SOCAP Chapter Awards

SOCAP International offers the following awards to chapters each year:  Chapter Achievement and STAR Awards.  We encourage Chapters to submit nominations to recognize your Chapter for all its hard work and dedication throughout the year.

CHAPTER ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (Make a Nomination)

These awards honor the achievements of SOCAP chapters in three major areas:  Chapter Newsletter, Outstanding Program and Innovation/Creativity.

Chapter Newsletter Award – This award recognizes achievements in publishing a chapter newsletter. Newsletters are judged on the following:

• Educational content- quality and volume of educational articles (teaching new skills, review of management techniques, information on relevant professional issues, etc.)
• Communication techniques-clarity, completeness, conciseness, concreteness and correctness.
• Participation-promotion of involvement in local and national SOCAP events, services and resources.
• Innovation/Creativity-design, graphics, professional appearance and originality.

Chapter Outstanding Program Award – This award recognizes chapter achievement in conducting programs and educational opportunities for members locally.

Chapter Innovation/Creativity Award – This award recognizes innovative ways that chapters are communicating with members. 

CHAPTER Member Retention Award - This award recognizes the SOCAP chapter that aggressively and consistently retain and recruit members in order to create, improve and expand products and services and to ensure the vitality and growth of the organization. 

The criterion is the highest retention percentage of members based on the least number of non-renewing members from August 1, 2008– July 31, 2009.

SOCAP will select the one chapter that achieves the highest retention rate.  This chapter will receive an additional special reward of one complimentary conference registration to the Annual Conference.

STAR AWARDS (Make a Nomination)

These awards are given to hardworking, dependable and dedicated individuals who support their local SOCAP chapter.  Chapter presidents can only nominate one individual from his/her chapter for a STAR Award.  Chapter STARs are honored at the SOCAP Annual Conference.

A Selection Committee comprised of the SOCAP President and members of the Chapter Relations Committee will choose the winners for the Chapter Newsletter Award.