Caring / Outreach / Publicity

What is the importance of the position?

 * Build friendship with newcomers and make them feel comfortable with us
 * Reaching out to the community, help people who are needed, increase the publicity of MCCF, create the first impression of MCCF to people.

What did you do for this position?

 * After Clubs Day, send them individually an introduction email before putting them on the mailing list.
 * Attend fellowship and take note of newcomers. Get newcomers contact information at the end of fellowship
 * Email and call newcomers to remind them to come
 * Talk to newcomers who seem to be left out
 * Assign coworker of the same gender to care for the newcomer
 * Follow up with caring coworker on a weekly/bi-weekly basis to make sure newcomers are being cared for
 * Promote MCCF through Videos, Posters, Facebook group, blogs, etc.

What are some the essential characteristics needed to serve in this position?

 * Good memory
 * Enjoy chatting with people
 * Know how to start and continue a conversation
 * Know some skills about marketing or know someone who can do it
 * Most essentially have a heart to reach out to people

How did you prepare for the responsibilities?

 * Email
 * Various social media
 * Turnkey Desk, Various faculty's society
 * Video editing /Vimeo
 * Facebook
 * Posting notes/events/ tagging people on photos, putting " Please come to ..." on Facebook, send out invitations

Who did you need to collaborate with?

 * GM: for adding new people to the mailing list
 * Activity coordinator: for organizing activities to invite people

Anything else you would like to say!

 * Caring seems to be a small and non-essential role, but it’s very important in helping the newcomers to feel comfortable to a new group.

What do I enjoy the most?

 * Reaching to people who never heard about Jesus.

Note

 * Please see Appendix A for the poster posting instructions
 * Please see Appendix G for the sample emails for newcomers
 * Please see MCCF Clubs Day Brochure

Contributors

 * Angela Tai: tai.ann.angela@gmail.com
 * Melody Mui: melo_mui@hotmail.com
 * Jessica Wang: jesswjq@gmail.com