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Summary of 2024 CWAJ Accomplishments

Mission: Objectives

Scholarship and Community Service

  Progress to date 11/24

Support Education

        Scholarships

        Print Show Awards

        Development

 

        13 million yen for 6 scholars

        Cartier Sponsorship

        Loro Piana Sponsorship

        Young Print Maker Award

        3500 volunteer hours: review, selection, and awards

        Created a Japanese and English corporate PPT to be used for pitching sponsorships by companies for scholarships

Provide Community Service

        EOC

        FSC

        VVI

        350 hours: the annual number of volunteer hours for community service

        VVI volunteers teach English at the JVDCB center,  and donate to CWAJ approximately 410,000 yen  a year

Organizational Objectives

Initial Plans 1/2024

 

  Progress to date 11/24

Increase/diversify membership

 

 

        Target working women: Schedule more meetings/programs in pm or weekends

        Target Non-Japanese: execute a school outreach strategy  

        23 new members to date

        4 General Meetings in the evening, to date

        Formation of a Working Group for Membership Recruitment and Stewardship;  Task Force Rec.

        More committee meetings on weekends and evenings

        2 calls with Overseas Members to stay connected

        9 information meetings with 30 attendees

        2 new member coffees

 

Improve CWAJ Brand Recognition via 75th Anniversary

 

        Develop content for an aggressive web and social media strategy to attract new members

        Use 75th anniversary as reason to visit new donors

        August 15, 2024, Japan Times half page article

        75th Anniversary Special Exhibition

                       10 content-rich General 

                Meetings

        International Women’s Day 75th anniversary theme

        E-news CWAJ Historical Facts/SNS postings

        3.7% increase in website active users (2023 to 2024 June to Dec. comparison)

        5% increase in Facebook followers; 10% increase in Instagram followers; 88% increase in LinkedIn followers

        Daily SNS for Print Show

Increase more in person meet ups

  

        Organize 3 wine and cheese events over the next 12 months

        Ask committees and SIGs to mix Zoom and in-person meetings

 

        February Wine and Cheese -80

        Georgian Wine Tasting in June- cultural program

        Nine 75th Anniversary Fundraisers/gatherings

        Committee outings (Scholarship, Cultural Programs, PS, Hiking Group, Reading Group)

        101 attendees at the PS Opening

        Get Together for 72 during the Print Show Week

Lighten the workload

        Test the feasibility of an internship

        Consider new apps that save volunteer time

        Intern secured

        Google Workshops

        Work begun with Service Grant- Japan, non-profit pro bono advisory for organizational efficiency

        Pilot test of Stripe by Membership Team

        PS applications- streamlined online process

        Scholarship applications- process streamlined

        Scholarship working group

 

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