and a job ( get them involved right away)

16. Forms
All are on the site. Form 50 – member profile Form 80 – chapter profile Form 82 – member biographical data (?) Form 6 – death of a member Form 2 – chapter necrology report– Feb 1st Form 11 – recommendation for membership Form 36 – biennial membership report All forms can be ed or mailed to the proper member.

17. Celebrate the members you have!
Communicate
Share
Have fun
Help each other grow
Appreciate their talents

18. Keep in touch
Kristin Merkle