Talk:Effective Student Organization/Recruiting and Membership

=   * 1 Recruitment= I deleted a sentence which made the Dead Parrot Society seem to be a difficult club to get in to and gave the paragraph a intro that best represented the clubs similarities and differences with recruitment.Dumass (talk) 05:49, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Note: I deleted a sentence that I felt served no particular purpose to the topic of the paragraph.

I added an introductory summary for the Swing Dance Club paragraph. Before, it jumped from one club to another, without any sort of flow. I also edited the paragraph for grammar and wrote a quick transition sentence for the next paragraph- Dead Parrots Society).

D. I added a conclusion under the general recruitment section because I felt that it had a lot of suggestions, but then just fell off without concluding the idea of recruitment and it's importance.

Added a small paragraph about students self motivation to seek out groups vs. just active recruitment --Clevenz (talk) 06:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

o 1.1 Invite Based Recruitment
I added an intro paragraph explaining the benefits of a personal invitation system of recruitment and the positive affect that sort of invitation will have on the new members to the group. Lordanc (talk)

o 1.2 Advertisement
I added the fact that the Rugby Club recruits all year round. I feel like it really added to describing their effectiveness of hiring and the friendly nature of the club.

I contributed an introductory paragraph about advertisement. I felt it was necessary because in my own research and from reading other student’s work. Advertisement was such a big part of the process of building a strong club or an organization. So, I thought adding that paragraph would give a glimpse to how crucial it is. Underwk4 (talk)

I moved a description of sailing advertisement to the word of mouth page because it was more fitting. I talked more about word of mouth than other form of advertisement.

I added information regarding effective advertisement.

o 1.3 Interest
Note: I added a paragraph here, explaining a good recruiting strategy, but for some reason it is spaced out very wierd into one super long text, even though I wrote it as a paragraph with many lines. Tried to fix but could not.

I added an introduction paragraph. I felt this was necessary to introduce what we were meaning by interest. Before the wikibook just jumped right into examples of interest but now that there is an introduction I feel that it flows a little better. Also, I feel like it makes the examples more meaningful because the reader has a feel of the topic of interest before they read the examples.

I added a paragraph at the end of the sub-heading Word of Mouth to emphasize how easy and effective it is to recruit members by word of mouth in a large university. I added this not necessarily as a recap paragraph, but to show the success that word of mouth accomplishes here at Western and to encourage those thinking about joining a club to do so.

I added a new introduction that introduces how Western's clubs initial interest is gained. I show that with strategies of the following clubs, interest can be kept after this initial interest. I think it is important for those looking into good club organization to realize that the info fair is a great way for people to find out about potential clubs.

o 1.4 How to become a member
+ 1.4.1 Who to contact + 1.4.2 First meeting for a new member

Created the section on "Who to contact", felt very empty down there, and often times new college students are looking for people with similar interests.

Added an introduction to the "First meeting for new members" section because I thought that it would be good to explain how important first impressions are and describe some of what the readers would read in the section.

o 1.5 Info fair
+ 1.5.1 Materials to have at info fair + 1.5.2 Registering for Info Fair I added a new title Event Recruiting, because sometimes club events don't just include members. i was wondering about gloss terms (in this case tabling should it have some sort of definition to it?? it is a type of recruiting strategy) Dammara (talk) 20:29, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I added a introduction paragraph to the "Event Recruiting" title to clarify the broad definition to the term and to give a starting point for following examples.

I added an introduction paragraph about information fairs. While the intro is specific in talking about WWU's "Red Square Info Fair", I tried to discuss the purpose and benefit of information fairs in general. I though adding this paragraph would give potential readers a better understanding of what an information fair is and its function before reading about how to take part in one. By applying information taken from the AS Review, this addition may help WWU clubs especially. At the same time, discussing the overall function of information fairs may help readers from any school.Robert78 (talk)

o 1.6 Word of Mouth
I combined the two paragraphs on LEAD together and changed the opening sentence of the second paragraph to make the section more coherent. I did this because the second paragraph was more of a solution to what was mentioned in the first paragraph but with them separate, the connection wasn't quite clear.

