Membership Best Practices

1. Membership Best Practices Simple Ways to Grow Your Club PDG Brent D. RosenthalZone 30 Assistant Rotary Coordinator – Membership

2. AttractingNew Members • Know and promote the unique benefits and value of Rotary membership. • Share your Rotary story! • Invite people to a club meeting or event – and make sure it’s fun! • Make sure your club has a friendly atmosphere with opportunity for fellowship (exciting programs are a plus but not necessary).

3. Best Practices • Learn what potential and current members’ passions are and what they want from Rotary membership. • Do not bring in new members who won’t fit in (refer them to other clubs!). • Pre-induction disclosure of expectations and obligations of Rotary membership.

4. More Best Practices • Immediatelytrain and orient new members to the club and to Rotary; • Immediately involve new members in activities consistent with their passions. • Groom new members for leadership roles. • Obtain continual feedback from members about satisfaction with the club and its activities. • Make changes to ensure members’ continued satisfaction: projects, activities, meeting time and location, even club traditions!

5. More Best Practices • Strive to be strong in all Five Avenues of Service – consider adopting a Touchpoints program. • Monitor member participation and intervene. • Increase your club’s “value proposition” – focus on value to members. • Embrace change as good! Cultivate an atmosphere of entrepreneurship, progress, optimism and excitement. Membership growth is a matter of whole club excellence, not just numbers!

6. THANK YOU!For more information… PDG Brent D. RosenthalAssistant Rotary Coordinator, Zone 30brent.rosenthal1@gmail.com(614) 595-8424