Leaders Blog

Check your results for Week Two of our Summer Membership Challenge! Take a look at how you stack up against other chapters. Congratulations to the chapters that have grown since June 1st: Arkansas, Colorado, GWDC, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. We've added 3 more states with growth this week! Let's keep the momentum going!

On July 25 @ 3 p.m. Eastern, the Chapter Services Team will be conducting a Succession Planning Training Webinar! As we begin to plan for 2025, the webinar will provide Chapters with succession planning tips and tricks and answer any questions Chapters may have. Topics include: 

According to National Mentoring Day, which is celebrated on October 27 each year, 97% of those who have a mentor find the relationship to be immensely valuable, and entrepreneurs are twice as likely to succeed if they have a mentor. That is why we launched the NAIFA Mentor Loop program in 2023, our exclusive member benefit that matches mentors and mentees while providing a structured and supportive framework.

Chapter Staff and Chapter Leaders from across NAIFA Nation met on July 11th, for the Chapter Leaders Webinar! Attendees were able to hear the latest NAIFA updates and announcements! This month's Chapter Leaders Webinar featured:

The results are now for the first week of our Summer Membership Challenge! Take a look at how you stack up against other chapters. Congratulations to the 10 chapters that grew since June 1st: Arkansas, GWDC, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Two NAIFA signature events, the National Leadership Conference (including the Belong awards gala) and Apex, are coming together this year as a three-day extravaganza at the world-class Arizona Biltmore. 

Don't miss out. Join us September 19-21!

The National Leadership Conference and Apex offer a great opportunity to get together with NAIFA leaders from across the country. Special sessions are specifically designed to benefit NAIFA leaders and allow you to share best practices.

Summer is no time for us to take our foot off the pedal when it comes to NAIFA advocacy efforts. Last year, NAIFA members held more than 135 meetings with members of Congress and their staff in their home districts during the annual summer Congressional recess. 

When you're talking to member or a prospective member, do you know all of the benefits that NAIFA has to offer them?

Back in April, our Membership Team put together some videos on how to make the most of your NAIFA membership. These are great resources to use for recruitment and retention efforts.

In case you missed it, we have all of the videos linked below here for you to access and use as you please.

Join the Chapter Services Team on July 25 @ 3 p.m. Eastern as they conduct a Succession Planning Training Webinar!

As we begin to plan for 2025, the webinar will provide Chapters with succession planning tips and tricks and answer any questions Chapters may have. After the webinar, resources will be posted in the Chapter Playbook for Chapters to reference!
Presidents, President-Elects, Immediate Past Presidents, Executive Directors and Chapter Staff are encouraged to attend, but ALL Chapter Leaders are invited!

Reminder that the next "Wake Up Wednesday" with Marques Ogden will happen next Wednesday, July 10th at 9 am eastern. Wake Up Wednesday is a motivational hour with Marques who is not just a member, but one of our keynote speakers at this upcoming Apex at the Arizona Biltmore September 19-21, 2024. Once a month the NAIFA early birds get together to talk about mindset with Marques leading us through key points to help us optimize our time, efforts, and self-talk so that we can do more and be more. This great new member-to-member program is guaranteed to get you going and ensure that you don't get comfortable with being comfortable!