AUSA’s Membership Matters Podcast

We continue our discussion with AUSA’s 3^rd and 4^th Region Presidents, Kris McBride and Gus Rodriguez. In this episode we talk about the importance of succession planning and why your chapter should to identify the right people for the job and prepare them well ahead of time.  

For more tools and tips to help your chapter succeed, be sure to check out the ASK Toolkit! 

AUSA’s 3^rd and 4^th Region Presidents, Kris McBride and Gus Rodriguez, discuss why having a strong chapter board is important.  Join them as they talk about how they became involved with AUSA, grew their leadership roles, and built strong chapter boards. 

For more tools and tips to help your chapter succeed, be sure to check out the ASK Toolkit! 

Join us for Part 2 of our fundraising podcast as we continue our discussion with chapter leaders as well as a professional fundraiser, Mary Ellen Matheson, about how your chapter can raise money and create lasting relationships with donors.  For more tools and tips to help your chapter succeed, be sure to check out the ASK Toolkit! 

Join us as we talk with several chapter leaders as well as a professional fundraiser about how your chapter can raise money and create lasting relationships with donors.  For more tools and tips to help your chapter succeed, be sure to check out the ASK Toolkit! 

Tune in as Rich Kaniss, president of AUSA’s North Texas - Audie Murphy chapter, shares tips for recruiting new members and Community Partners using the U.S. Army’s Partnership for Youth Success Program (PaYS).  For more recruiting and retention tools and tips, be sure to check out the ASK Toolkit! 

Join us as we chat with 1SG Steven Canonico, USA, Ret. and members of AUSA’s Civilian Advisory Committee, Ellen Helmerson and Barbara Guy, on how to engage, recruit and retain the Army Civilians in your community.  For more recruiting and retention tools and tips, be sure to check out the ASK Toolkit! 

Join us as we close out Season 1 of Membership Matters with an episode that pulls together all of the best advice we’ve heard from participants on previous episodes. 

Follow helpful tips from other chapter leaders to become a more successful chapter. Resources mentioned are available in the ASK Toolkit and the Chapter Leader Portal.

Join Karen Bailey, President of AUSA’s Fires Chapter, and John Davies, Senior Director for Membership at AUSA National, as they share ideas on how to recruit and engage the right volunteers to help you execute your vision for your chapter.  Resources are available in the ASK Toolkit and the Chapter Leader Portal.

Leo Gilliland, the Young Professionals representative for AUSA’s 3^rd Region and a member of the Young Professionals National Advisory Committee, offers some great insight on how to start a Young Professionals group in your chapter and how to keep these new members engaged.  Young Professionals resources – event ideas, invitation templates, and more – are available in the ASK Toolkit.

Tune in as we ask a group of chapter presidents to share best practices on how they host successful events in their community while engaging Community Partners and Young Professionals, as well as other tips.  Templates referenced can be found in the ASK Toolkit.