Committees
UCDA relies on member volunteers for the success of its many programs and events. These dedicated volunteers work hard, have fun, and contribute immeasurably to the organization.
Committees give volunteers an opportunity to hone skills in leadership, organization, program development, design, and networking. Enhance your professional life and augment your personal growth by volunteering as a member of one of our UCDA Committees.
To join a committee, please fill out the UCDA Volunteer Form and someone will get in contact with you shortly regarding your interest in volunteering to help the UCDA achieve more.
Design Collection Committee
Committee monitors the collection of winning competition entries, determines the appraised value of the collection, researches potential permanent locations for the collection, and facilitates the creation of future volumes of the Design Collection.
Design Education Committee
Opens dialogue with design educators and students to actively include educators in UCDA programming including the annual UCDA Design Education Summit. The committee will review current programs, explore and propose new ideas, and develop and implement initiatives.
Digital Strategy Committee
The Digital Strategy Committees’ purpose is to increase membership, awareness and engagement, as well as enhance brand perception, through the use of social media and the UCDA website. These committees are tasked with monitoring and measuring UCDA’s social media presence across all social channels to track and improve member and community engagement. There are two sub-committees to accomplish the tasks—Web/Blog and Social Media.
Diversity and Inclusion Committee
The committee’s mission is to support UCDA’s inclusiveness statement by providing guidance to other UCDA committees, initiate and promote programming highlighting diverse voices and to grow and ensure an inclusive membership base. The work of this committee will focus on being a resource for ideas on ways UCDA can bring its diversity and inclusion efforts to the forefront.
Membership Committee
The committee’s purpose is to look at the lifecycle of the membership experience from awareness to recruitment to engagement and retention. This committee, through its work, strengthens UCDA’s brand in the marketplace and communicates the organization’s primary brand attributes to potential and current members and partners. Utilizing both traditional and new media as practice, this committee should strive to be forward-thinking in using the most logical and effective media mix. There are two sub-committees to accomplish the tasks—Membership Growth and Membership Engagement.
Membership Mentorship Committee
This newly created committee is tasked with developing a mentorship model to assist members in their journey with UCDA and its programs and higher education.
Online Learning and Workshops Committee
Facilitates issue-oriented workshops and remote learning as a source of ongoing education and professional development. Workshops provide a forum for local networking as well as serve as an opportunity to provide volunteer roles for members. Online learning provides a cost-effective environment for frequent engagement within the UCDA design community. This committee helps provide instructions, guidance, and information, including speaker ideas, to volunteers interested in hosting a workshop in their area; develop a schedule to align with UCDA programming; and support the organization by providing additional income.
Partnership and Sponsorship Committee
Mission of the partnership and sponsorship committee is to increase awareness of UCDA and provide UCDA members with more opportunities for education and growth by seeking out partnership and sponsorship opportunities. The Committee will explore partnership opportunities with various organizations whose missions are similar to UCDA and sponsorship opportunities with various companies that offer products and services that would benefit UCDA and its members.