Each year, the Society of Broadcast Engineers conducts a member recruitment drive. The drive calls on current SBE members to encourage their non-member colleagues to join the association. This year, 47 individual members and two sustaining members were recruited.
The SBE Membership Drive ran from March 1 until May 31, 2021. As a recruiting incentive to members, the SBE asks for prize donations from SBE sustaining member companies. In addition, the recruiter will earn $5 per new member (up to $25) off his or her 2022 membership dues. 10 sustaining member companies plus the SBE provided prizes this year, ranging from shirts and hats to broadcast equipment. The SBE donated logo items, a copy of CertPreview, and a free Webinars by SBE registration. The theme for the 2021 drive was Add Power to Your Profession.
All the recruiters were eligible for the Membership Drive Grand Prize: A trip the SBE National Meeting this fall. (A cash prize option is available if the winner is not able to travel to the SBE National Meeting.) That meeting is currently planned to be held during the 2021 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The Grand Prize winner this year is Cris Alexander, CPBE, AMD, DRB, of Crawford Broadcasting Company, Aurora, CO. The SBE thanks the sustaining members who provided prizes.
| Prize Donor | Prize | Winner | Location | Chapter |
| SBE | trip to the 2021 SBE National Meeting | Cris Alexander | Aurora, CO | Chapter 48 |
| Comark | 12oz drinking tumbler | Jim Oster | Chandler, AZ | Chapter 37 |
| Comark | 12oz drinking tumbler | Johnny Stigler | Euless, TX | Chapter 67 |
| Comark | zippered portfolio with techtrap elastic organizer | Anthony Dimsdale | Greenville, SC | Chapter 86 |
| Davicom/Comlab | Digital Temperature Probe Interface (DTPI) with two temperature sensors | John Garmendi | Old Bridge, NJ | Chapter 15 |
| Dielectric | Dielectric-logoed polo shirt | Scott Mason | Albany, NY | Chapter 58 |
| Dielectric | Dielectric-logoed polo shirt | Howard Fine | Sherman Oaks, CA | Chapter 47 |
| Heartland Video Systems | $100 Amazon Gift card | Joshua Baker | Boulder, CO | Chapter 48 |
| Heartland Video Systems | notebook and mousepad | Jeffrey Juniet | Casselberry, FL | Chapter 42 |
| Heartland Video Systems | Rocketbook Matrix smart notebook | Dustin Pamplona | Twin Falls, ID | Chapter 145 |
| Heartland Video Systems | travel pack | Landis Schrock | Roanoke, VA | Chapter 78 |
| Heartland Video Systems | wireless charger and mini notebook | Walter Strogoff | Callahan, FL | Chapter 74 |
| Heartland Video Systems | zippered throw and tote bag | Thomas McNicholl | Whitesboro, NY | Chapter 22 |
| LBA | $250 in LBA online safety courses | Cris Alexander | Aurora, CO | Chapter 48 |
| Orban | 1101e card and breakout cable | Christopher Tarr | Mukwonago, WI | Chapter 28 |
| Shively Labs | $200 Amazon gift card | Jeffrey Dinsmore | Indianapolis, IN | Chapter 25 |
| Telos Alliance | Omnia Volt | Scott Mason | Albany, NY | Chapter 58 |
| Telos Alliance | Telos swag pack | JT Tucker | Charleston, SC | Chapter 107 |
| Tieline | $25 Amazon gift card | Martin Stabbert | Reno, NV | Chapter 139 |
| Tieline | $25 Dunkin gift card | Matthew Dombard | Huntingdon Valley, PA | Chapter 18 |
| Tieline | $25 Dunkin gift card | Daniel Ullmer | Salem, VA | Chapter 78 |
| Tieline | $25 Starbucks gift card | Barry Fisher | Emmaus, PA | Chapter 18 |
| SBE | $25 gift certificate to the SBE Store/SBE Bookstore | Barry Fisher | Emmaus, PA | Chapter 18 |
| SBE | copy of CertPreview | Chris Swisher | Columbia, MO | Chapter 143 |
| SBE | SBE coffee mug and magnet | Ken Holden | Clovis, CA | Chapter 66 |
| SBE | SBE coffee mug and magnet | Martin Stabbert | Reno, NV | Chapter 139 |
| SBE | SBE-logoed hat | Brian Oliger | Haymarket, VA | Chapter 37 |
| SBE | Webinars by SBE registration | Conrad Trautmann | Trumbull, CT | Chapter 15 |
