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CONNECTION
JACLYN OLSZEWSKI
| DIRECTOR, EVENTS & EDITORIAL
I
n keeping with this month’s theme of “Efficiency," I
thought it might be helpful to offer a few tips on how you
can efficiently work with CAI-NJ to get the most out of
your membership.
The CAI-NJ calendar is filled to the max with events and
education, and it may be difficult to understand when you
as a member should be doing certain things, such as reg-
istering for events, acquiring sponsorships, submitting your
information for the online and print directories, renewing
your membership and when you will be able to secure your
tradeshow booth.
The list below is subject to change, but hopefully it will
provide a guideline to help insure you will not miss one
thing that CAI-NJ offers you!
Using Your Membership with CAI-NJ Efficiently….
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Also a few important time frames to remember for the
Conference and Expo are that Angela will begin soliciting
requests for proposals for the programs around February
each year. In March, booths will open to the general mem-
bership, as exhibitors from the year prior will be able to
lock in their same booth the week following the Conference
each year. Sponsorship sales begin in April and Attendee
Registration begins in May.
Membership
Each member of CAI-NJ is encouraged to renew their
membership annually. The time frame for each member
is different as it works based on your original join date.
The Membership Committee and Laura work hard to
make sure members are notified when they are expiring,
please keep an eye out for this information annually.
Membership is handled through the national organization,
and you must renew through their website www.caionline.
org. If you have any issue with your renewal reach out to
Laura@cainj.org.
Some of the benefits of membership include the ability to
list your company in the Online Service Directory, which
correspondences begin in December/January annual-
ly as well as a listing in the Print Directory. Brainerd
Communications, Inc. will reach out to the CAI-NJ members
in March/ April of each year to ensure that your information
is accurate. Please keep an eye out for the mailings and
emails from both CAI-NJ and Brainerd Communications
to ensure that you do not miss the deadline for this very
important member benefit.
Partnership Program
With the success of the CAI-NJ Partnership Program, mem-
bers are enthusiastic to take advantage of this program. To
"Here at CAI-NJ it almost
feels like we hold an
event every week..."
Events & Education
Here at CAI-NJ it almost feels like we hold an event every
week, just look at the calendar on page 7 and you will
notice the array of educational and networking events. This
calendar is provided monthly in each issue of
Community
Trends
®
and I encourage you all to tear it out each month
to use as a guide. A question I receive often is in regards
to sponsorships at our events. A general rule of thumb is
that we typically open sponsorships up for grabs roughly
two months or so prior to the event, except for the Annual
Conference and Expo, in which sponsorships usually open
around April each year for the September/October event.