Recognition:

• Recognize members through "Celebrate Your Success" for activities/achievements outside of SHRM.
• Celebrate Chapter Anniversaries.

• Host a holiday social.

• Feature board members in monthly newsletter and have the board member become the greeter for the month.

• Post picture of members on the Web.

Meetings -- Ideas, Ice Breakers:

• Question to tables at the beginning of the meeting, “What is the best story per table being shared at the meeting?”
• Use True Colors: have all greens, blues, etc. sit together for discussion and networking.
• Suspend meetings in the summer.
• Encourage a relaxed atmosphere for summer meetings.
• Get email addresses on sign-up meeting sign-up sheets.
• Students Host & plan meeting.
• Host a member of the day for your next meeting (recognize and tell about self).
• Assign seating at meetings.

Activities

• Use a meeting evaluation.

• Compile best practices for each committee.

• Create relationships with student chapters. Use students to compile chapter compensation and benefit surveys. Support students through meetings, scholarships, and HR games.

• Chapter to provide certification materials for members.

• Sponsor members to the State Leadership Conference.

• Mentor new members.

• Bring your boss.

• Simplify legislative issues for others to understand.

• Mentors assigned to each new member.

• Create a new member packet.

• Post Hot Topics in the newsletter.

• Host a Unemployment judge to a meeting.

• Encourage the Past President as the Marketing Chair.

• Create study groups for Certification.