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Multi-District PETS Alliance. Promoting Attendance. What do you think?. From the 2013 RI Manual of Procedure, page 4: “The president must also, while serving as president-elect, attend the presidents-elect training seminar and the district training assembly .”
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Multi-District PETS Alliance Promoting Attendance
What do you think? From the 2013 RI Manual of Procedure, page 4: “The president must also, while serving as president-elect, attend the presidents-elect training seminar and the district training assembly.” • Can’t be Club President unless you attend PETS – Draconian? Or….. Good business? Who ya going to call? What ya going to do?
What can the District do to promote attendance? • “Well…… it’s mandatory isn’t it?” • Encourage Club succession planning ……. • President, President Elect, President Nominee • Pass the responsibility along • Come as a team ……. PE and PN • Build a culture of enthusiasm…. • Start with a terrific pre-PETS and build up excitement • Consider some other attendance options…………
Basics of Promoting Attendance Create customer value • Start with tangible values: • length of PETS, venue, price, food, materials • Add those intangible values: • fellowship, knowledge & ideas, relationships, exposure to a broader perspective of Rotary and Rotary leadership • Focus on the takeaways: • first impression, interactivity with other participants, motivational and relevant • End with testimonials………….
Chesapeake PETS Survey Monkey 2014 • Response rate …… 214 surveys sent; 122 respondents = 57% • “I was reluctant at first to give up the time from work and family and left with a different perspective. PETS was very much worth the commitment of two days.” • “PETS turned out to be a positive experience, educationally, motivationally and socially.” • “I was delighted by the fellowship and the sense of common purpose that I discovered at all levels of the PETS.” • “I had far more fun than I could have expected – it was a wonderful occasion to connect with leaders from other clubs.” • “PETS was well organized and professionally delivered. I was expecting to waste my time and was wonderfully surprised. My expectations were greatly wrong! I will be enthusiastically supporting attendance by future PE’s.”