Sign up new members. The Institute's Grassroots Support Center provides technical, communications, fundraising, and organizational assistance to citizen groups throughout Michigan. The staff leads a series of three workshops for groups interested in cultivating these skills. Members are the soul of any successful public interest organization. A growing membership is the most visible indication of a group's influence and success.
Members provide new ideas, civic energy, financial support, and much-needed emotional strength.
Attracting new members and keeping existing members involved and satisfied is a core activity of a successful public interest organization. At the Institute, all of our staff and board participate in the organization's member services program.