District 5790 September 20th Membership Seminar a Success
David Hurt, Kay Huse, Derrick Kenney, Lance Winter and Mendhi Audlin provided and outstanding membership seminar for 87 District 5790 rotarians from 42 clubs.
For copies of all presentations and hand outs, click http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/SitePages/SitePage.aspx?did=5790&pid=37208
The Cliff's Notes version of the September 20th Seminar read on...
The Cliff's notes version of the Membership Seminar
2. Are you constantly recognizing members?
3. Are you offering regular opportunities for members to easily serve?
4. Make our club the "service club of choice".
5. Make our Rotary meeting fun, informative and make people feel important
6. Reminders and encouragement from podium about attaining our goals.
7. Incentive for sponsoring three or more new members.
8. Membership Committee is more then 1 person, it is the whole club.
9. We miss you message to individuals missing three or more consecutive meetings.
10. "What if" What if we had so many members we had a waiting list?
11. "Imagine" How can your imagination change our Rotary Club.
12. Using the media a must...twitter...facebook and local papers We were given an outline that most newspapers will print if followed
13. Member Retention should be focal point of every plan - use the Buddy System (no Rotarian leff behind)
14. Membership is everyone's responsibility - keep this thought on the front burner through the use of Charts at your club meetings - see photo's for examples...click link http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Journals/JournalHome.aspx?accountid=50068&jid=61222
For the Full Text version of what was covered at the seminar including all the power point slides, go to the 2014-2017 Membership Plan download found on Membership Page by clicking http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/SitePages/SitePage.aspx?accountid=50068&pid=37208&sid=53423
Those that attended had a GREAT breakfast and lunch. WOW!! Many thanks to Weatherford Rotary Club.