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Young Professionals and Students: Get Involved in TAPPI Today

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TAPPI’s Young Professionals Division is seeking to fill two open positions on their board – Director of Member Relations and Director of Division Relations. Both are two-year terms, requiring monthly teleconference meetings and one in-person meeting annually.

The Director of Member Relations chairs the Member Engagement/Retention committee that works to welcome new YP members and students to TAPPI, and coordinates with event and division integration committees to develop outreach and engagements opportunities.

The Director of Division Relations leads the Division Integration committee, identifying opportunities for YP and student member involvement within TAPPI’s divisions, events, training, Standards/TIPs, and publications.

The YP Division is also recruiting candidates to fill roles on several new committees. There are positions available that fit with most interests and commitment levels. Most terms are one or two years and include monthly teleconference meetings.

Various Event Committees:
Responsibilities for event committees include developing opportunities for YP division participation including session topics and networking events.

Webinar Committee:
Responsible for developing content for YP webinars, recruiting speakers, gathering feedback from attendees, and identifying potential sponsors.

Division Integration Committee:
Responsible for developing a "toolkit" to define and introduce YPs to TAPPI’s technical divisions and committees.

Content Committee:
Responsible for producing YP member spotlights and quarterly newsletters. Develop content for YP website and TAPPI Connect, identify opportunities for contribution to TAPPI articles and events (digital and print), create a subject matter expert directory to identify YPs who can speak/contribute on various industry topics, and create content distribution pathways.

Social Media Committee:
Responsible for building and maintaining YP division communities within TAPPI Connect, creating a social media calendar around YP events and news, work with Content committee to develop posts for Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.

Member Engagement/Retention Committee:
Responsible for working with TAPPI staff to develop ideas for increasing YP membership retention and engagement and assist in research into YP and Student Member needs.

Potential committee members must be members of TAPPI and the YP Division (under 35 years of age). For more information or to sign up, go to the YP website.

 

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