Building and Sustaining Association Growth with Volunteers and Leadership Development

Wanda Kay BrownMoldova Library

AssociationNovember 2011

brownw@wfu.edu

1200 members

Representative of all the library typesPublic, Private, Academic, Community

College & Special

Decline in memberships

Vacancies on the board

Missed board meetings

Networking opportunities

Desire to gain relevant experience

Demonstrate professional achievement

Required memberships

Looking for an opportunity to advance their careers

Looking for service opportunities

• To promote libraries

• To promote library and information services

• To support intellectual freedom and literacy

• To provide a forum for networking, continuing education & training

Plan of action!

• Strategic planning retreat

• Collectively revisit NCLA’s purpose

• Determine relevancy

““The more the member knows about the The more the member knows about the

workings of the association,workings of the association,

the more connection the member feels.”the more connection the member feels.”

Volunteer today,

becomes leader

tomorrow!