Contents:

A Brief Introduction to the VBMA
Logos and Letterhead
Video
Brochures
Articles on the VBMA

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The Veterinary Business Management Association (VBMA)

MARKETING: Below is the basic information you can include in any marketing plan for your chapter. We recommend always utilitzing the website when marketing your chapter and showing members what they can gain from joining the VBMA!

Website Link:
http://www.vbma.biz

Our Mission Statement: The Veterinary Business Management Association is a student-driven organization dedicated to advancing the profession through increasing business knowledge, creating networking opportunities, and empowering students to achieve their personal and professional goals.

Quick Facts
• Founded in 2004, grew quickly, now with 3,000+ members, chapters at all US veterinary schools and still growing in international chapters.
• The VBMA is the largest veterinary student organization without an umbrella or parent organization.
• Our National meeting is held every year at NAVC in Orlando, Florida.

Example of Recent Topics Presented at VBMA Meetings
• “How to Become a Successful Practitioner, an Entrepreneur's View”
• “Buying/Owning a Veterinary Practice While Managing Student Debt”
• “How Students can Properly Set a Budget and Manage their Credit Score”
• “Economic Trends in the Veterinary Industry”
• “What to Look For in An Employer”

List of Current Officers
President – Ashley Craig
Vice-President – Kate Boatright
Marketing Director – Misti Nuxoll
Treasurer – Shamus Brown
Compliance Director – Ilyssa Meren

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Logos and Letterhead

MARKETING: When sending thank you cards, letters or making fliers for marketing events, please utlize our logos provided below! Please remember the logos are to remain as they appear: if you have a question about changing the logo you need to contact the Marketing Chair. All projects utilizing our logo must be cleared through the marketing chair.

If you need a high resolution photo for large print please contact the marketing chair with project details.

Also available to your chapter is the VBMA letterhead. Please make sure to edit the information on the letterhead to accompany your Chapter.

Click here to download VBMA Letterhead

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Video

MARKETING:Utilize these videos to market the VBMA to new students during membership drives with these videos! We recommend doing two memebership drives a year. It's a quick way for them to learn how important VBMA is on a national level and they get multiple perspectives on how it has helped students across our nation's veterinary schools and international veterinary schools.

VIDEO 1: What the VBMA Means to Me: 15-20 minutes (older-2008)

VIDEO 2: What the VBMA has Done for Me: 5 minutes (newer-2011)

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Brochures

MARKETING: These brochures were designed to give officers and easy print option to give members, private practitioners and sponsors information on the VBMA. They can also be utilized by members who have ability to print them as well to hand out to practitioners when they go on job training to spread the purpose and name of the VBMA.

NEW! Student Member Brochure
NEW! Private Practitioner Brochure
NEW! Sponsor Brochure

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Published Articles Featuring the VBMA

Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands JAVMA, January 15, 2012

Together We Can Prosper AAHA Trends, Feb 2009

(Written by Cyndie Johnson with content from all of the 2009 National Executive Board)

Business Education in Veterinary Schools: The Potential Role of the Veterinary Business Management Association Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 2007

{Written by Nina R. Kieves (2007 VBMA Marketing Chair), Andrew W. Roark (2006 VBMA President), and Tonya K. Sparks (2007 VBMA President)}

Business Savvy: Leave it to the Students! Dr. Colin Burrows, NAVC Clinician's Brief, January 2006

The Real Value and Cost of Mentorship DVM Newsmagazine October, 2005

(Co-Authored by 2006 VBMA President Andrew Roark)