Transcript Officer Training - The National Association of Church

Officer
Training
Value of Officers
• Value from National Office
• Value from local membership
Role of Officers
• Keeping vision & goals in front of
membership
• Motivating & encouraging
membership
• Setting example of strong leadership to
membership
• Providing resource for continued
education of membership
• Working as a team-synergy
• Training others to be successful officers
Strategy for
Successful Organizations
• Mission – why they exist
• Vision – how will they accomplish the
mission?
• Values – what do they value?
• Goals – SMART GOALS
SMART GOALS
Specific
Measurable
Action Oriented & Aligned
Realistic & Results Focused
Time Limited
Marketing for
NACBA Meetings
Targeted Audience?
– Who are we trying reach?
• CBAs – to meet their current needs
• Support Staff – to help them grow
into CBAs
• Vendors – to make them aware of
church needs so they can provide
resources
Communication of
Mission, Vision, Values &
Goals to Membership
• Updates at meetings
– National NACBA ~
conference/training/membership/
resources/certification
– Upcoming events ~ months out ~
not one month at a time
– Rejoice in other’s success
• Timely notice of meetings ~2 hits
• Include paragraph about topic of
the month & speaker bio
• Special emails
• Written communication (personal)
Holding the
Membership’s Interest
Keep Them Coming
Back
• Relevant Topics
• Current Issues Facing Churches
~The Known
• Current Issues Facing Churches
~The Unknown
• Practical “Take Home & Put to
Practice” Applications
• Speakers that Relate to
Administrators, Not Just Church Body
• Don’t Over-Use “Feel Good” or
“Spiritual Topics” – Stick to Basic
Needs
• Special Incentives
– Gift for someone with perfect
attendance
– Free lunch if renew membership by…
– Enroll a new member and receive a
prize
– $$ discount to National Conference
– Discount for new memberships
throughout the year
Marketing for
Professionalism
• First Impressions
– First-time attendees
• Acknowledgement of attendance
• Don’t make excuses for meeting (attendance, etc.)
• Seat them beside a net-worker
– Guest Speakers
• Communication prior to meeting
• Communication after the meeting
– Host Churches
• Written expectations prior to meeting
• Follow-up after the meeting
• Lasting Impressions
– First-time attendees
• Follow-up with email/note
• Invite them back again with their assistant/pastor
• Give them a flyer to take back
– Guest Speakers
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Introduce properly
Follow-up speaker with words of practical application
Send thank-you note
Those that accept money – slip into thank-you note and
give to them on the day of the presentation
– Host Churches
• Thank host church
• Recognize Senior Pastor & Administrator
• Follow-up with thank you note
Team Building &
Involvement
• Use More Than One Person for
Securing Speaker Topics
• Use More Than One Person for
Follow-up Communication
• Copy Steps Taken to President &
Other Officers
• Don’t Sit Together at Meetings –
Network and Keep Ears Open
• Pull in Evaluations From Members
& Speakers
• Don’t Take Setbacks Personally
• Meet Regularly as Officers
• Rejoice in Other’s Success
Reap the Benefits
• Increase in Membership
• Increase in Professionalism – members
taking membership seriously
• Increase in Knowledge
• Increase in National NACBA Level
• Joy of training others to become leaders
• Joy of helping prepare others for Officer’s
role at National Level