This week i took it upon myself to begin the re-organizing of the member information. Many of the members of the Fellowship of Australian Writers WA (FAWWA) currently don't have membership numbers or cards, i proposed the idea that we re-issue cards and numbers and begin to collect data of which members are attending workshops. I think this information will be valuable to FAWWA as they can then begin to target those people specifically for promotions about similar workshops.
Another idea i proposed and put into action this week was the creation of a form that non-members who attend workshops fill out with their email address. These email addresses will then be collected and put into an excel sheet , the email addresses will be used to contact the non-members about other workshops and possible membership. This will be helpful i believe because currently once these people attend the workshop and leave they cannot be contacted again, they therefore are not given information about other workshops and events that they might be interested in. This week i received some completed forms and began contacting the non-members about membership benefits.
On top of this, using the updated member databases i was able to contact members that have not yet renewed their membership for this year. From this a couple of members renewed their membership immediately.
Last week the other interns and I were given an email address we can use to promote FAWWA information , this has allowed me to contact members and non-members without using my personal email address which has been very helpful.
Overall learning to observe areas of the organisation that can be tweaked in order to run more smoothly , proposing a plan and finally carrying out the plan has really been priceless experience for me.
I am sure there is much to learn yet.
It was also my 21st birthday this week , so in order to celebrate me and one of the other interns Ailie made cupcakes for everyone.
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| Me and the cupcakes |
1 comment:
Wow, your membership idea sounds really great! I'm sure your supervisor will be very happy with the idea. The fact that you already have completed forms and taken the initiative to contact potential members is excellent. It sounds like a really interesting place to work, its great they let you have the freedom to pursue ideas that you come up with. Although I feel more than welcome to contribute ideas at my internship, I don’t think I would be able to actually pursue my ideas much further by myself, like you have, as I completed mine at such a large global organisation (Chivas Brothers). I think that must be a benefit for you, working in a smaller not-for-profit organisation, as you can put your ideas and strategies into action such as the membership idea. This will be very beneficial to show future employees about the work you have already done and to show how you made a difference through increasing membership and attendees at events.
We have used not-for-profit clients a lot over the years at Curtin University to create Public Relation plans for, so I’m sure you were able to use some of the skills and information learnt over the years during your placement, which would have been very valuable. Is there anything that was new that you had to do that we have not been taught through uni?
Your blog was great to read and like you said it seems that you are having a once in a lifetime experience, Enjoy!
Also, Congratulations on your 21st Birthday! - The cupcakes look delicious!! Hope you had a wonderful day.
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