Welcome to DKG Membership training

Please take your chapter’s yellow Guideline book and find a seat.

We are glad you are here!

Membership committee

• Kristin Merkle – Tau– merklebk@yahoo.com– 515-201-7540

Susan Carlson – Alpha OmegaMary Jo Roberts - Alpha ChiBetty Rozeboom – Beta Gamma

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.

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!

• 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

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.

Welcome to day 2

My 2 truths and a lie: 1. I swam with King penguins.2. I went zip lining in Costa Rica.3. I performed my friend’s wedding.4. I rode a roller coaster in the middle of a

marathon.

Yes I did!

Share your “homework”

With your table mates share how you joined DKG.

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

Opportunities for members

• Remind them what their dues can do for them.

• Scholarships• Leadership opportunities• Seminars/ Conferences• Networking with other educators

What does your chapter do to keep members and gain new ones?

Brainstorm at your table, please.

orientation

• www.dkg.org

• Guides are there under the Committee tab and then click on Membership.

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)

FormsAll are on the www.dkg.org site.

Form 50 – member profileForm 80 – chapter profileForm 82 – member biographical data (?)Form 6 – death of a memberForm 2 – chapter necrology report– Feb 1st Form 11 – recommendation for membershipForm 36 – biennial membership reportAll forms can be emailed or mailed to the proper member.

Celebrate the members you have!

• Communicate• Share • Have fun• Help each other grow• Appreciate their talents

Keep in touch

• Kristin Merkle• merklebk@yahoo.com• 515-2017540