• Consistently hold well organised, informative, and enjoyable meetings
  
• Make meetings more personalised. It may be useful to let speakers have a profile of Club membership a few weeks before the meeting so they can tailor their presentation to the members requirements or activities.
  
• Solicit views from membership at least once a year, possibly by use of a questionnaire, or by involving members in Committee discussions. This will help ensure that members’ needs are being identified and are being met.
  
• Allow members the opportunity to speak about their exporting experiences and acquaint the other members with what their company does.
  
• Provide an opportunity at each meeting for a local BG-IT adviser to announce local export initiatives, including missions, exhibitions, and details of visiting Commercial Officers.
  
• Provide name badges at each meeting - in large type - to aid networking.
  
• Food before the formal meeting allows general networking and time for late arrivals: food after the meeting allows time for discussion with the speakers and networking. A combination of both works well.
  
• Members be invited to bring along a guest.
  
• Generate a rolling 3 year Business Plan.
  
• Develop a constitution.

Overall, it’s what format your members like most of all, So don’t forget to regularly ask them what they want.

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