Membership180 is proud to announce that the Center for International Private Enterprise has selected them to travel to Pakistan and Afghanistan to serve as project consultants to a newly-formed Chamber of Commerce there.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Annette Medlin, Annette@membership180.com; (866) 960-9789
Jay Handler, Jay@membership180.com; (866) 960-9789
National Chamber Membership Development Company
Called to Action in Afghanistan & Pakistan
(GREENVILLE, SC) October 23, 2013 Membership180, a membership
development consultancy working exclusively with Chambers of Commerce
across North America, has been selected to serve on a groundbreaking
project in South Asia.
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is coordinating the
launch and development of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI). The three-year project is funded by the
British government and has been successful so far in creating a foundation
for the organization and recruitment of 350 members in the two countries.
Membership180 consultants Annette Medlin and Jay Handler have been
retained to accelerate PAJCCI’s membership development efforts and help
the organization create a sustainable financial future.
"We are committed to the work of helping Chambers of Commerce grow
sustainably. We love getting to know our clients and their successes and
challenges and helping them craft solutions that work for THEM. The
opportunity to take our philosophy not only to a unique organization, but one
that is in a completely different culture is a career pinnacle for us," said
Medlin.
Medlin and Handler will engage in a short-term intensive process of designing
and implementing a strategic membership development and retention plan
for PAJCCI, They will also be designing and implementing a suite of services
to help the organization generate the sustainable revenue it will need to
function independently.
The Membership180 team will work onsite with project staff in Washington,
D.C.; Karachi and Kabul to evaluate the organization’s current membership
recruitment and retention approach, identify potential market opportunities
in Afghanistan and Pakistan and train PAJCCI staff to meet the project’s
membership recruitment and retention goals.

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“This is massive for us,” said Handler. “Taking the best practices from our
experiences and being able to share them with an audience that’s hungry for
change is very exciting. It’s exhilarating to think that in some small way, our
work may have a very positive impact on the future of these two countries.”
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