DOCTOR, DOCTOR – GIVE ME THE NEWS! SPRING CONFERENCE – APRIL 29, 2013

1. DOCTOR, DOCTOR – GIVE ME THE NEWS! SPRING CONFERENCE – APRIL 29, 2013

2. IDENTIFY YOUR CLUB’S WEAKNESSESBUILD ON YOUR CLUB’S STRENGTHS • How do we do this? • What’s the first step? • How do we use what we learn? • Putting it into practice

3. DIAGNOSING THE PATIENT Signs and Symptoms

4. Recycling officers • No new members • Lack of participation in Region, Federation, International events and projects

5. Treatment options

6. Educate your club members • Involve club members through brainstorming in small groups at a meeting • Develop an “elevator speech”

7. Prescriptions for Success

8. Projects and Fundraisers • Raising your profile • Spreading the good news

9. Lessons We Can Learn From Geese

10. Fact #1: As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird following. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock adds 71 % greater flying range than if one bird flew alone. Lesson #1: People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they’re going quicker and easier because they’re traveling on the strength of one another.

11. Fact #2: Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front. Lesson #2: If we have as much sense as geese, we will stay in formation with those who are ahead of where we want to go and be willing to accept their help as well as give ours to others.

12. Fact #3: When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies at the point position. Lesson #3: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership.

13. Fact #4: The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. Lesson #4: We need to make sure our honking from behind is encouraging, and not something else.

14. Fact #5: When a goose gets sick or wounded or shot down, tow geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it is able to fly again – or dies. Then they launch out on their own, with another formation, or catch up with their flock. Lesson #5: If we have as much sense as geese we, too, will stand by each other in difficult times as well as when we are strong.