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MDM = Making a Difference Matters “Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference.” ~CLAIRE FAGIN By Betty Jo Evers, International Vice President for Membership 2021-2023
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sking questions is the basis of learning. Remember the three-year-old who asks “why” 100 times a day? She’s learning. Where do you turn when you have questions? “Google it” seems to be the ready response these days. But where do you turn for answers to your Alpha Delta Kappa question? The ready response would be, “Refer to the MDM.” What is the MDM, you might ask? Well, it is the Membership Development Manual: the “textbook” of Alpha Delta Kappa membership matters. It “lives” on the MEMBERSHIP tab on the Alpha Delta Kappa International website.
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Every S/P/N Vice President for Membership/Membership Consultant, S/P/N president, chapter president, and chapter membership chairman should download a copy of the MDM and have it available for immediate access should questions arise. The following are testimonies of members about the site. “The Membership Development Manual is basically the core to membership and success of Alpha Delta Kappa. Mostly anything you need to know is in there (letter, forms, ideas), basically made easy and convenient,” says Debbie McLaughlin, a sister in NJ Lambda. She suggests that sisters bring the physical manual to a meeting and review the table of contents. Learn the
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