Welcome to MiB, new active ❤️

It's wonderful that you have come along to do meaningful and developing volunteer work for the benefit of all career mothers! At MiB, we want our active members to be the happiest in the world. We offer you orientation and meaningful activities at the beginning of your active career.

Start here!

1. Participate in an onboarding session

MiB organizes local onboarding sessions in English on a regular basis. Local chapters and task-specific teams may also have their own onboarding available. The onboarding sessions are announced here on the actives’ infobank or you can email soile.pylsy(at)mib.fi to find out when’s the next one.

2. Organize a MiB event

The best and most fruitful way to learn about MiB activities is to get involved yourself and organize an event! You can develop your own idea or help someone else with their event. Organizing a MiB event is easy, especially if you team up with a more experienced active.

Tips to start your career as a MiB active

Get to know other actives at MiB International or your local chapter. You can meet them in the communication channel that the chapter is using, during your onboarding you receive this information.

At the beginning of your active career, you will hear a lot of new words, the meaning of which you may not know. Check the glossary and you'll know what we're talking about!

MiB glossary

Finnish term is in brackets

• Active (aktiivi) = MiB volunteers are called ‘actives’

• Actives’ infobank (aktiivin tietopankki) = A place on our website to find all kinds of useful information about MiB.

• Local chapter (paikallisjaosto) = How MiB’s volunteers are organized locally at over ten different localities in Finland. Actives organize MiB activities in their own region.

• Google Drive = The place where we virtually store our content - both actives and MiB staff. You need Drive rights to access the files. When you start as a MiB active, the HR contact gives you these rights. A section of the Drive is for public files that are open for anyone to see.

• Newsletter (uutiskirje) = An email letter that is sent to all our members who have indicated they wish to receive it. The English version of the newsletter is also published here.

• Actives’ letter (aktiivikirje) = A regular email letter sent to all our actives. It includes current news and tips related to our volunteer activities. The letter is prepared by MiB staff.

MiB event glossary

• Live= Live event held in a certain location, a recording may also be made and shared afterwards.

• Webinar or virtual event (webinaari, virtuaalitapahtuma)= The event is held virtually, a recording may also be made and shared afterwards.

• Hybrid= You can participate in the event either live on-site or virtually at the same time.

• Streaming (striimaus)= A live event that is also shared through live video.

• Nation-wide event (valtakunnallinen tapahtuma) = An event open to all MiB members, not tied to a certain locality.

• Event calendar/sheet (tapahtumataulukko) = A sheet where a MiB event organizer writes down all the information about their event. Includes an event description document where event descriptions are all gathered.

• Event concept (tapahtumakonsepti) = MiB events are categorized under different concept according to which the events are named, such as Career or Mingle.

• Virtual tools, e.g. Zoom and Meet (virtuaalityökalut)= The platform where a virtual event is held.

• Lyyti = The event management system used at MiB, where the event information is added, for example to create a registration form for participants. Event feedback forms and surveys can also be created with Lyyti.

Local activity in MiB

Local sections are responsible for the activities of their local area

Local sections are designated and operate by region. The sections are run by volunteers and are responsible for organising events and activities at a local level within the provinces in Finland.

The local section is coordinated by the local officer(s) and all actives, regardless of their role title, can organise events and lobby on their own behalf. The actives in charge of the local section support the organisation of events, networking and creating impact, which are core activities of the association.

What is an official local section?

A local activity is officially designated as a local section when a member can register in the membership register as a local section in their county. Local chapters also have their own operating budget, which can be distributed to localities within the province.

Local chapters allow MiB to send targeted messages and event invitations only to members of that chapter and provide statistics on the number of members in the chapter.

Starting a new local activity or section

Starting a new local activity is easy - all it takes is the enthusiasm and initiative of one person who is interested in doing something local and networking in their community. One way to start a local activity is to organise an open and informal mingle that brings together like-minded mothers in the area.

It is possible for a new community to receive a small start-up grant to run the activity.

Support for starting a new local chapter and getting start-up money can be obtained from a MiB staff member, info(at)mib.fi. Feel free to get in touch!

Establishment of a new local section

Local sections have been designated and operate by province. The sections are run by volunteers and are responsible for organising events and activities at a local level within each province. MiB does not yet have chapters in the following provinces:

• Åland

• South Ostrobothnia

• Kainuu (waiting to be relaunched!)

To start a local section, a region must have at least 40 MiB members and an enthusiastic active team committed to running the activities. A county can apply to the association's executive director for local section status by submitting a free written application.

The rest is up to you ❤️

Your skills, interests and willingness to learn new things are the driving force on your MiB career.