Dear Colleague,

Thank you for attending the Regional Officers Seminar at One Birdcage Walk on 12 June 2008 and I hope that you found the day informative and enjoyable.

The notes from the Best Practice workshops and copies of the presentations given throughout the day can be found below:

Programme 2008
Attendees List

IMechE Update

Update on IMechE Strategy & Business Plan, Colin Brown
Marketing and Communications Plan Update, James Hobbs

Best Practice Workshops

Recruiting and Retaining Active Members (notes and presentation)
Supporting your members in their professional development (notes and presentation #1, presentation #2)
How to plan and run events (notes and presentation)
Budgets and Finance (notes and presentation)
Industrial Liaison Officers (notes and presentation)

IMechE Supporting You

Regional Managers Update, Steve Gasser
The IMechE Ambassadors Programme, Habiba Choudhuri
Media and PR, Richard Campbell


Additional information

From Recruiting and Retaining workshop:                  
- Basic needs of every volunteer                   - Committee Learning Planner
- Self Evaluation checklist                              - Member Learning Planner
- Volunteer interview guidelines                   - Member motivations
- Email advertising example                          - Member exit questionnaire
- Website advertising example                      - Skills Audit example
- Volunteer assignment sheet                       - Volunteer assignment example
- The different generations

From Event Planning workshop:
- Sponsorship Opportunities


The date for Regional Officers Seminar 2009 is yet to be confirmed. If you have any further queries please contact Lucy Barling, Training and Support Executive in Regional & International Operations.

Pictures from ROS 2008