9 Meetings
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Schedule a regular time to meet
- This will vary from chapter to chapter, but whatever cadence you choose (weekly, biweekly, monthly, etc.), be sure to be consistent.
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Make it work for your students
- Try to cater to what most students can do. Typically, a lunch meeting can work well for students since they are already at school and can meet together while they eat. After school can be tricky if students are part of athletics or other clubs. Additionally, you can schedule times for just certain groups of students to meet (for example, just the officers vs. the whole chapter, or meetings that focus on prep, service, or fun).
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Include food!
- Students are incentivized to attend meetings if there is food involved. If you can make it work, provide it for them and allow the students to just socialize with each other.
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Meet with other chapters.
- Meet up with other chapters of your same CTSO at other schools or even of different CTSOs on your same campus. This gives students a chance to network and learn from other perspectives that might help them with current projects or competitions.
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Bring interested students to CTSO-wide events
- If there is a conference or event that is available to all (i.e., not just members of your specific CTSO), invite prospective students to tag along. Experiencing what a CTSO has to offer is far more powerful than simply telling them what they can do.
