It provides an overview of what a Section Membership Chair needs to know to perform the job effectively, plus ideas for Sections on membership recruiting, retaining, and increasing member participation. While the MALs may be able to adapt some of these materials for their membership activities, every Section Membership Chair should be aware that the Society has many members who are not in Sections. Student Sections are encouraged to utilize this manual, and to provide feedback on its usefulness.
All organizations face the challenge of attracting new members and retaining current members.
We, as members of SWE, need to promote our organization, encourage the active participation of our members, and sustain their interest. The Society of Women Engineers' Membership Committee feels that membership is an important aspect of SWE and deserves its own operator's manual. As a consequence, the reader will undoubtedly see information found in other SWE literature repeated here. Each section contains explanations of the topics, applicable SWE policy and requirements, references and resources, followed by examples of successful program ideas implemented by SWE Sections throughout the country. You may also contact SWE Headquarters for Society of Women Engineers Membership Committee contact names or locate them on SWE s Web page.