10/21/2014
Thank you to everyone that called in to our conference call. It was a pleasure speaking to you about some of the changes we would like to incorporate and to gain your valuable feedback. For those of you who were not able to attend, we have collected our talking points below to catch you up to speed:
What did the AMA Foundation Ambassadors program do in the past:
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Founded as a way to get medical students involved in the AMA Foundation. Ambassadors served as messengers for the Foundation’s philanthropic goals.
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Members called previous donors and shared their personal stories with them, asking them to consider donation. Last year, for the first time, the Ambassador program created a web page to help raise donations.
How are we planning to reform the Ambassadors program:
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To attract more AMA members to the student ambassadors program, and to inspire more students to be active in the AMA.
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To provide student ambassadors with more opportunities for leadership, and to build the program internally.
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To bring the program closer to the AMA-MSS as a whole.
What additions will be made to the Ambassadors program:
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Ambassador will be split into specialized committees: 1) Fundraising and Community Service, 2) Public Relations and Marketing, and 3)Events
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The Fundraising and Community Service committee will focus on Ambassador fundraising and community service efforts at local and national levels
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The Public Relations and Marketing committee will promote the ambassadors program at interim and annual conferences and improve recruitment to the program
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The Events committee will coordinate networking events for ambassadors at interim and annual meetings, as well as locally
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Chairs will be elected to guide efforts of the committee by holding meetings at least monthly to make sure that all tasks are met and fulfilled by the Annual and Interim meetings.
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Committee chairs will work closely with the foundation executive board, in particular the Ambassador Secretary, to coordinate efforts
Conclusions:
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Our main goals include making the ambassador program more rewarding for its members (particularly with regards to leadership development), extending the potential philanthropic benefit of the Ambassador program to the AMAF, and to expose more Student Ambassadors to the importance of philanthropy both for the betterment of the AMA as well as for the improvement of medical education and local communities.
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We hope to ensure our changes are sustainable and serve as a foundation for the Student Ambassadors' Program for many years to come.
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Please us if you are interested in leading or participating in a committee!
We hope to see you in Dallas at our lunch meeting on November 7th! We are also planning a meet-and-greet at interim exclusively for Ambassadors. Time and place is TBD, with more information to follow.
