Connecting the Dots Club Leadership Plan, The Planning Guide for Effective Rotary Clubs, and the Goal Forms

Visualize June 30, 2014 Effective Vibrant Successful Be a Vibrant Club 2

Plan, Plan, Plan Be a Vibrant Club 3

Would You Like Your Club to Be; Stronger? More Effective? More Vibrant? Be a Vibrant Club 4

Your Club Leadership Plan

The Purpose of the Club Leadership Plan To ensure club are regularly evaluating current practices and implementing new ideas to increase their vitality.

What’s in it for your club? Stresses innovation and flexibility Encourages tailoring best practices to fit club culture Challenges clubs to analyze traditions and experiment with new practices

Tradition and innovation The first four Rotarians Rotary Peace Fellows

Your Club Leadership Plan Best Practices Be a Vibrant Club 9

Why set goals? Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. Paul J. Meyer Be a Vibrant Club 10

Develop long-range goals Does your club have a strategic plan? What is your club’s vision statement? What are the long-range goals?

Set annual goals Conduct a community assessment before setting annual goals. Ask committees to propose goals. Involve all members.

Conduct club assemblies Hold quarterly assemblies to solicit innovative ideas, highlight achievements, and showcase service projects. Ask members for input on club practices, projects, and activities.

Communicate clearly Who communicates with district leaders? How do members provide input? What information can go online?

Ensure leadership continuity Be sure current leaders work with immediate past and incoming leaders. Consider providing newer members with mentors.

Amend club bylaws Review club bylaws annually. Determine any needed changes. Allow members to propose new ideas. Test new ideas before amending bylaws.

Be a Vibrant Club 17 “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” — Japanese Proverb

A guide to help clubs create their own club leadership plan A description of 10 best practices A tool that challenges you to energize your club What is Be a Vibrant Club?

Features

How to use the guide Review the best practices. Identify areas for improvement. Brainstorm new ideas. Test new practices.

Your club, your plan

Ensure members are active Generate interest and dedication. Build club pride. Attract new members and gain community attention.

Develop a training plan Do our club leaders attend district meetings? Is new member orientation provided regularly? Are ongoing educational opportunities available for current members? Is a leadership development program available for all members?

Assign club committees Recommended – Club administration – Membership – Public relations – Service project – The Rotary Foundation Additional committees can be added to support club goals.

Planning Guide for Effective Rotary Clubs

Purpose The Planning Guide is a tool to help clubs assess their current state and establish goals for the coming year. TIP: Download a MS Word version at Complete it with the help of your board and turn it in (electronically) to your AG by June 15, Be a Vibrant Club 26

An Effective Goal Is: Clear Concise Measurable Meaningful Be a Vibrant Club 27

Clear, Concise, Measurable & Meaningful? Believing in the Rotary Foundation’s motto of “Doing Good in the World,” we the RC of Kalamazoo will work to make the world a better place for our generation and future generations by addressing one of the six areas of focus as found in the Grants Management Manual— peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, or economic and community development. By doing so, the world will be safer, healthier, and smarter. Be a Vibrant Club 28

Goal Practice Be a Vibrant Club 29