District 6290 Membership Seminar: Empowering Your Club's Growth

1. Membership Betsy Demaray District 6290 Membership Chair betsydemaray@yahoo.com

2. Welcome to the FIRST District 6290 online • Membership Seminar.

3. During the session, your voice will be on mute. With this many attendees, it would be chaotic to have everyone talking at once. • There will be a Q & A session at the end, so if you have a question or comment, please raise your hand (the little hand on the banner in the upper right hand corner of your screen) or submit a question through the ‘question’ box, also in the upper right hand corner.

4. Phone number 312-878-0211 • Access code 489-720-357 • PIN 46

5. Periodically during this presentation, we will have polls, asking you for information. Please respond to those right away and then we’ll share the results

6. RRIMC Jim Ives

7. And we begin…. District 6290 Membership Seminar

8. Your role as the Club’s Membership Committee • Set and meet the goals of your president and your club • Put in place a plan for recruitment • Organize and implement orientation and education for new members • Put your club into retention mode • Use resigning members effectively

9. Your role as the Club’s Membership Committee • Set and meet the goals of your president • Put in place a plan for recruitment • Organize and implement orientation and education for new members • Put your club into retention mode • Use resigning members effectively

10. Goal ? 10% increase How many new members do we need to reach the 10% growth figure? How much attrition?

11. Strategic Planning Make goal setting a group effort

12. Your role as the Club’s Membership Committee • Set and meet the goals of your president • Put in place a plan for recruitment • Organize and implement orientation and education for new members • Put your club into retention mode • Use resigning members effectively

13. Whose job is recruitment?

14. How do we get everyone involved? • Club assembly • Brain storming classifications • Collecting names that fit those classifications • Assignment of names • Follow-up

15. Key Points • Get the entire club involved • Use club assemblies to keep it in front of them • Plant folks to respond to questions to get the ball rolling. • Provide regular follow-up – ‘Membership minutes’ • Honor those who bring guests or new members

16. Your role as the Club’s Membership Committee • Set and meet the goals of your president • Put in place a plan for recruitment • Organize and implement orientation and education for new members • Put your club into retention mode • Use resigning members effectively

17. Education Idea that works… • When you first get started with a formal new member orientation, do it as the club program, in front of the entire club. • This will… • Involve current members in the process • Refresh many ‘older’ Rotarians on the information • Make the new members feel like part of the group

18. Your role as the Club’s Membership Committee • Set and meet the goals of your president • Put in place a plan for recruitment • Organize and implement orientation and education for new members • Put your club into retention mode • Use resigning members effectively

19. The importance of getting a new member started right… I’m pleased to introduce our guest presenter, Dave Scott, membership chair of the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Rotary Club.

20. Example of a method used by many clubs to get new members involved and understanding Rotary… • The Red Badge • The Red Ribbon • The Red Sticker

21. Examples of things included in the Red Badge program… • Attend a board meeting • Do a ‘make-up’ at another club • Participate in a club social activity • Participate in a club project or fundraiser • Attend ‘New Member Orientation’ • Be a greeter at the door at least once • Sell 50/50 tickets at least once

22. Examples of things included in the Red Badge program… • Take attendance at least once • Do a “Rotary Minute” at a club meeting • Spend at least 1 hour browsing the Rotary Web Site • Sign up for “Member Access” on the RI Web Site • Give Classification Talk at club meeting

23. The Role of a Mentor • Each Red Badge recipient has a mentor, who will: • Sit with the new Rotarian for a while and take them to other tables to meet other Rotarians. • Follow along with the Red Badge list to encourage completion of the activities • Take new Rotarian to their first ‘make-up’ • Take new Rotarian to the board meeting • Greet at the door with them to introduce them • Call new Rotarian if they miss a meeting

24. A sample list of what you might have on a red badge list can be found on the district web site... Again www.clubrunner.ca/6290

25. Why do Rotarians leave?

26. Reasons they leave… • How can we overcome these?

27. Best thing we can do… • Get members involved and keep them involved!

28. Leadership is not always going back to the same people to do the job… • Leadership is getting new people involved.

29. Your role as the Club’s Membership Committee • Set and meet the goals of your president • Put in place a plan for recruitment • Organize and implement orientation and education for new members • Put your club into retention mode • Use resigning members effectively

30. They will leave • No matter what you do or how hard you try, members will leave. • Find out why and use this information to improve what your club is doing.

31. Membership is Important ! “We’re either Expandable or Expendable” -Robert Schuller

32. Questions??? Raise your hand to be recognized. We will try to get to everyone between now and 10:57, then we have a final POLL for you.