Volunteer Opportunities

The work done by the CHPRMS board is organized and completed through five committees. Each committee is chaired by at least one board member and each board member serves on at least two committees. Committee work is not limited to board member involvement, and CHPRMS encourages society members to become involved on a committee. We’d love if you would join us!

Volunteer to Serve on the Board

  • Board members serve a two-year term with the option to renew pending approval of the Executive Committee.

  • Board members meet once a month virtually, with an in-person board meeting scheduled in August at the location of our Annual Conference.

  • Board members serve on a minimum of two committees. Committees meet once a month virtually.

  • Work assignments within these committees may take 2-4 hours of your time each month.

  • Board members are expected to actively participate in these committees as they help to shape, grow, and serve the members of our organization.

Membership & Education

  • Research and identify potential new members, including identifying marketing and communications team members from specialty practices, foundations, non-profits, assisted living, etc.

  • Create a communications plan to reach membership prospects, specifically managing Coffee and Communications and Lunch and Learn events to engage current and future members

  • Help foster and build the CHPRMS community by evaluating membership priorities and helping articulate the unique value of CHPRMS

  • Create annual education and networking calendar and choose featured topics/speakers

  • Serve as liaison to guests/sponsors who lead webinars, roundtable discussions and other events

  • Provide information on all education activities and events to Communications Committee to ensure timely marketing

Conference Planning

  • Divide and manage Annual Conference planning tasks under the leadership of conference planners, including speaker selection and communication, hotel/contract negotiation and all conference details

  • Coordination of all conference needs

  • Liaison with all speakers and AV vendor

  • Provide ongoing updates to the Communications Committee to ensure timely marketing of conference

Communications

  • Draft and send member email communications in MailChimp

  • Manage CHPRMS social media accounts

  • Review and update CHPRMS.org website copy, including annual review of each section of website (sponsorship, Wallies, board bios, etc.)

  • Consider content strategy for chrpms.org, including cadence and contributors

  • Establish social media calendar for year

  • Facilitate other communications as needed

Sponsorship

  • Recruit sponsors and equip other board members with tools and information to recruit sponsors

  • Serve as sponsor point-of-contact and facilitate communication for sponsorship needs

  • Serve as liaisons between speakers and hotel/conference site

  • Evaluate sponsorship experience annually to ensure return of sponsors

Awards & Recognition

  • Assist with marketing Wallie Awards in the early summer

  • Assist with coordinating judges from partner organizations

  • Help coordinate conference script and presentation

  • Assist with assembly of slide decks and other materials for awards presentation for Annual Conference

  • Coordinate ordering and distribution of Wallie trophies or other awards