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Get Members
More than 4,000 times a year, someone thinks he'd like to join... How can you boost that number?
Updated: 10/9/2002 2:57:00 PM

2008 Benefits of Membership of the Barbershop Harmony Society
2008 Benefits of Membership of the Barbershop Harmony Society
Updated: 3/28/2008 3:21:33 PM

8 Phase Planning Outline
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

All those singers in your town—how will you find them?
A current survey gives us some answers.
Updated: 8/19/2003 3:04:00 PM

ANUGUY Orientation
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Auditions For Admission
Try a time-tested approach to finding men who can sing.
Updated: 6/7/2002 6:01:00 AM

Barbershop: Unleash the singer within
National release to media--got something similar? Pitch it.
Updated: 10/15/2007 10:31:52 AM

BHS Application Process
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

BHS Recruiting Brochure 8.5x16
Customize this recruiting brochure for your chapter!
Updated: 11/30/2005 3:31:15 PM

Bill Biffles Plan
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Black History
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Board approves discounted dues for all students
Rate adjusted to reflect realities of today's world of higher education.
Updated: 8/30/2005 2:25:14 PM

BS Wish List Survey
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Class of 2000
Take a group of men, train them together, and share their pride in ``graduating`` to full membership in your chapter.
Updated: 5/23/2002 7:58:00 PM

Departing with Style
A poignant finale for a man who wanted to die singing.
Updated: 5/28/2002 5:56:00 PM

Dues - Basic District Dues Summary
The quick reference for dues rates in all 16 districts.
Updated: 12/18/2007 2:18:38 PM

Dues - EasyDues payment plans
Choose among four easy plans for paying your SPEBSQSA dues, including automatic withdrawal from checking or credit card accounts.
Updated: 5/6/2003 10:07:00 AM

Dues and Membership Costs
Determine what it costs to become a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
Updated: 5/22/2006 5:01:09 PM

EASYDUES
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Emails on Retention
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Fair and Convention Booths
Tell your story to people in a happy setting: local festivals and fairs. Here's how.
Updated: 5/24/2002 8:11:00 AM

Finding Former Members
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Former Members
We tend to forget old friends who have drifted away, but sometimes there’s a compelling reason for their decision to leave. One option to use with them is to try and re-attract back into the fold through the Frank H. Thorne Chapter-At-Large. If your chapter has some former members whom you think could benefit from this membership option, here’s a letter you might consider using to help with that
Updated: 5/23/2002 8:02:00 PM

Four stages of orientation
The importance of giving a new guest some fun and enjoyment of our craft.
Updated: 4/26/2004 11:50:00 AM

Fun-Guest Night
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Great Times To Recruit
So you think there are only a couple of times to recruit, huh? Well have we got news for you …
Updated: 5/24/2002 8:14:00 AM

Growth comes from working smart and simple
Are you driving away potential members, or are you growing like these chapters?
Updated: 6/24/2002 10:50:00 AM

Guest Checklist
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Health Benefits
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

HOT Associate Member Policy
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

HOT Attendance Policy
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

HOT Audition Process
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

HOT Chorus Applicant Routing
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

HOT Current Job Listing
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

HOT Fact Sheet
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

How Teaming Helps Membership (It really works!)
Some insightful tips for recruitment of new members.
Updated: 4/26/2004 11:48:00 AM

Keep track of Society membership trends using the Members Only Site
Updated: 10/11/2005 10:21:39 AM

Kenosha Staff Tips
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Lapsed-member lists available to chapters for recruiting
Keep in touch with past members -- they may rejoin, attend shows, or be your biggest fans!
Updated: 9/21/2004 10:05:00 AM

Love Them or Lose Them
Follow the Golden Rule
Updated: 8/19/2003 4:32:00 PM

M-O-N Ideas
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Mailing List
Most of our chapters sit on a gold mine which we rarely tap into – our chapter mailing list. Here’s how to use it effectively.
Updated: 5/24/2002 9:08:00 AM

