Chapter Resource Quick Guide

Leadership Calls: Quarterly leadership calls are held by national to update chapter leaders on AMDA activities and initiatives. This is also an opportunity for chapter leaders to present challenges they maybe facing in their state chapter.

Chapter Visit Program: Invite a national Board member to speak at your chapter meeting.

Chapter Resource Web page: Visit here.

AMDA State Chapter Handbook: Visit here.

Best Practices: Learn from other chapters' success and share your own examples of successful meetings or services. Read the Best Practices column in this quarterly state chapter newsletter, State Network News. Submit your best practices via e-mail to ngermain@amda.com.

Chapter Dues, Billing & Collection Services: AMDA offers a valuable billing and collection services to all chapters upon request. For 10% of total quarterly chapter dues, you can save your chapter the administrative work and use the time for more important chapter development and member retention activities. It’s also easier for members to receive only one invoice.

Mailing List: Chapters can request a list of prospects and members within their state to invite them to programs and for membership recruitment campaigns.

State Network News: This quarterly newsletter is e-mailed automatically to state chapters. Content includes updates on AMDA and state chapters’ activities. Content also may be used in chapter newsletter and Web site.

Joint Marketing: The national office does one joint-marketing mailing per year with state chapters upon request.

AMDA Calendar: Post chapter meetings at www.amda.com/calendar/editEvent.cfm.

Contact for Chapter Resources: *Nicole Germain, Membership and Communications Coordinator, is your staff contact at AMDA National Office for questions or concerns about anything chapter related, including all resources listed here. She can be reached at ngermain@amda.com or chapter@amda.com, or call 410-992-3114.

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