NAWBO Atlanta Committees

Committees

NAWBO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The NAWBO Atlanta Board of Directors is comprised of NAWBO members who volunteer their time and support to manage and grow the local Atlanta chapter. The Board is led by a member President to ensure that NAWBO Atlanta maintains its mission for Women Owned Businesses throughout the state of Georgia.

BOARD COMMITTEES

Affiliate Partners Committee
Builds relationships with local organizations providing additional member benefits
Provides members with additional resources to build and promote their businesses to potential members.

CEO Roundtables
Organizes the CEO Round Table Program
Develops and disseminates Program information and schedule
Selects the Roundtable Facilitators
Selects and assigns participants to appropriate groups

Community Affairs
Reviews and selects non-profit and charitable organizations that would benefit from local chapter assistance.
Develops chapter programs to raise money or resources for the selected organizations.
Organizes volunteer programs for our chapter member participation.

Corporate Partners
Manages the Annual Corporate Sponsorship program
Develops and implements the objectives and strategies to promote sponsorships
Updates the sponsorship program materials and offerings annually
Maintains all Sponsorship relationships, information and contacts
Facilitates board members in cultivating sponsors

Education
Develops and implements the objectives and strategies to provide an educational curriculum for Chapter members.
Reviews and solicits the appropriate professionals, partners and alliances that deliver educational programs.
Develops the schedule and costs for member and non-member participants.

Events
Plans and executes the member yearly program schedule
Selects monthly program topics
Makes all arrangements for speakers
Creates the program agenda for monthly meetings
Plans special evening programs
Writes monthly articles for newsletter, both promoting upcoming programs and recapping past programs.

Marketing
Develops and implements the strategies to grow awareness and visibility of the local chapter
Works with professional agencies in the PR and Advertising industry to develop chapter marketing materials and resources
Advises all in-house chapter communications and all public communications regarding NAWBO Atlanta
Develops content for the Monthly and Weekly eblast
Manages all content development for the chapter website

Member Focus
Recognizes and promotes chapter member achievements to the chapter and the local community.
Develops strategies and ideas to highlight and focus on member achievement
Solicits and collects recognition opportunities from chapter members

Membership – Recruitment
Recruit prospective members
Welcome new members
Encourage member participation
Generate monthly newsletter profiles on new member
Plan membership recruitment events and new member orientations

Membership – Retention
Manages all membership renewals
Develops surveys to understand membership satisfaction
Contacts all members 60 days prior to membership renewal
Conducts exit interviews on all non-renewing members

Public Policy
Informs and educates members on public policy issues that impact women-owned businesses
Keep Members informed about events to become involved and support small business public policy opportunities
Represents the chapter at national public policy events

WE Awards
Plans and executes the Chapter’s annual Women owned business award event- WE Awards (Women Entrepreneur awards)
Executes the “Call for the Nominations” and finalists selections.
Solicits and sells the Program advertising
Prints and distributes the event program booklet