How do we retain people? through Pride in our organizations

P: provide a positive working environment
social with snacks
make meeting fun
take them to dinner

R: recognize, reward and reinforce the right behavior

• celebrate people
• thank you notes
• gifts once in a while

I: Involve and engage
invite people to participate in meetings
have them doing important and useful things for the group
ask for their ideas on important things like the budget

D: Develop skills and potential
progessive responsibility to oder members
mentor young members
point out the potential in people

E:Evaluate and measure
ask how you are doing as a group
formal and inforal evalautions
setting goals and checking to meeting those goal

Tips: where to start recruiting on campus

1. activities fair in the fall: over 60 students organizations represented, bring a signup sheet and follow up with the students that show interest
2. how to be a sophomore: have your student organization attend and host a table
3. WAC weekend
4. online:
5. classroom: plug it in especially if the topic is in anyway related to the objectives of the group. Ex. when talking about human rights, you can make a plug for IJM
6. table toppers and F frames: borrow from student involvement 

Evluation:

• was today's roundtable beneficial ?
  what tips will you take away from the discussion
• how could we make it better
• would you attend another roundtable
• any suggestions for future roundtable topics