Communicating with your membership frequently is one of the most important ways to maintain an active and interested constituency. Below you will find links to materials and ideas that will assist you in this important task.

• Sample Newsletters & Newsletter Information
• Sample Print Invitations
• Sample Email Communications

To mail your communications inexpensively and easily, you must follow certain US Postal Service guidelines. The USPS Business Mail Section can help you with this information. Click here.

The USPS also has a service by which you can compose mailings such as postcards from your computer. Click here for more information. (You will be asked to register.)

Colorado Yale Association Shows Importance of Using Range of Media to Support Communications Efforts
http://www.aya.yale.edu/blueprint/98Spring/Coloradoyale.html

Click here for information on getting up-to-date rosters/labels of alumni and students from your area, on paper, on disk, or by email.

Advertising events online and in listserv newsletters are cost effective ways to reach your alumni audience. Click here for more information.

In communicating with your membership, it's important to know who they are. Click here for samples and suggestions for surveying your members.

How many alumni, parents, and widows are in your area?
Domestic Clubs/Associations - demographics by club region
International Clubs/Associations - demographics by country