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On November 13th we hosted the 2009 Ad 2 Mid Year Retreat at The Dana on Mission Bay. We were joined by 40 Ad 2 members from clubs all over the nation. The event started with a mixer at the Dana on the night of the 13th. The next morning we had an all day workshop which included team building projects, and various breakout sessions. We ended the event with dinner at Las Hadas, and a night of bar hopping in the Gas Lamp District.
This event allowed executives from each club to pick each others brain on topics like public service, member retention, social media, and programs. I felt this expierience was beneficial for myself and my fellow board members, and we picked up some tips that will help us better Ad 2 SD. Check out what some of our other board members had to say.
Stephanie Gulley
As the Social Media chair on the Communications Committee for Ad2SD, I was eager to meet other Ad 2 members that shared my position to exchange ideas on two specific areas: (1) how we could better promote our Ad 2 events and (2) encourage other professionals in our areas to join our events.
During our break out session, I learned that other chapters were taking advantage of Facebook and Twitter to promote their events like us. However, I was suprised to learn that other chapter didn’t promote events on their site as often as we did (i.e. Event Announcement, Event Summary, Photos, etc.) but after sharing our success stories with other members, I’m confident that that will change in the future.
Marcus Barron
The mid-year retreat was a great way for AD2SD to connect with other AD2 clubs across the country. It was the perfect opportunity to share what was working and get advice on things that weren’t. Playing off each others ideas gave us a chance to reflect on our events and programing and how we can improve it to make it even better.
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