1. Planning your year How to achieve society success

2. Planning your year Know your target audience: Everything you do should relate to your members! Ask them what they would like to do. Create events and socials from suggestions. Research your area to take advantage of external events.

3. Planning your year Set future events and plan them well Use feedback to set future events: this will create interest amongst potential members and make current members want to recommend you. Plan your events well in advance, book rooms and work with a budget: Well organised events will promote your society to potential members and make current members love you!

4. The Planning Document

5. Planning your year Strengths, weaknesses and key people Use your members to achieve bigger and better socials. Know your strengths. Know your weaknesses. Key people will be able to help you out. It could be a member, it could be an associate member, it could be a lecturer. Make the best use of your resources! *SWOT = Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

6. Planning your year Aims and objectives: development meetings Set a date with Elina to discuss your future plans. What are the aims and objectives of the society and how can you make things happen? We will discuss your plan for the year and set reasonable targets to make you achieve your aims.

7. Planning your year Most important of all: COMMUNICATION Catching people’s interest Keeping them interested Promotion Be personal! Texting is the most personal communication after F2F and phone calls.

8. Communication FACEBOOK or TWITTER A requirement for all societies A great way to communicate with your members Linked with your NU Society page so that all prospective members can see how awesome you are!