Resources

Materials from the retreat, including presentations and notes from the breakout sessions, will be posted here as they come in.

 

Opening presentations

   Emily Carr, welcome (1.7 MB)

   AIGA Miami, welcome (8.7 MB)

 

Institutional updates

   Bill Grant, AIGA president, welcome (1.6 MB)

   Ric Grefé, AIGA executive director, year in review (18.9 MB)

   Shel Perkins, AIGA treasurer, finance review (36 KB)

 

Updates on board member projects and initiatives

   Fundraising, David Gibson (548 KB)

   Design Legends Gala 2007, Sam Shelton (316 KB)

   Design Education, Laurie Churchman (1.1 MB)

   Mentoring, Vernon Lockhart ( 6.1 MB)

   Center for Practice Management, Shel Perkins (1.8 MB)

   Membership, Jim Ales (1.4 MB)

   Aspen Design Summit, Nik Hafermaas (23 MB)

   Get Out the Vote, Sam Shelton (56.7 MB)

 

Breakout session notes

   Business and strategic planning (140 KB)

   Business/Community Outreach and PR (40 KB)

   Communication and Emma (68 KB)

   Diversity, mid-size chapters (32 KB)

   Events and programs (24 KB)

   Finance (20 KB)

   K–12 and mentoring (56 KB)

   Membership (80 KB)

   Retreat planning (20 KB)

   Sponsorship (advanced) (724 KB)

   Student groups (88 KB)

   Sustainability (40 KB)

   Websites (40 KB)

 

Increasing membership through diversity

Discipline

   Intersect/respect (16 KB)

   Network/interact (32 KB)

 

Educators

   Recruitment (20 KB)

   Design educators (Edna) (44 KB)

 

Inhouse

   In-house designers (20 KB)

 

Nonjoiners

   Have you seen me? (24 KB)

   360 and buddy pass (20 KB)

   Plan 3 (24 KB)

 

Retention

   Morning + noon + night (20 KB)

   Reconnect, reengage, retain (12 KB)

   Meet Your Rich Uncle (16 KB)

 

Leadership training

   Roles and responsibilities of nonprofit boards, Vicki Clark (BoardSource) (464 KB)

   Governance as leadership, Vernetta Walker (BoardSource) (1.2 MB)

 

Chapter success stories

   AIGA Atlanta, Color Blind (3.9 MB)

   AIGA DC, The Quality Membership Experience (10.2 MB)

   AIGA Los Angeles, AIGA Fellow Award Gala (7.6 MB)