Ignite: To Make a Difference

2. To Make A Difference Takes MEMBERS Talent Time Treasure

3. Ignite is a Membership Program • Focuson your personal and club goals. • Commitment : Ignite Pin: Bring in one new member. • Every Member Has A Role • Inviter • Sponsor >>>>>>>>>>>>> • Mentor • Friend • Trainer • ?

4. Every Member Has an Important Role • Not every member is going to invite a prospect, but members can • Be hosts at the meeting • Be mentors to new members • Follow up with special guests • Be a welcoming greeter • Keep records • Make sure that each member knows their role and responsibilities

5. Earning an Ignite Pin • The Ignite Pin is given to a club member who has made a personal commitment to the club to bring in a new member during the year. • It is a one-on-one personal interaction between the member and the club president on behalf of the club • The commitment is subject to the Four Way Test

6. 15 Tips For Increasing Membership • Proposal Card: Make it easy for shy members to suggest prospects for others to invite. • Friends of the Club President • Simultaneous Inductees • Former members • Community Projects • Share the Gift of Rotary: Six-Month Goal for each new member to bring in a new member.

7. 15 Tips For Membership • Teams of Five each bring in One Member • Rotary Guest Day • Invite Prospects for needed Classifications • Club Forum-Assembly (brainstorm sessions) • Increase Diversity • Encourage members to keep a diary and prospect… • Contest • Bring A Friend Day • Your Own Ideas (e.g. Common Interests)

8. Good Recruitment results in Retention • Identify a Need • Inform & Inspire • Invite: Simply Ask • Orient & Prepare • Induct with Dignity • Educate & Mentor • Involve and Engage

9. Identify: Rotary Fills A Need • Seek out well-qualified members of the community • Work with other organizations in the community • Identify target populations in your community and develop a plan for interacting with them

10. Inform: Maintain Contact • Develop and distribute a club profile • Follow up with each visitor to the club – including speakers • Establish a public relations plan • Keep prospective members on your mailing list • Don’t let a prospective member leave your meeting empty handed

11. Invite: Involvement Precedes Membership • Educate club members regarding the procedures for extending an invitation to a prospective member. • Build supportive membership teams • Invite prospects to service projects and special events. • Recognize members who invite & propose members • Maintain statistics on membership efforts

12. Orient: Prepare Prospects for Rotary • Establish a formal pre-induction process • Understand the prospective new member’s interests • Ensure that new members can provide feedback

13. Induct: Make It Important and Memorable • Establish an induction ceremony • Invite family members and colleagues • Recognition of the New Member’s Sponsor • Member obligations • Commitment by the new member to share their skills and resources • Assignment of the new members to a club committee • Present a New Member Information Kit • RI Materials: Four Way Test Plaque/Badge/Literature/Member Access • Club Materials: Club Shirt/Mentor/Web Site Info • Certificate of Membership

14. Educate: Learn About Rotary and the Club • Utilize the Rotary Web Site Section for New Members • Establish a formal orientation program • Use a Mentoring Program with specific responsibilities and time lines • Include continuing Rotary education as part of your weekly club agenda

15. Involve: Meet the Member’s Needs • Get the new member active in the club: committees, fundraisers, board meetings, club social activities • Ensure that time spent at meetings is productive and informative

16. Avenues of Service & Membership • Every Avenue of Service is a Membership Opportunity • Club Service • Community Service • International Service • New Generations • Vocational Service

17. Club Service: Ignite Your Prospects The key to membership is an active club Interesting & Informative Meetings Rotary Minutes Great Programs Fellowship Participation in events

18. International Service: Ignite Beyond Your Borders • Anyone who is involved in a project outside of the sharing through their church or other organization is a potential Rotarian • Anyone whose heritage is from another country and who wants to make a difference in that country is a potential Rotarian • Anyone who thinks that peace is best found by improving the conditions of others is a potential Rotarian

19. Community Service: Ignite Your Community • Invite your prospective member to a hands-on community service project • Take prospective members on a drive around your community and show them the difference that Rotary is making every day • Ask a prospective member what their community passion is and how much better it could be with the support of a Rotary Club.

20. New Generations: Ignite Your Future Interact Rotaract Rotarians • Does your club have a program for youth in your community • Interact • RYLA • Youth Exchange • Boys and Girls Clubs • Tutoring • Every youth is a future Rotarian

21. New Generations: Ignite Your Present • Every parent of a child you touch • Community youth leaders • Anyone committed to programs that benefit youth

22. Vocational Service: Ignite Through Business • Professionals with whom you do business • People looking for the most effective business networking organization in the world • People committed to ethics in business • Promote the 4-Way Test • Invite Rotarian prospects to a club meeting to share about their business for 2-3 minutes as club guests.

23. What You Should Do Now! • Establish your club membership goal • Ensure that everyone in the club has a role • Offer Ignite pins to those who will make a personal commitment to the club to bring in a new member • Ask each member to prepare an “elevator speech” describing why they are a Rotarian • Monitor and complete the Premier Club worksheet • Report often to your club about progress against goal