I was speaking to another member at a Committee meeting the other day, and she suggested an Employee Discount program. When they bring on a new employee, they give a list of employee discounts available from different vendors, i.e. automotive repair, restaurant discounts, retail stores etc. The company does not endorse or recommend one vendor over another, just makes it available for employee use. This reminded me of ”Affinity Programs” that I started at other companies I’ve worked for in the past. Would there be any interest in setting up such a program for a new member perk, or even for the entire membership? We would put a disclaimer stating that AHRMA has no affiliation, makes no recommendations, and offers this information just as a courtesy to its members. Thoughts? I can think of several restaurants, dry cleaners, etc that would most likely want to offer their discounts to our members. Possibly a member retention tool or maybe give another group of people the ability to sponsor things or know about AHRMA.
Wendy Chance, CTS
VP of Programs
Filed under: AHRMA Sponsorship
I think that’s a great idea! Because we have roughly 1000 members, we could apply for many group discounts to make available to our membership. We could easily post them on our website as a specific perk of membership, without endorsing any specific vendor.