WIC Volunteer Opportunities

Why volunteer?

When you volunteer to serve on a WIC team or committee, you are helping fellow consultants, the WIC organization, and the entire business community.

Volunteering also benefits you. There are many good reasons to become involved, such as:

• Expanding your business and personal network, with both WIC members and the professionals you recruit and assist with their programs
• Demonstrating your skills and abilities to other professionals
• Deepening your relationships with colleagues
• Building self-confidence by taking on and mastering new marketable job skills
• Enhancing your resume
• Exposure to the best practices of business thought-leaders
• Satisfaction of making a difference

See below for our current volunteer opportunities.

Membership Committee

There are two different areas that we are looking for help with. Please let us know if you are interested in any specific portions of the work defined below.

- Member Recruitment Chair
This function will manage the following efforts to support WIC’s ongoing new member recruiting efforts: explore various methods of obtaining new members, consult with inclusion/diversity experts and make recommendations on how to develop a more diversified membership, develop/implement ongoing program for recruiting new members, and evaluate the effectiveness of recruiting efforts. No prerequisite skills. Reports to VP, Membership.

For full description, contact Deborah Plumley.

- Member Satisfaction & Retention Chair
This function will be focused on the following activities that will help with WIC’s key strategy of retaining current members: develop an ongoing member satisfaction feedback program, make recommendations for improving the offering of WIC benefits, set up a formal e-marketing campaign to drive renewals, formalize a process for conducting exit interviews with ‘lost members’, and launch a member recognition program. No prerequisite skills. Reports to VP, Membership.

For full description, contact Deborah Plumley.

10th Anniversary Event Committee

There are two different areas that we are looking for help with. Please let us know if you are interested in any specific portions of the work defined below.

- Multimedia Presentation
This project includes gathering content (testimonials, photos) for this slide show that will show during networking portion of the anniversary event. Could involve a video element if volunteer has the interest or expertise (could be as simple as using a Flip video camera). There will be a separate volunteer/sponsor vendor to actually produce/assemble the slide show using this content. Requires work during July-October timeframe. No prerequisite skills. Reports to 10th Anniversary Event Chair.

This position could be a co-chair position with two or more people sharing the role.

For full description, contact 10th Anniversary Event Chair, Karilee Wirthlin.

- Marcom and Commemorative Program/Brochure
This project involves gathering content for the 10th Anniversary Program/Brochure and develop a content plan for all signage. We have another volunteer who can do the design/layout of the content. Reports to 10th Anniversary Event Chair.

This position could be a co-chair position with two or more people sharing the role.

For full description, contact 10th Anniversary Event Chair, Karilee Wirthlin.

PR Chair

The person in this role will work with a paid PR consultant and the WIC Director of PR & Marketing to create a rolling PR plan that promotes the value of WIC to the consulting and business communities. This role also involves outlining and assisting with writing press releases, managing the contributed article and consultant case study programs, and publicizing various WIC programs.

Requires solid writing/editing/communication skills, ability to manage projects and work as part of a virtual team, and an understanding of PR or a willingness to/interest in learning about it. Reports to the WIC Director of PR & Marketing.

This role could also be broken up into individual components, with different people managing only one segment—such as press releases or contributed articles or consulting case studies, etc.

For full description, contact WIC Director of Marketing, Avery Horzewski.

Program Message Board Coordinator

The person in this role will work with program coordinators, marketing chair, and director of PR and marketing to create a process for advertising WIC events to various message boards. Once the process is established, the person in this role will then post event descriptions, written by the marketing chair, to the various message boards for each WIC event, which includes one monthly meeting, one monthly teleseminar, and roughly one workshop per quarter. Anticipated time for this role is roughly 2 hours per month.

Requires the ability to manage projects effectively and see them through to completion, solid communication skills, and the availability to post event descriptions within 3 – 5 business days of receiving an event description.

For full description, contact WIC Director of Marketing, Avery Horzewski.