aiga triad nc state of the chapter 2013-2014 presentation
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Our AIGA chapter's presentation of what we accomplished in 2013 and what we have planned for 2013.TRANSCRIPT
Triad North Carolina
Thank You!Common Grounds
& The Fresh Market
Triad North Carolina
Welcome to the State of the Chapter Community Meeting
Triad North Carolina / The Board
President
Andy Kurtts
Triad North Carolina / The Board
President
2013
• We became the official 67th chapter of AIGA
• We laid a lot of ground work to make our chapter
• Provided leadership and vision to our growing chapter
• Connection with national office
• Set agendas and call weekly board meetings
• Met with various groups about AIGA
• “The Best AIGA Chapter in the Nation”
Triad North Carolina / The Board
President
2014
• To further reach out and connect with other chapters to solidify NC and the South as a creative and business hub
• Connect our chapter with business community
• Make sure our vision aligns with the broader AIGA national vision
• Work to refine our chapter’s mission
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Vice President
Elliot Strunk
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Vice President
2013 • Acting president for four months. • Supported president in day-to-day responsibilities. • Represented chapter at national retreat. • Helped coordinate Design Week activities. • Pitched AIGA to schools via speaking engagements • Attended national conference in Philadelphia • 100 Years liaison • Assisted with chapter support materials (website,
t-shirts, chair, communications strategy)
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Vice President
2014 • Help grow membership through increased
engagement with agencies and schools. • Celebrate AIGA’s 100th anniversary in a
meaningful way. • Quality content via communications and social media. • Lay foundation for regional conference of some sort. • Adopt a community project that can be influenced
through power of design.
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Secretary
Rheta Whittington
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Secretary
Responsibilities:
• Be present for weekly board meetings on Google Hangout
• Record and distribute weekly board meeting minutes
• Serve as administrator of the AIGA Triad NC email accounts
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Secretary
Rheta Whittington Responsibilities continued:
• Maintain the P.O. box in Kernersville and check mail regularly
• Keep the board member contact list current
• Receive and forward any messages called into the chapter’s phone number
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Secretary
Goal for 2014: !
Compile a notebook of the chapter’s official papers and board meeting minutes
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Membership Director
Lindsey Gibbs
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Membership Director
Responsibilities:
• Growing the membership of our new chapter
• Assisting and educating prospective members
• Attending all weekly board meetings
• Providing updated membership reports
• Collaborating and assisting other board members on all membership issues
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Membership Director
Setting membership goals for 2014:
• Double our current membership and grow to 250+
• Be more inclusive to all areas of design centric communities
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Treasurer
Traci Naff
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Treasurer
What people think I do:
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Treasurer
What I actually do:
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Treasurer
Responsibilities:
• Receive and disburse funds
• Maintain financial records
• File tax return
• Maintain exempt status requirements
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Events 45.6%Membership 39.3%
Sponsorship 14.2%
Other 0.9%
Events 84.9%Business 11.9%
Other 3.2%
Income$8,718.44
Spending$5,681.62
2013 Breakdown
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Event Directors
Amanda King Stephanie Case
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Event Directors
Starting with the fall of 2012, we planned, held, or attended approx. 29 events through AIGA and helped to promote 7 community events for a total of 36 events we were involved with as a chapter.
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Types of events included: • Small and large socials (gatherings, Valentine’s & Christmas) • Student Portfolio Review with High Point University • Guest speakers of local designers and illustrators, social
media experts, paper reps and GFDA (national speakers) • Studio Tours in Gboro and Winston-Salem (Spring & Fall) • Amanda attended national leadership retreat in Philly;
helped organize the retreat for our board • Adobe Workshop-Creative Cloud • Design Week (including a studio tour and logo competition)
Event Directors
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Top attendance was for the Studio Tours in Greensboro and Winston-Salem with both exceeding 100 attendees!
Event Directors
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Responsibilities:
• Attending weekly board meetings and holding as-needed events meetings
• Determining events for the year
• Coordinating all event details for speakers, venues, food, decorations
• Working with the treasurer to establish and work within budgets for events
• Entering event details in Eventbrite
Event Directors
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Responsibilities continued:
• Coordinating or designing event graphics as needed
• Promoting via social media
• Designing and promoting e-newsletters and e-notes
• Managing volunteers
• For Design Week, we built a website promoting all the events
• Arranging sponsorships as needed
Event Directors
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Responsibilities continued:
• Helped SECCA promote events around Graphic Design exhibit, and Elliot and Amanda were involved with initial meetings contributing to their programming ideas around the exhibit
Event Directors
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Plans for 2014 The programming focus for 2014 is to provide one meaningful event each month.
Event Directors
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Plans for 2014: • Fresh Experiences • Hand-Lettering workshop with John Stevens • National AIGA speaker(s) • Engaging In-house Designers • Why learn code? Designer/Developer Summit • Business of Design: Client Relations,
Entrepreneurship, etc. • AIGA 100 (Events around Centennial)
Event Directors
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Plans for 2014 continued:
• Studio Tours: Greensboro and Winston-Salem
• Portfolio Review... or ReBrew!
