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Committees
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Develop
programs to assist the Pittsburgh African American
community with local business education and training
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Provide
opportunities for the Chapter to assist businesses to
build capacity
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Support
local businesses and organizations in developing and
executing economic (re) investment strategies
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Enlarge
innovative ways to link local entrepreneurs with Chapter
corporate partners
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Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships
with local new & existing minority businesses and
governmental agencies which encourage and facilitate
small business development
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Discover
feasible entrepreneurial opportunities for the Chapter
to partner with
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Establish the Pittsburgh Chapter as the "go to"
professional organization to assist local African
American businesses
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Recruit and
retain new, renewing, and transfer members to the Chapter.
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Maintain and increase
chapter membership
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Promote
the membership of the National Black MBA Association, Inc.
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Recruit new members and retain current members
to meet goals established
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Implement
a Membership Life-cycle process - recruit, orientation of new
members, retain, and renew
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Provide
membership reports
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Maintain the most
current membership roster and member addresses.
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Develop programs
for recruitment drives and coordinate with other standing
committees as applicable.
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Identify and maintaining corporate partners for the
Chapter.
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Recruit corporate
partners to support the chapter and the National Organization.
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Maintain an
updated database of key contact people for current and
potential corporate partners.
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Maintain
professional and positive relationships with members of the
corporate community to ensure there is corporate awareness of
the Chapter’s activities.
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Sponsor the
annual Corporate Partner Reception.
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Develop an annual
corporate partner report to summarize deliverables from the
chapter that were supported by a corporate partner’s
sponsorship.
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Coordinate activities with other standing committees as
applicable.
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Assess
opportunities for involvement of the Pittsburgh Chapter and
individual members that increase visibility and strengthen
ties in the community.
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Participate in at
least one significant community-related activity each year,
(e.g., Christmas Party for underprivileged children, Habitat
for Humanity; and sponsor at least one role-model, mentoring
project per year, (e.g., "Leaders of Tomorrow,"
Junior Achievement, Adopt-a-School, etc.).
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To
provide a means for members to socialize and network
within the organization and community
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To work
closely with the membership committee to determine the
types of social activities desired by the members
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To
provide an annual budget for social activities
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To plan
and organize social events
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To
establish and maintain relationships with other black
professional organizations in the community
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To secure
speakers for meetings and workshops
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To
consult and advise other committees on forecasting their
events and the limitations of the calendar
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To
develop and submit the schedule of events one to two
years in advance
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- Recording
Pittsburgh Chapter proceedings in absence of the
Secretary.
- Coordinating
the preparation and distribution of the Pittsburgh Chapter
newsletter.
- Maintaining
the Pittsburgh Chapter website or work with designated
person assigned responsibility of the website.
- Develop
public relation strategies to support chapter events and
initiatives.
- Contact
newspapers, magazines, and other relevant periodicals to
advertise monthly meetings and other Chapter activities.
- Write
and submit press releases for major Chapter events.
- Establish
relationships with key media personnel to obtain media
coverage at selected Chapter events.
- Seek
opportunities to gain positive visibility for the Chapter.
- Coordinate
activities with other standing committees as applicable.
- Writing
or sending Pittsburgh Chapter correspondence upon request.
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- Plan, develop,
and present chapter programming
- Operate programs
– i.e. preparation, event operation, post reporting, etc.
- Develop a
pipeline of program topics/presenters for the year.
- Send out
appreciation letters to all speakers and contributors in
coordination with the President.
- Seek underwriting
for the meetings in conjunction with the President and
Corporate Relations and Fund Development committee.
- Develop marketing
strategies to support and market our chapter events and
initiatives.
- Create and update
marketing brochures/posters to be used for recruiting members
and Corporate Partners.
- Seek
opportunities to gain positive visibility for the Chapter.
- Coordinate
activities with other standing committees as applicable.
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- Recruit and
retain students, mentors and corporate partners for the LOT
program.
- Distribute LOT
information packages.
- Track attendance
at monthly LOT meetings and special events.
- Maintain the most
current LOT student and mentoring participant roster.
- Develop “fun”
activities for the LOT membership.
- Develop
inter-organizational relations with other student mentoring
programs.
- Coordinate a
variety of activities, workshops, and events for LOT students
that emphasize growth in the following areas:
- Leadership
- Academics
- Professional
Development
- Community Service
- Securing
internships & scholarships
- Goal setting and
attainment
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- Maintain
communications with local graduate business schools and
recruit student members.
- Sponsor
activities that address the needs of the student members.
- Update and
distribute scholarship applications.
- Coordinate the
scholarship program and selection process.
- Conduct one
student meeting in conjunction with the Program Committee each
year.
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