Membership PETS 1 March 2009
Overview Some Rotary membership facts Membership goals & strategies, Key membership themes Membership resources for Presidents
Rotary Membership Facts
Rotary Membership, June 2006 No. clubsNo. members Worldwide32,7561,222,788 Australia1,15933,597 District ,126 (30 June 2008)
Source: Membership Magic Summer 2007
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Membership Goal “to end the year with more members than we started with” RIPE John Kenny
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Winning Strategies Recruitment: –Business cards –Two-up –Club within a Club –Friends of Rotary –Guests to service activities –The Power of The Ask: Understanding why members join Handling objections
Winning Strategies Retention: –Appropriate induction: New member mentoring programs Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) training Getting members involved straight away –Experiencing Rotary ