1. Why should I recruit members for the IPMA?
2. How long does the Member Get a Member campaign last?
3. How do I receive credit for recruiting a member?
4. How can I find out if someone is already a IPMA member?
5. Does a recruit have to be brand new to the IPMA or do former members count too?
6. Can two or more members get partial credit for recruiting a new member?
7. Who should I be recruiting?
8. How can I find out if someone I've recruited has joined the IPMA?
9. When will prizes for the Member Get a Member campaign be awarded?
1. Question: Why should I recruit members for the IPMA?
Of course, there is the
recognition and valuable prizes being offered to recruiters as a part of this
campaign, but more than that, you should recruit at least one new IPMA member
to strengthen the profession. The more members the IPMA has, the louder our
voice becomes on legal assistant management related issues, the greater our
ability to influence federal and state legislation including exempt/non-exempt
status and educational standards. In addition, the IPMA is your professional
organization and the dues brought in by an increase in membership will give
the IPMA the broad financing needed to continue and expand the valuable professional
education, tools, and programs that it provides its members. By bringing in
new members, you help to build a bigger, better, stronger organization for
yourself.
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2. Question: How long does the Member Get a Member campaign last?
The current Member Get
a Member campaign will last through September 15, 2006 with prizes to be awarded
in November 2005. However, your efforts to recruit new members to the IPMA
should not end with this campaign. As members who care about their professional
organization and the value it provides, you should always be looking for others
to share in the benefits of an IPMA membership. Along with the wonderful work
you do, recruiting new members is yet another way that you can help to strengthen
legal assistant management.
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3. Question: How do I receive credit for recruiting a member?
On the IPMA membership
application forms there is a space provided for the recruiter to fill their
name, also, there is a data entry point on the online form. Ideally, you will
provide the prospective member you are recruiting with an application on which
you have already written your recruiter information. When the application
is received and processed by the IPMA membership office staff a link between
your record and the record of your recruit will be established. These links
will be used to track all the members you have recruited during the campaign.
If the prospective member you are recruiting is not getting their application
directly from you, please ask them to fill in your information in the "recruited
by" section of the application. Membership application forms can be filled
out directly on the website or filled out in PDF and sent in.
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4. Question: How can I find out if someone is already a IPMA member?
Simply check the IPMA
website directory. Information is updated weekly.
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5. Question: Does a recruit have to be new to the IPMA or do former members count too?
Former members or new
to the IPMA, it doesn't matter. Any non-member will be counted as a recruit
so long as the "recruited by" section of the application is filled
in with the recruiter's name, city, and state.
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6. Question: Can two or more members get partial credit for recruiting a new member?
No, each new member can
only have one recruiter credited. Should an application be received with more
than one person listed in the "recruited by" section, only the first
person named will receive credit.
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7. Question: Who should I be recruiting?
Recruits can be paralegal
managers, paralegals, paralegal educators, suppliers and supporters of paralegal
services. See the Types of Membership page for specific eligibility requirements.
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8. Question: How can I find out if someone I've recruited has joined the IPMA?
First, follow up with
your recruit. Just like any successful salesperson, a successful recruiter
will follow up with their recruits to make sure that the application has been
sent in. The latest campaign updates will be published monthly in the IPMA
at A Glance electronic newsletter.
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9. Question: When will prizes for the Member Get a Member campaign be awarded?
The grand prize drawing,
as well as the awarding of American Express gift certificates to the recruiters,
will take place at the 2006 Annual Conference & Expo in Denver, Colorado.
However, recognition of recruiters may begin sooner in IPMA at a Glance.
As soon as we begin receiving applications with recruiter information included,
we will recognize those recruiters in the next issue of IPMA
at a Glance to go to print.
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