What Does the New ASME Mean to Me March 4, 2006

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ASMEMember Recruitment and Involvement
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Objectives

• Understand why people volunteer and become
  involved
• Understand why ASME members participate and what
  might encourage those that dont currently
  participate
• Be able to use ASMEs recruitment resources and
• Develop solutions or action plans that may be
  used to solve real membership challenges.

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Outline

• How Did You Get Involved?
• Survey Data on ASME Members
• ASME Recruiting Resources
• Create Your Success Story Group Exercise

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Why do People Get Involved?

• Thomas W. McKee (www.volunteerpower.com) Most
  people respond to three levels of motivation.
• Basic Level Self-serving drive (WIIFM) - meets
  personal needs e.g. for business, friendship,
  belonging or other
• Secondary Level Relational drive - investing in
  relationships is one of the strongest stimulators
  for our inner motivations
• Highest Level Belief drive - strongest level of
  commitment - passion for a cause
• Why did you get involved in ASME?

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How Did You Get Involved?(Exercise)

• How were you personally recruited?
• With your table, summarize the recruiting stories
  you have heard with short descriptions of what
  made the Recruitment successful.
• Share two unique descriptors with the whole group.

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Survey Data on ASME Members

• Research
• Decision to Volunteer - an Internet survey
  deployed Nov-Dec 2007 by ASME 22 other orgs -
  26,395. responded (725 ASME members)
• What Volunteers Need - Volunteer and Retention
  Task Force survey, 2002.

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Decision to Volunteer

• How ASME Volunteers First Learned About
  Volunteering
• Another Volunteer
• Local Chapter or Section
• Meeting, Conference, Other Event
• Staff Member Asked
• Call for Volunteers
• My Employer

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Decision to Volunteer

• Top Five Most Important Aspects of Volunteering
  Among ASME Members
• I feel it is important to do so
• I can do something for a profession or cause that
  is important to me
• Volunteering allows me to gain a new perspective
  on things
• I feel compassion toward people in need
• I can explore my own strengths

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I would start volunteering now if

• Top five statements of ASME members that havent
  volunteered in past 12 months
• I knew the volunteer opportunity was meaningful
• I knew I had the skills needed to do a good job
• The location was easily accessible to me
• I could be given short term assignments
• I did not lose income as a result

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I do not currently volunteer because

• Top reasons given by ASME members not currently
  volunteering
• Not enough info on volunteer opportunities (!!)
• I volunteer elsewhere
• They never asked me (!!)
• Don't know of volunteer activities that can be
  done electronically (!!)
• Don't know of any short-term assignments (!!)
• Location inconvenient

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Why People Volunteer

• Findings
• A satisfied volunteer is the best recruiter
• lt20 of people will volunteer on their own
• People like to be asked
• Best Practices for creating satisfied volunteers
• Provide opportunities for achievement
  (manageable, defined task, necessary resources,
  backup help, praise for a job well-done)
• Allow volunteers to make discoveries about
  themselves and others
• Enable social bonding and relationship/community
  building
• Provide training, feedback and recognition
• How could you use this information?

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Implications for ASME Sections

• What do we do well/what are our strengths?
• Where could we improve?
• Ideas for effective recruiting/motivating
• Form a team of satisfied volunteers
• List specific tasks, time skills needed
• Ask people personally
• Help new volunteers get started
  (training/mentoring)
• Follow up with new volunteers (hows it going,
  recognition, what else would you like to do? etc)
  
• Others? (flip chart)

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ASME Recruiting Resources

• Member Recruitment Kit
• Leadership ? Volunteer Resources ? Unit
  Leadership Resource Center (scroll down to ASME
  Member Recruitment and Retainment Kit)
• Seven steps and sample letters to help Unit
  Leaders with recruiting and retaining local
  members
• http//volunteer.asme.org/unit/Member_Recruitment_
  Retainment.cfm
• Applications and Scenarios Recruitment
  Exercises for unit leaders

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ASME Recruiting Resources

• Best Practices Webpage
• leadership ? volunteer resources ? best practices
  (scroll down to Members and Leaders)
• Technology and Society (TS) Division increased
  involvement from 3-4 to 50 active volunteers with
  an additional 100 contributing, over 2-3 years.
• Read about what they did at http//www.asme.org/Go
  vernance/Volunteer/Practices/Technology_Society_TS
  _2.cfm
• Contribute your own sections best practice!

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Questions?
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