1. How to make the most of your branch
A young-ish persons perspective
Kiran Ramsaroop MRAeS, CEng
Bristol Branch Committee

2. Objectives Different types of branch members
Which type is right for you?
What can you do for your branch?
What can your branch do for you?
Why bother?

3. Objectives Different types of branch members
Which type is right for you?
What can you do for your branch?
What can your branch do for you?
Why bother?

4. Member Types The “Inner circle” – active committee members
Other committee members / friends of branch
Engaged Branch Members
Sporadic Branch Members
Likers of free stuff

5. Member Types – with time
Start
End 1
Student
Early careers
“Dedicated Professional”
I’m 30 and I’m disillusioned
I need to catch up on my sleep because child crying last night / moved house too many times / I’m a dedicated professional
I need to know some useful stuff / I have useful stuff to offer
I know lots of people and things and am intrinsically involved with the community 2 4 3 5 6 7
Classic profile

6. Member Types – with time
Start
End 1
Start
End 2 4 3 5 6 7
Sporadic / Member of interest
The “taker”

7. Member Types – with time
Start
Start
End
End
Shameless taker
Kiran

8. Objectives Different types of branch members
Which type is right for you?
What can you do for your branch?
What can your branch do for you?
Why bother?

9. Which type is right for you?
Branch involvement is fluid – you should bite off what you feel comfortable with
If you want to change things, do!
This is your society – think about your vision of the perfect society and the perfect branch
You aren’t the “future” of the society, you are the society, today
You get out what you put in!
Your influence and stamp on the society
Time / effort spent
Tacit opportunities
Quality of network

10. Objectives Different types of branch members
Which type is right for you?
What can you do for your branch?
What can your branch do for you?
Why bother?

11. What can you do for your branch?
Organising events
Be exciting
Ask why/why not
Ask people of your demographic what they want
Invent a new way of doing things
Bring new people
A new perspective
Stop people butchering social media
Be the voice of reason in a sea of madness

12. What can you do for your branch?X
Figure out what people want
Profit from the experience
Make it happen

13. Objectives Different types of branch members
Which type is right for you?
What can you do for your branch?
What can your branch do for you?
Why bother?

14. What can your branch do for you?X
Figure out what people want
Profit from the experience
Make it happen
Help you optimise this process!

15. What can your branch do for you?
Provide methods and people to put your grand plans into action
Give you experience
Help you
meet interesting people
Give you a say
Help you
make it happen
Show you how to
Profit from experience

16. Objectives Different types of branch members
Which type is right for you?
What can you do for your branch?
What can your branch do for you?
Why bother?

17. Why bother? Experiences money can’t buy
Connections you may never have met
Opportunities that can’t be got anywhere else
The chance to make a difference
Leave your own legacy and shake things up!

18. Final words?