AIGA Triad NC State of the Chapter 2013-2014 Presentation

Thank You!
Common Grounds
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The Fresh Market
Triad North Carolina

Welcome to the
State of the Chapter
Community Meeting

Triad North Carolina

President
Andy Kurtts

Triad North Carolina / The Board

President
2013
We became the official 67th chapter of AIGA
We laid a lot of ground work to make our chapter
Provided leadership and vision to our growing chapter
Connection with national office
Set agendas and call weekly board meetings
Met with various groups about AIGA
“The Best AIGA Chapter in the Nation”

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President
2014
To further reach out and connect with other
chapters to solidify NC and the South as a
creative and business hub
Connect our chapter with business community
Make sure our vision aligns with the broader
AIGA national vision
Work to refine our chapter’s mission

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Vice President
Elliot Strunk


Vice President
2013
Acting president for four months.
Supported president in day-to-day responsibilities.
Represented chapter at national retreat.
Helped coordinate Design Week activities.
Pitched AIGA to schools via speaking engagements
Attended national conference in Philadelphia
100 Years liaison
Assisted with chapter support materials (website,  
t-shirts, chair, communications strategy)

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Vice President
2014
Help grow membership through increased
engagement with agencies and schools.
Celebrate AIGA’s 100th anniversary in a  
meaningful way.
Quality content via communications and social media.
Lay foundation for regional conference of some sort.
Adopt a community project that can be influenced
through power of design.

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Secretary
Rheta Whittington


Secretary
Responsibilities:
Be present for weekly board meetings on  
Google Hangout
Record and distribute weekly board meeting minutes
Serve as administrator of the AIGA Triad NC  
email accounts

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Secretary
Rheta Whittington
Responsibilities continued:
Maintain the P.O. box in Kernersville and check mail
regularly
Keep the board member contact list current
Receive and forward any messages called into the
chapter’s phone number

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Secretary
Goal for 2014:
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Compile a notebook of the chapter’s official papers and
board meeting minutes


Membership Director
Lindsey Gibbs


Membership Director
Responsibilities:
Growing the membership of our new chapter
Assisting and educating prospective members
Attending all weekly board meetings
Providing updated membership reports
Collaborating and assisting other board members  
on all membership issues

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Membership Director
Setting membership goals for 2014:
Double our current membership and grow to 250+
Be more inclusive to all areas of design centric
communities

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Treasurer
Traci Naff


Treasurer
What people think I do:


Treasurer
What I actually do:


Treasurer
Responsibilities:
Receive and disburse funds
Maintain financial records
File tax return
Maintain exempt status requirements

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2013 Breakdown
Income
$8,718.44

Spending
$5,681.62

Events 45.6%

Events 84.9%

Membership 39.3%

Business 11.9%

Sponsorship 14.2%

Other 3.2%

Other 0.9%


Event Directors
Amanda King
Stephanie Case


Event Directors
Starting with the fall of 2012, we planned, held, or
attended approx. 29 events through AIGA and helped
to promote 7 community events for a total of 36 events
we were involved with as a chapter.


Event Directors
Types of events included:
Small and large socials (gatherings, Valentine’s & Christmas)
Student Portfolio Review with High Point University
Guest speakers of local designers and illustrators, social
media experts, paper reps and GFDA (national speakers)
Studio Tours in Gboro and Winston-Salem (Spring & Fall)
Amanda attended national leadership retreat in Philly;
helped organize the retreat for our board
Adobe Workshop-Creative Cloud
Design Week (including a studio tour and logo competition)

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Event Directors
Top attendance was for the Studio Tours
in Greensboro and Winston-Salem with
both exceeding 100 attendees!


Event Directors
Responsibilities:
Attending weekly board meetings and holding asneeded events meetings
Determining events for the year
Coordinating all event details for speakers, venues,
food, decorations
Working with the treasurer to establish and work
within budgets for events
Entering event details in Eventbrite

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Event Directors
Coordinating or designing event graphics as needed
Promoting via social media
Designing and promoting e-newsletters and e-notes
Managing volunteers
For Design Week, we built a website promoting all
the events
Arranging sponsorships as needed

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Event Directors
Helped SECCA promote events around Graphic Design
exhibit, and Elliot and Amanda were involved with
initial meetings contributing to their programming
ideas around the exhibit

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Event Directors
Plans for 2014
The programming focus for 2014 is to provide one
meaningful event each month.


