1. #NSBE44
VISION

2. Goals BEAT Region II in Membership
15% membership increase
Properly groom the next group of leaders
Detailed Transition Report
Locate untapped markets for funding opportunities
(i.e. MWBE businesses, smaller tech companies)
Create informal Regional Advisory Board

3. Professional Development (PD)
Revamp C-Suite Webinars (Low attendance)
Record for later access
Lifetime membership payment option(s)
Exposure to Payment Plan
Establish Annual Membership Raffle at PDC/TPC
Expand Contest to win FREE registration to Nationals
Expand Personal Growth Opportunities
Create PD (Focus groups) committee
Determine what Professionals REALLY want…

4. Collegiate Engagement
Develop corporate sponsored engineering competition
Dress to Success Store
FRC -> Professionals and local orgs will donate new/gently used business attire (preferably dry cleaned) for collegiate members.
Collegiate to Professionals Pipeline
Webinar and/or Workshops at FRC (i.e. Why NSBE Professionals?)
Professionals should host a minimum of 2 meetings (Fall/Spring) either virtually or in-person
Joint Networking Event
Special Wakanda Style Welcome
Regional FRC Career Fair
Partner with Collegiate REB to create competition presented by teams during technical research exhibition that will be awarded funding/prizes from corporate sponsors based on company problems

5. Pre-College Initiative
Continue NSBE (insert your location)
Create a toolkit for Chapter Leaders/Committees
NSBE Jr.
Leverage Partnership with NSBE Jr. registered orgs
Deep dive: How can we charter more NSBE Jr. chapters?
Charter chapters in partnership with established local STEM orgs
Seek out schools with established resources

6. Regional Cohesion Initiative
Create a centralized and easily accessible location for all chapter resources **Regional PEO Google Drive**
i.e. Chapter Tax Exemption, AWFE, NSBE Jr. Set up NSBE gmail accounts, etc
Checklist
Divided into the different zones (Admin, Comm, Finance)
GroupMe
Each zone will have a regional chat group
Share best practices
Share filtered membership database to local PEO

7. Marketing Campaign Develop NSBE Swag options for chapters
Team with marketing professionals to strategize effective technique to increase membership
Standing Committees/Focus Groups (Looking for interested members for input/development)
Marketing Material (i.e. Lifetime, Young Professionals, Graduating Seniors)
Increase usage of free marketing tools
Facebook Live all meetings and events
Utilize free wifi

8. Save the Date Professional Development Conference
Sept , 2018, Houston, TX
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Houston - Greenway Plaza
Region V Fall Region Conference
Oct 24-27, 2018, Dallas, TX
Westin
RTM
NLC
RLC

9. NSBE Region V Professionals
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