MD Assessment Tool
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

MD VP Assessment Tool
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

MD-VP Checklist
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Member Satisfaction Survey
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Members Only helps chapters stay one jump ahead of dropped memberships
The time to prevent lapsed membership is before they drop. Use the Society's resources to improve retention in your chapter.
Updated: 2/27/2006 10:21:04 AM

Members Only site restored
Updated: 9/7/2007 6:15:34 PM

Membership application and dues calculation
Download the material you need to become a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society--membership application, dues calculation, and multi-year dues forms.
Updated: 4/24/2008 3:56:35 PM

Membership Begins With Me
This sequential, comprwehensive recruiting program emphasizes public performance, personal contact and coordinated follow-through to reach new members.
Updated: 5/24/2002 9:05:00 AM

Membership rises in August
Updated: 9/8/2005 11:54:12 AM

More New Ideas
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Need Assistance with Recruiting Members?
Download the new 2008 Homecoming Toolkit, chockful of ideas on ways to bring barbershop harmony to prospective members.
Updated: 10/22/2007 5:13:15 PM

New Member Checklist
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Nine Recruiting Tips
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Open House
The Open House Program is designed to get prospects to attend a 'typical' chapter meeting. This typical chapter meeting should be planned as to positively demonstrate the chapter's best points.
Updated: 5/23/2002 8:19:00 PM

Open House Example
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Open House for Membership
Get prospects to attend a typical chapter meeting. This typical chapter meeting should be planned as to positively demonstrate the chapter's best points.
Updated: 5/24/2002 9:34:00 AM

Organizing a Mens Holiday Chorus
Try this great community service project that builds awareness and shares cheer.
Updated: 7/28/2003 12:29:00 PM

Personal Recruiting
Find new ways to talk about barbershop everyday. Find ways to mention barbershop harmony to every person you meet. Every one.
Updated: 5/24/2002 9:14:00 AM

RE:Members August 2002
In this issue: TAKE THE CONVENTION HOME... WHY NOT TALK TO STRANGERS? ... ORIENTATION... TAKE TIME TO CARE ... KNOW THE JOB... WHEN YOU WISH... MORE MEMBERS ... OUTREACH ... RECRUITING DADS
Updated: 9/6/2002 10:07:00 AM

Recruiting Message in Keep America Singing
Entertain and educate your audience about the Society while singing our motto song.
Updated: 8/14/2006 1:29:47 AM

Recruiting Tags
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

ReMembers December 2001 (formatted PDF)
In This Issue: ONCE UPON A TIME ... UNITED WE SING ... ORIENTATION ... ADMINISTRATION ... ROADSHOW A HUGE SUCCESS ... OUTREACH & EXTENSION CONCERNS
Updated: 12/11/2002 10:45:00 AM

ReMembers February 2002 (formatted PDF)
In this issue: OLD HARMONIZERS... ADMINISTRATION... RETENTION... ORIENTATION.... TRAINING: A MEANS TO AN END
Updated: 12/11/2002 10:39:00 AM

REMembers May 2003 (formatted PDF)
Download the fully-formatted PDF, suitable for printing and distributing to your chapter. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Updated: 5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Resource Disk Index
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Share Prospect Names
Everyone benefits when you tell a potential member about other barbershop activity in the neighborhood. Here's why.
Updated: 6/8/2005 8:44:00 AM

Singing Is Life Intro
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Singing Is Life video script (narration only)
The script to the recruiting video is filled with important information and ways of describing the Barbershop Harmony Society. Study and learn.
Updated: 11/27/2002 3:34:00 PM

SMARTER Template
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Society shows growth in September
You Can Sing Too campaign yielding results.
Updated: 10/7/2005 3:46:09 PM

Speak at a community event
Bring yur membership message to groups in your community
Updated: 5/24/2002 8:17:00 AM