• Student Driven Event
• Design Month in October (Instead of Design Week)
• GFDA
Event Directors
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Keeping it Casual
• Pop-up events are meet-ups hosted by a member, intended to make it easy for you to rendezvous with other members.
Event Directors
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Communications Director
Craig Fishel
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Communications Director
2013 in Review • New board position • Hit the ground running late in the year • Overall PR plan • Design Week PR plan • Solid results for Design Week !
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Communications Director
What’s coming in 2014 • Communications Team development - Immediate needs: Twitter & Facebook • PR seminars for interested AIGA members • Review/Revise/Institute 2014 PR plan
• Promote the chapter and its events in local and regional media …Publicize, Publicize Publicize!!!
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Volunteer Director
Forrest Causby
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Volunteer Director
Accomplishments:
• Currently have a roster of 40 volunteers
• Created Volunteer Agreement to allow volunteers to attend events at reduced-cost
• With Events/Programming, put on major events requiring volunteers such as studio tours, design exhibits, Adobe CC training, parties/socials, and lectures
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Volunteer Director
Goals for 2014:
• Organize volunteers to better help chapter leadership in planning and hosting events, and communicating happenings in the chapter
• Work with Craig to organize a Communications Team
• Work with Amanda and Stephanie to organize an Events Team
• Identify and train successor for position
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Education Directors
Mike Lawson & Shann Byrne
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Education Directors
2013 Education Activities: !
Student Interest Meetings Conducted/Presented:
• GTCC 9/5/13
• UNCG 9/25/13
• HPU 10/8/13
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Education Directors
2013 Education Activities continued: !
Chapters Established/Chartered:
• Guilford Technical Community College Student Chapter
• High Point University Student Chapter !!
Student Community Interaction Events:
• CreativeBlend 9/5/13
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Education Directors
2013 Education Activities continued: Other:
• Shann attended the AIGA Education conference 2013
• GTCC Students Created Table Centerpieces For SECCA’s “GD:NIP” Exhibition
• AIGA assisted with HPU Portfolio Reviews 5/13
• AIGA membership promoted/attended GTCC Portfolio Day
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Education Directors
2013 Education Activities continued: Other:
• Elliot Strunk/Lindsey Gibbs Guest Presentation at GTCC
• GTCC Student AIGA presented GJ Nelson Guest Lecture at GTCC
• GTCC students field-trip to SECCA’s “GD:NIP”
• HPU students field-trip to SECCA’s “GD:NIP”
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Education Directors
2013 Education Activities continued: Other:
• GTCC student Kat Jackson presented work at Pecha Kucha Night: AIGA Triad NC Design Week
• AIGA Student Members acted as volunteers at several chapter events: GFDA, Studio Tours, Before & After, etc.
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Education Directors
2014 Upcoming/Planned Education Activities:
• Student Portfolio Review 5/2014
• Student Portfolio Review 7/2014
• student-focused guest speaker/panel event Fall 2014
• Student Welcome Back/Mixer: All Colleges Together Event Fall 2014
• WSSU Student Interest Meeting TBA
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Education Directors
2014 Upcoming/Planned Education Activities:
• NCA&T Student Interest Meeting TBA
• Forsyth Technical Community College Student Interest Meeting TBA
• Behance Portfolio Review Collaboration?
Triad North Carolina / The Board
In-House Director
Heather Allison
Triad North Carolina / The Board
In-House Director
2013:
• Established non-profit status with IRS and submitted all legal paper work with the help of our attorney
• Finalized the chapter by-laws
Triad North Carolina / The Board
In-House Director
Goals for 2014:
• Provide Programming for In-House creatives through:
• A Formal speaker, hopefully on a national scale
• Informal discussions with coffee or lunch breaks on semi-regular basis
• Work to establish a more robust on-line community for resources for in-house creatives
Triad North Carolina / The Board
Sponsorship Director
Anna Bridges
Welcome!
Triad North Carolina / AIGA 100
AIGA 100
Triad North Carolina / AIGA 100
AIGA 100
100 Chairs:
Triad North Carolina / AIGA 100
AIGA 100
Our Chair:
Triad North Carolina / AIGA National
AIGA LOCAL
• Paula Scher at SECCA next Wednesday January 29 at 7pm
• select “Student” for $25 tickets, then put AIGA Member in the comments field
• Andrew Blauvelt at SECCA February 21st at 7pm
• FREE!
Triad North Carolina / AIGA National
AIGA NATIONAL
• January 21st was Centennial Day!
• January 31st entry deadline for Justified: AIGA Design Competition
• October 23-24 Gain: AIGA Design and Business Conference, NYC
Triad North Carolina / Get Involved
Get Involved!
•Get in touch with Forrest at [email protected]
•In early June you will vote for a new board
•If you are interested in becoming a board member we will be hosting a interest meeting in March
Thank you!
Triad North Carolina
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