An important part of starting or maintaining a student club is building your active membership. Use the ideas below to start recruiting. Get creative and add your own creative spin and ideas too!
Event Ideas
- Club trivia using Kahoot! (Use Zoom to make it hybrid or virtual.)
- Dessert & Dish. Club can sponsor ice cream, bars, cookies, etc. from the Campus Café. Then share information about what makes your club unique and the benefits of membership. (To make it virtual, have everyone grab their favorite dessert and tune in from home.)
- Zoom Around the Room using virtual meeting platform. Come up with a list of items. Once everyone is connected virtually, say the first item. Participants race around their home to find it and be the first back to the screen. Award points based on 1, 2, 3 return. Person with most points at the end wins. If your club charges dues, maybe offer free membership that semester for the winner.
- Get creative and brainstorm additional ideas specific to your club’s mission and interests.
How to Reach Students
- Post to your club’s social media. Encourage existing members to share the post/event to their personal profiles.
- Work with advisors/instructors to share the opportunity in classes.
- Work with Student Life to include in the weekly events email. (Deadline to submit is typically Wednesday to be included in the email for the next week.)
- Post to the electronic student bulletin board. (www.ntc.edu – Student Portal – Scroll down to Life on Campus – select Student Bulletin Board.)