Spotlight: On Stage! with the Stone Mountain Chapter
A unique idea for chapter membership. Learn how Stone Mountain Chapter increased their membership.
Updated: 9/12/2003 1:20:00 PM

Starting a Chapter
Updated: 9/16/2005 1:58:59 PM

Successful recruiting techniques by the Little Rock Chapter
Want to double your Chapter Membership? Try this!
Updated: 10/1/2002 8:38:00 AM

Take It To the Street -- Hard Core Recruiting Strategies
Take your chapter's recruiting efforts to the next level
Updated: 5/23/2002 7:02:00 PM

Telemarketing
When used properly the telephone can be one of the best recruiting tools that we have.
Updated: 5/23/2002 7:10:00 PM

Top 10 BOD Actions
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

UCANSING2 membership campaign to launch this summer
Our biggest recruiting effort ever! Includes media support, big prizes, and a chance to make a change and grow your chapter.
Updated: 4/13/2005 3:27:00 PM

UCANSING2 NAME Badge_template
Artwork for printable name badges -- Avery 5164 or 8164
Updated: 7/18/2005 4:21:20 PM

UCANSING2 Radio PSA Scripts
Three easy scripts for local radio advertising,
Updated: 9/7/2005 2:23:44 PM

UCANSING2 Readiness Checklist
Step-by-step instructions to prepare for the biggest recruiting effort of the year.
Updated: 7/18/2005 4:18:36 PM

UCANSING2 T-minus timetable
A week-by-week planning tool for the biggest recruiting effort of the year.
Updated: 7/18/2005 4:20:00 PM

UCANSING2 template press release
For your convenience...a press release template to help you announce your guest night.
Updated: 8/23/2005 3:36:38 PM

UCANSING_6x21_BW NEWSPAPER LOCAL
Updated: 5/9/2006 2:40:18 PM

Use yearbooks to find members
Your local library may hold the key to locating men who sang in their school days.
Updated: 5/23/2002 7:33:00 PM

Veteran Recruiter Tips
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Vocal Analysis Form
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Vocal Education Program
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

Wanna Sing
The Wanna Sing? program is designed to get potential members to attend a regular chapter meeting, and can be used in conjunction with the Auditions for Admissions, traditional guest nights, open houses, or any other recruitment program.
Updated: 5/23/2002 7:15:00 PM

Want More Singers?
If Ev Nau tells you how to get more singers, you'd better listen.
Updated: 6/5/2002 12:00:00 AM

Ways to use the Singing Is Life video
Now that you have the video... who should see it? A quick dozen ways to use this powerful recruiting tool.
Updated: 10/28/2003 10:08:00 AM

We are an orchard
You don’t grow an orchard for the trees: you grow it to eat the apples.
Updated: 5/14/2003 3:35:00 PM

Who Do You Know
Everyone knows dozens of people who might like to sing. Here's how to identify the folks closest to your life who just may enjoy singing. Some you may already have asked to come visit the chapter, but some may be new thoughts to you.
Updated: 5/23/2002 7:17:00 PM

You Can Sing Too advertising kicking in
Updated: 9/8/2005 5:28:32 PM

You Can Sing Too Campaign Launches
Call your friends! Make new friends! Bring 'em around and sign 'em up, because the You Can Sing Too campaign is underway.
Updated: 8/23/2005 5:53:33 PM

You Can Sing Too Recruiting Winners Announced
Congratulate the individuals and chapters who achieved success in the 2005 membership campaign.
Updated: 11/22/2005 8:48:17 AM

You Can Sing Too Resources Now Available Online
Download newspaper ads, signage and more for the biggest recruiting effort yet.
Updated: 8/26/2005 6:42:34 PM

YouCanSingToo Status Report
A first look at what's happening in our membership campaign.
Updated: 9/23/2005 8:53:42 PM

YouCanSingToo.Com website launches
A new website comes online to support your recruiting efforts
Updated: 8/23/2005 4:42:47 PM

Zander Possibilities Summary
Updated: 2/6/2007 4:00:00 PM

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