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benefits of building diversity, breaking old habits, and making the
ne cessary changes to embrace diversity and inclusion through strategic
planning and implementation. An interesting fact from ASHA is that they
maintain an approximate 98% retention rate.
As the program progressed, CEC presenters Mikki Garcia and
Sharon R odriguez provided a glance into "A New Vision for the Future" by
expounding on CEC's new governance structures, and challenged the
audience to envision what the volunteer experience within an organization
would look like using a more intentional viewpoint as well as our own
organization's volunteer engagement practices. Other topics discussed at
this conference:
o Policy and Advocacy
o Legal Issues, and Maintaining Unit and Division Microsites
o Public Relations and Social Media.
However, the session that captur ed my attention was "Growing
Memberships and Managing Data" which explained how to grow and
maintain membership within units and divisions, data keeping, and
pragmatic, inexpensive ways to recruit new members. One suggestion for
good marketing was the use of Facebook and the purchase of
