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====== Building the grassroots with Barry Newman ======


Listen to the 2024 COS Volunteer of the Year on the latest Grassroots Groundbreakers and learn about his brilliant recruitment strategies.


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|Want to learn how to grow your COS team into an active and vibrant group led by engaged district captains? Listen to a master of the process on the latest edition of [[https://conventionofstates.com/grassroots-groundbreakers|"Grassroots Groundbreakers" right here]].\\ \\ **Barry Newman**, Illinois COS Grassroots Coordinator and 2024 COS Volunteer of the Year is the featured guest on this episode, which is entitled "Being the Best at Building the Grassroots Army". \\ \\ Host and COSA chief grassroots officer **Mike Ruthenberg** delves into how in just over two years Barry has, through his innovative recruiting, follow-up, and onboarding techniques, built a team that includes 60 active district captains, the largest number in the country.\\ \\ Barry talks about his researching Article V prior to committing to volunteering, COS becoming his passion and purpose, and how his professional background in human resources management informs his leadership style and ability to recruit, train, and retain leaders to COS who are natural fits with the organization. \\ \\ {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/92619/92619_original.jpg?2316x3088}}\\ \\ "Grassroots Groundbreakers" is an important and informative resource for everyone who is involved with COS.\\ \\ You won't regret listening to how Barry devised and implemented his intelligent and innovative strategies that are proving successful in producing scores of leaders in Illinois and applicable in every state. \\ \\ As Barry said during the podcast, COS "is a wonderful cause to help save our beloved republic, and we have the opportunity to actually do it." \\ \\ You can access all of the "Grassroots Groundbreakers" podcasts [[https://conventionofstates.com/grassroots-groundbreakers|via this link]]. \\ \\ #|PETITION_WIDGET{petition_tag:;coalition_id:;anedot_url:}|#|


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