Event Directors
Plans for 2014:
Fresh Experiences
Hand-Lettering workshop with John Stevens
National AIGA speaker(s)
Engaging In-house Designers
Why learn code? Designer/Developer Summit
Business of Design: Client Relations,  
Entrepreneurship, etc.
AIGA 100 (Events around Centennial)

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Event Directors
Plans for 2014 continued:
Studio Tours: Greensboro and Winston-Salem
Portfolio Review... or ReBrew!
Student Driven Event
Design Month in October (Instead of Design Week)
GFDA

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Event Directors
Keeping it Casual
Pop-up events are meet-ups hosted by a member,
intended to make it easy for you to rendezvous with
other members.

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Communications Director
Craig Fishel


2013 in Review
• New board position
• Hit the ground running late in the year
• Overall PR plan
• Design Week PR plan
• Solid results for Design Week
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What’s coming in 2014
• Communications Team development
- Immediate needs: Twitter & Facebook
• PR seminars for interested AIGA members
• Review/Revise/Institute 2014 PR plan
• Promote the chapter and its events in local and
regional media …Publicize, Publicize Publicize!!!


Volunteer Director
Forrest Causby


Volunteer Director
Accomplishments:
Currently have a roster of 40 volunteers
Created Volunteer Agreement to allow volunteers to  
attend events at reduced-cost
With Events/Programming, put on major events  
requiring volunteers such as studio tours, design  
exhibits, Adobe CC training, parties/socials, and lectures

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Volunteer Director
Goals for 2014:
Organize volunteers to better help chapter leadership
in planning and hosting events, and communicating
happenings in the chapter
Work with Craig to organize a Communications Team
Work with Amanda and Stephanie to organize an
Events Team
Identify and train successor for position

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Education Directors
Mike Lawson & Shann Byrne


Education Directors
2013 Education Activities:
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Student Interest Meetings Conducted/Presented:
GTCC 9/5/13
UNCG 9/25/13
HPU 10/8/13

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Education Directors
2013 Education Activities continued:
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Chapters Established/Chartered:
Guilford Technical Community College Student Chapter
High Point University Student Chapter
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Student Community Interaction Events:
CreativeBlend 9/5/13

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Education Directors
Other:
Shann attended the AIGA Education conference 2013
GTCC Students Created Table Centerpieces For
SECCA’s “GD:NIP” Exhibition
AIGA assisted with HPU Portfolio Reviews 5/13
AIGA membership promoted/attended  
GTCC Portfolio Day

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Education Directors
Other:
Elliot Strunk/Lindsey Gibbs Guest Presentation  
at GTCC
GTCC Student AIGA presented GJ Nelson Guest
Lecture at GTCC
GTCC students field-trip to SECCA’s “GD:NIP”
HPU students field-trip to SECCA’s “GD:NIP”

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Education Directors
Other:
GTCC student Kat Jackson presented work at  
Pecha Kucha Night: AIGA Triad NC Design Week
AIGA Student Members acted as volunteers at
several chapter events: GFDA, Studio Tours,  
Before & After, etc.

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Education Directors
2014 Upcoming/Planned Education Activities:
Student Portfolio Review 5/2014
Student Portfolio Review 7/2014
student-focused guest speaker/panel event  
Fall 2014
Student Welcome Back/Mixer: All Colleges
Together Event Fall 2014
WSSU Student Interest Meeting TBA

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Education Directors
2014 Upcoming/Planned Education Activities:
NCA&T Student Interest Meeting TBA
Forsyth Technical Community College Student
Interest Meeting TBA
Behance Portfolio Review Collaboration?

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In-House Director
Heather Allison


In-House Director
2013:
Established non-profit status with IRS and submitted
all legal paper work with the help of our attorney
Finalized the chapter by-laws

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In-House Director
Goals for 2014:
Provide Programming for In-House creatives
through:
A Formal speaker, hopefully on a national scale
Informal discussions with coffee or lunch breaks
on semi-regular basis
Work to establish a more robust on-line community
for resources for in-house creatives

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Welcome!
Sponsorship Director
Anna Bridges


AIGA 100

Triad North Carolina / AIGA 100

AIGA 100
100 Chairs:


AIGA 100
Our Chair:


AIGA LOCAL

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Paula Scher at SECCA next Wednesday January 29  
at 7pm
select “Student” for $25 tickets, then put AIGA
Member in the comments field
Andrew Blauvelt at SECCA February 21st at 7pm
FREE!

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Triad North Carolina / AIGA National

AIGA NATIONAL

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January 21st was Centennial Day!
January 31st entry deadline for  
Justified: AIGA Design Competition
October 23-24 Gain: AIGA Design and  
Business Conference, NYC

Triad North Carolina / AIGA National

Get Involved!
•Get in touch with Forrest at volunteer@triadnc.aiga.org
•In early June you will vote for a new board
•If you are interested in becoming a board member we will  
be hosting a interest meeting in March

Triad North Carolina / Get Involved

Triad
North Carolina
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