Do you have a colleague who you know would love being a member of the International Reading Association (IRA)? Do you work with other literacy professionals who would really benefit from Engage, Reading Today, IRA Inspire, and the annual convention? Have you taught a student who could use a free membership and discounts on IRA books? Now is the perfect time to reach out and encourage those people to join, because IRA has just launched a new "Recruit-A-Member" program with exciting benefits for current and new members.

From now through January 31, 2012, current IRA members can offer new members a one-year free trial online IRA membership (a $29 value). The free trial membership entitles the new member to receive all the benefits of an IRA Online membership, including Engage (IRA's online teacher-to-teacher connection tool), members-only journal articles, lesson plans, podcasts, and videos, IRA Inspire (the monthly e-newsletter chock-full of creative teaching tips), access to the interactive digital version of Reading Today, 20% discounts on IRA's highly regarded books and videos, significant registration discounts on IRA's annual convention, and the ability to subscribe to IRA's journals.

But recruiters also receive sought-after prizes, based on how many new members they recruit. Recruiter prizes include membership discounts, free memberships, entries to win a tablet, and entries to win a Smart Board. The top recruiter receives a grand prize of registration, airfare, and hotel to the IRA 57th Annual Convention in Chicago from April 29 to May 2, 2012.

IRA has made it easy for current members to recruit new members. Visit /recruit and use the e-mail template to contact potential new members. Enter the potential new members' names and email addresses to start recruiting. Current IRA members can track their friends' and colleagues' membership status on their "My Account" page on the IRA website.

It's a "win-win" for everyone. New members win a free trial online IRA membership, and current members win great prizes. Now is the best time to invite the people you know to join IRA, and to possibly win a free trip to convention. 

Recruit this number of new members, receive this gift:
1 - 4 - Save $10 off your next membership renewal
5 - 10 - Free one-year membership renewal
11 - 20 - Free membership renewal next year plus one entry per member recruited* into drawing for two tablets
21+ - Free membership renewal next year plus one entry per member recruited* into drawing for a Smart Board
Top Recruiter - 2012 Convention registration plus airfare and hotel
*e.g.: If you recruit 17 members, you receive 17 entries into contest.

Visit /recruit to recruit new members.

 

 

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