Bringing Your PTA Membership Goal to Life
For most people who made a New Year’s resolution this year, it likely won’t be long before it becomes a struggle to stay focused on their goal. So why bother committing to resolutions at all? Well, for one thing, people who explicitly make resolutions are ten times more likely to attain their goals than people…
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Membership
All About Membership Scholarships
If one of the common reasons given for declining to join your PTA is not being able to afford it, there’s a way to address that concern! To ensure that anyone who wants to join PTA is able to do so, a local PTA may set up a membership scholarship fund. A local PTA…
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Membership
How to Launch a PTA Membership Incentive Program
Are you looking for a way to reinvigorate your PTA membership campaign? Consider starting a membership incentive program! It can be launched anytime during the year, often serves as the “tipping point” for folks who’ve been on the fence about joining, and can grab the attention of a whole new audience. Above all, it’s important…
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Membership
Five Secrets to Signing Up PTA Members All Year Long
Sure, you may hear that “membership is year-round,” but how does that translate to actually getting new members for your PTA? To find out, we tracked down PTAs across the state that are successfully recruiting members well into the spring of each year, and we asked them to spill the beans! Here are the five…
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Membership
Why PTA Membership Matters
If you strip away all that you’ve heard about when, where, and how to recruit PTA members, you may still find yourself grappling with the question of WHY? Why does it matter? The answer is this: Our power lies in our collective voice. As a member of your local PTA, you also belong to National…
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Membership
Who Can Be A PTA Member?
If your PTA is not recruiting members in order to get volunteers, suddenly the pool of potential members has expanded exponentially! So who can join your PTA? Any living person! Quite literally, as long as the potential member is human and alive, they can join your PTA. We do not discriminate based on geographic location,…
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Membership
Branding and Marketing Your PTA
Almost every PTA operates inside of another business – A SCHOOL. That means that, by default, the school gets credit for every program and event held there. It’s up to your PTA to communicate its ownership of the incredible things it’s doing. By raising awareness of your PTA’s far-reaching impact, you are building brand awareness.…
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Membership
Membership Database Year End
The PT Avenue membership database 2017-2018 end of year process has been completed for all PTAs using the membership only version of PT Avenue. PTAs using the finance or full versions of PT Avenue must complete the end of year process by July 15. To learn more, open the PT Avenue End of Year 2017-2018…
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Leadership
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Membership
Five Ways to Encourage Online Enrollment
On Monday, October 9, as part of the weekly series of “Membership Monday” Facebook posts, we shared a simple way a local PTA is helping remind potential members to get online and join their PTA when they get home. If your local PTA also offers Washington State PTA’s Online Join feature, you may be experiencing…
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Membership
MEMBERSHIP: Keep Recruiting Members Long After Back-to-School Night
In this week’s “Membership Monday” Facebook post, we encouraged local PTAs to keep recruiting members long after Back-to-School Night. You already set up the membership table once for your back-to-school event; why not make use of those supplies by setting up at other PTA events this fall? Here are a few more ways to maximize…
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Membership