[parsonl4] Added an introduction because the examples need to be introduced as what school they are from and what word of mouth entails and who it effects. Hopefully, will help any future readers understand more clearly word of mouth generally reaches people in social groups that current members exisit in.

I commented on the fact that some clubs will not find word of mouth an effective strategy to use. I think it was necessary to show that, while word of mouth can be a good strategy, it can also be inappropriate (or unreliable) for some clubs.

I added some information about the Dead Parrots and also closed the section with a concluding remark about the use of social networking tools such as facebook that many groups rely on

=   * 2 Barriers to Membership= I added an introduction paragraph under the title Barriers to Membership, so that the reader would have a preview of what was to follow in the section and also to make the page flow smoothly.

o 2.1 Requirements for membership
I created an intro to this topic to make the section flow more + 2.1.1 Identity + 2.1.2 Interest + 2.1.3 Equipment + 2.1.4 Skills so I thought that whoever wrote the article before did a wonderful job, but even though many clubs do not require any sort of skill, there are definitely some different attitudes that people need to bring to the meetings such as safety, willingness to have fun, and dedication. I added some information for the cycling club and some of the skills that are required for this club. bertscr(a) + 2.1.5 GPA I added information regarding the RecCenter membership in association with the WWU Bodybuilding Club section. Also I cleared up some odd sounding sentences.

I added a paragraph with another point of view about the importance of GPA. This is important because many people participate in a club and soon after quit, while the the ones with a high GPA show the dedication to continue. bertscr(c,d)

2.1.3 Equipment
I added an introduction to this section because i feel that for many clubs this is a crucial part of their ability to function. I had not at first logged in to make this addition however, so i undid it and reposted it once i was logged in. I do not think that the section necessarily needs a conclusion, however, because it is very short and i think the introduction sums it up fairly well.

2.1.4 Skills
I added the fact that skills are obtained in the club through collaboration and being exposed to peers.

o 2.2 Fees for membership
I added an introductory paragraph explaining why a club may require membership fees. I explained the ways membership fees are paid and what the funds are usually used for. This then transitions into the sub-categories of "Reasonable fees for membership" and "If some can not afford a fee for membership." Rosickj (talk) 02:30, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

+ 2.2.1 Reasonable fees for membership -Added an intro paragraph here to get the discussion moving. + 2.2.2 If some can not afford a fee for membership No one had written anything about what to do if someone could not afford a membership fee, so I added a few sentences. +2.2.3 I added to the intro paragraph to add some ideas of what these membership fees could be used for in order to benefit the club.

=   * 3 Member Retention=

o 3.1 Ways to keep members
I added an introduction to the section, "Ways to keep members." I felt that club membership is an important topic that needed to be addressed. This section needed to have a quick summary of how and why it is important to keep club members instead of just jumping into examples of how particular clubs do just that. Spangler5039 (talk) 23:03, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

I also added to the introduction paragraph in the "Ways to keep members." I thought that the introduction paragraph was very important and it was already well written, however I just thought that there could have been a little bit more information added about why keeping members is so important for the clubs.

o 3.2 Communicating With Members During University Breaks
+ 3.2.1 Maintaining New Member Interest From Spring Quarter Through Fall I added a couple sentences on how to effectively make members feel still part of the club during breaks. By using technology. Culverd2 (talk) 15:55, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

o 3.3 Overcoming Other Retention Challenges
I added a little to the beginning for an intro to the section. I felt that it just kind of dove into the topic without saying anything about it first.

=Query notice= This is the first/2nd chapter in a textbook/instructional manual on effective student organizations. This is a course project. Please see the main talk page for a more detailed description. --Paul James (talk) 10:49, 6 May 2009 (UTC)