Be a Link - Don’t break the chain.
Dr Lisa Smith - LINK Coordinator. "The Society was founded in 1959 by Professor Stuart Kind and is therefore one of the oldest and largest forensic associations in the world. The main aim of the Society is to encourage communication and collaboration by providing an arena in which forensic practitioners, researchers, academics and those working in related fields can congregate, communicate and invoke development of areas such as best practice, research, publication, quality and ethics in forensic casework. We urgently need enthusiastic members in each organisation to spread the word, help to encourage new members and promote Society events and thus be the LINK between you, your organisation and the Society. My Role is to support you to support us."
As a LINK your main responsibilities will include:
| To pro-actively publicise the Society and encourage membership. |
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| Promote and publicise meetings and events. |
| Be the single point of contact for the members within your organisation - feedback what members want and find ways to enhance the membership experience. |
| Encourage people to reply to the 'Call for Papers'. |
| Determine whether there is any funding at your organisation for conferences and try to set up a scheme for people to sign up to go to them. |
| The Link Co-ordinator's role is to ensure that as a LINK you have all the information that you require to keep up to date with Society events. |
What's in it for me?
As a Link Member you will be entitled to
- a 10% discount on your Conference booking.
- a free year's membership for yourself if you introduce 10 new members in any one membership year
- a further 10% off registration on any one day event for if you introduce more than 10 members.
There will also be a prize each year for the LINK who has introduced the most people over the current year (presented at the November Annual Awards dinner).
.......so come on contact us today and earn your self some money-off vouchers - its also is a great way to network and looks good on your CV.
If you are interested in becoming a LINK then please contact the Society office.
If you want to know if your organsation already has a LINK member, please see the list on the right of this page.