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Presidents (incl. –Elect, Vice-, and Past-)

Tip: Recognize a leader from your Chapter: 2025 Leader Award nominations are due October 31, 2024

• Click here  to nominate.
• More information will be available on the 2025 CLC website soon

Tip: Four Ways to Get Volunteers to Engage Members

Volunteers want to help, but busy therapists can be short on time:

• Keep it simple 
• Quantifiable results.
• In the loop
• Focused objectives
• Read more in the Playbook/Section VI(b)

Treasurers/CFOs/Bookkeepers

Tip: The Ins and Outs of Taking Effective Board Meeting Minutes

• ·Read more in the Playbook/Section IV (b)

Tip: Train your successor

• It is never too early to start looking for your replacement
• Ensure that your financial policies and procedures are up-to-date and included in your onboarding manual
• Include a checklist/to do list/calendar in the manual, so that your successor as well as the current board  members are aware of deadlines

Ask: Does your Chapter have an onboarding manual/or something similar?

• Please share with us your onboarding manual, or any information you usually share with your new Treasurers/Bookkeepers
• Forward to mchampion@camft.org 
• We will remove all identifying and confidential information and post  to our Playbook as template for those needing to create a manual from scratch

CEPA/Education/Events

Tip: When to Make a Statement

• Leaders are under more pressure to speak out on hot topics.
• The right response is a function of a good plan—and some organizational awareness.
• Read more in the Playbook/Section IV (b)

Membership

Tip: The Sense of Belonging is Essential to Sustained Membership

• People “who belong to membership organizations are driven by shared interests and value at a greater rate than consumers who belong to more traditional loyalty programs,”
•  Read more in the Playbook/Section VI (b)

Marketing

Tip: Is Your Chapter/Association Prioritizing Digital Marketing Enough?

• 5 Steps to Overcoming Digital Marketing Challenges for Chapters/Associations

1. Strategic budget allocation: This involves allocating budgets strategically across key milestones, ensuring that each dollar spent contributes to reaching new members and driving non-dues revenues.
2. Audience understanding and engagement: Chapters/Associations should refine their audience segmentation and targeting, utilizing advanced data analytics to enhance engagement. This tailored approach ensures that marketing messages resonate with the intended audience, thereby increasing the likelihood of attracting the right audience.
3. Optimized channel selection and multichannel marketing: Chapters/Associations should select channels based on where their target audience is most active, and social media marketing to maximize reach and engagement.
4. Comprehensive digital marketing strategy: Ultimately, developing a comprehensive digital marketing strategy that aligns with chapter goals is key to long-term growth.

• Read more in the Playbook/Section VII (c)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Tip: Disability Inclusion For Associations: Why Progress is Important and Where to Get Started

• The Importance of Disability Inclusion
• Collaborative Change 
• Commitments Rather Than Checklists 
• Actioning Accessibility 
• Read more in the Playbook/Section VIII

Pre-Licensed/3000 Club

Must-read: Pre-Licensed Spring Newsletter

• Click here

Road to Licensure: CAMFT offers the RTL webinars free of charge to Chapters

• Sign up here
• CAMFT will provide more information to the chapter organizers upon sign-up
• The webinar is scheduled for Friday, October 18, 2024, at 9:00 am – Noon
• 3 L&E CEs are available
• Those who need CEs are:
  • Associate MFT : Master’s program complete, has Associate #, Gaining Hours
  • Licensing Exams PASSED (Law and Ethics Exam must be taken within first year of Associate, Clinical Exam is taken after BBS approves all Associate hours)
  • Licensed MFT
• Those who can count CEs toward licensure if supervisor approves the training:
  • MFT Trainee in Practicum: Second year graduate program)
  • Associate MFT : Master’s program complete, has Associate #, Gaining Hours
  • Licensing Exams PASSED (Law and Ethics Exam must be taken within first year of Associate, Clinical Exam is taken after BBS approves all Associate hours)

Tip: Find a CAMFT Certified Supervisor

• View the current listing of CAMFT Certified Supervisors here

Technology/Website/Social Media

Promo Videos: CAMFT produced promotional videos to encourage CAMFT members to sign up with their local chapters

• You are welcome to post either/both of these 30 second - videos on your website:

https://vimeo.com/652582268/6b93723f38

https://vimeo.com/652597566/ea132d370d

Tip: Tech Tools for Chapters

• Whether you are tech savvy or not, here are a few time-saving tools for you
• Read more here: Playbook/Section VII (e)

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