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title: "Membership Hack: Recruitment Competition for Chapters"
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**How to hack it?** The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is in the final few weeks of its fall membership drive, and last week it upped the ante by announcing [cash and prize incentives (opens in a new tab)](http://nahbnow.com/2018/10/hbas-upping-their-recruitment-game/)
 that will be awarded its top recruiters.

To be eligible to win, a builder member must be in good standing with an affiliated state or local building association. Prizes are awarded to members who recruit in one of three categories: small affiliated organizations (up to 249 members), medium affiliated organizations (250 to 499 members), and large affiliated organizations (more than 500 members).

**Why does it work?**The NAHB incentives added a surprise element to the annual drive, which already included prizes that chapters use to motivate members. For instance, Florida’s Charlotte-Desoto Building Industry Association will give its top recruiter a free trip to Las Vegas to attend NAHB’s [International Builders’ Show (opens in a new tab)](https://www.buildersshow.com/Home/)
 in February.

**What’s the bonus?** For some chapters, the fall membership drive creates an opportunity to engage members in local recruitment events. Recently, the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association set up a phone bank and [hosted a recruitment call-a-thon (opens in a new tab)](https://www.facebook.com/GreaterAtlantaHomeBuildersAssociation/posts/10156777176869592?__tn__=-UC-R)
.

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[Tim Ebner](https://associationsnow.com/author/tim-ebner/)

Tim Ebner is communications director and press secretary at the American Forest & Paper Association in Washington, DC. He is a member of ASAE’s Communication Professionals Advisory Council and a former Associations Now senior editor.

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