About the Committee

The Communications Committee consists of a minimum of 3 Members whose duty it is to investigate and report to the Board on matters related to the communications activities of the RGD.
Mandate
- Advise on how the RGD communicates in print, on our websites, in our email communications and on our social media channels
- Propose, develop and review recommendations for Membership communications and recruitment strategies
- Propose, develop and review strategies to raise awareness of the Association beyond the design community
Get Involved
- Those interested in joining the Committee should fill out the online form: Get Involved with RGD
Criteria for Committee Members
- Experience working with all forms of communications particularly digital and social media.
- Time to contribute to the work of the Committee via email feedback, videoconference meetings and independent and group work.
- Must be a Certified RGD or Provisional RGD Member
2021 Goals
Newsletter - Content Creation
- Review and research content for RGD's Weekly Email Newsletter
- Social Media - Instagram
- Going for 10,000 followers!
- Redesign our highlights on our profile
- Design more templates for recurring types of posts
Social Media - LinkedIn
- Getting to 15,000 followers!
- Design more templates for recurring types of posts
- Standardize appearance of RGD on profiles of Board, Committee and all Members.
- Slack
- Continue to foster growth of this private community for RGDs. Monitor which channels are successful, and alter/create new ones
- Standardize appearance of Board Members (RGD logo, title)
- Social Media Ambassadors
- Appoint a member of the Committee for each of Instagram, LinkedIn, Slack. They will encourage engagement, comment and keep an extra eye out on their specific platform.
Video
- Support other RGD initiatives (UltraBOLD, Certification) through the creation of engaging video content with sponsors/partners
- RGD Members Logo Use Guidelines
- Release detailed guidelines for how Members can leverage their professional RGD designation across all channels (from using the RGD logo to how they list themselves on LinkedIn).
RGD Website
- Retain pro bono design and development partners for redesign, looking to complete by end of 2021
- Other
- Pinterest - revisit RGD’s Pinterest page which exists but we haven’t been doing anything with.