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Meeting Planner/Coordinator and Membership Services Manager, Nonprofit Association

Summary: Full-time manager needed at World Future Society headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, to coordinate all aspects of planning annual professional conferences, as well as supervise membership services for a nonprofit educational and scientific association with global membership. Strong public relations, marketing, communication, and fundraising skills are highly desired.

Meeting/Event Management
• Plan, create, and manage annual meetings, including program session proposal selection
• Organize sessions and schedule program, including oversight of event program publication process
• Create and manage event budget
• Recruit, secure, and coordinate event keynote speakers
• Negotiate with hotels, vendors, suppliers, facility managers
• Negotiate and sell sponsorships and exhibitor packages
• Supervise onsite coordination of events, including supervision of administrative and volunteer staff, as well as facilitating the speakers’ and participants’ overall event experience

Membership Services / Relationship Management
• Provide services for members and customers (general public; plus Regular, Professional, and Institutional Members)
• Seek and support partners for diverse projects, products, and services, including school and education initiatives
• Seek and support general sponsors and sponsorship opportunities, especially for annual meetings
• Oversee mentor and internship program matching and support
• Volunteer recruitment and management

Job Requirements/Qualifications
• Ability to communicate with global membership of highly diverse backgrounds
• High energy level, versatility, and attention to detail
• Ability to complete multiple concurrent tasks with minimal supervision
• Ability to make decisions and represent the organization and the foresight field well
• Represent the association with strong customer-friendly service skills
• College degree strongly preferred
• Experience in nonprofit association services or management strongly desired

SALARY BASED ON EXPERIENCE

Digital Resume, References and Cover Letter Requested

Contact: tmack@wfs.org

Leadership Volunteers Needed

The World Future Society has some large opportunities to expand programs, projects and its Global Impact. In order to launch these efforts as early as possible, WFS is looking for members with passion and some experience to volunteer to initiate these efforts. The first two of the projects requiring leadership and support that will help WFS immediately are:

Funding Development and Sustainability

As the person responsible for selling sponsorships for The World Future Society, the Sponsorship Sales Executive, reporting to the President, will be a key contributor to The World Future Society’s success. The Sponsorship Sales Executive will be responsible for developing, leading and directing The World Future Society’s sponsorship strategies throughout the U.S. and internationally.

Development Director - Volunteer

As the person responsible for fund raising for The World Future Society, the Development Director, reporting to the President, will be a key contributor to The World Future Society’s success. The Development Director will be responsible for developing, leading and directing The World Future Society’s fund raising strategies throughout the U.S. and internationally.

Funding Development and Sustainability Team

The Development Team is responsible for:

  • Growing The World Future Society’s fund raising income on an annual basis.
  • Leading the organization and the deployment of volunteer WFS Members to effectively sign contributors aligned to support the accomplishment of the WFS mission and strategy.
  • Using defined metrics to measure and report on reliability, replicability, and effectiveness of The World Future Society fund raising program initiatives.
  • Identifying additional member niche market opportunities and shaping programs to attract their contributions to The World Future Society. Participating, as a member of the WFS Continuous Improvement Team, in increasing the quality of the current Fund Raising activities, and the cost-effective introduction of new fund raising programs.

Sponsorship Sales Team

The Sponsorship Sales Team is responsible for:

  • Growing The World Future Society’s sponsorship income on an annual basis.
  • Leading the organization and the deployment of volunteer WFS Members to effectively sign local, national and global sponsors aligned to support the accomplishment of the WFS mission and strategy.
  • Using defined metrics to measure and report on reliability, replicability, and effectiveness of The World Future Society sponsorship program initiatives.
  • Identifying additional member niche market opportunities and shaping programs to attract their sponsorship of The World Future Society.
  • Participating, as a member of the WFS Continuous Improvement Team, in increasing the quality of the current Sponsorship activities, and the cost-effective introduction of new sponsorship programs.

Please help us help you by volunteering for one of these extremely important project Teams. Please send an email signifying your willingness to help to Tim Mack, President of WFS tmack@wfs.org or to Jack Gottsman, a Board member of WFS gottsman@msn.com. Please include a brief resume of your experience. Thank you.

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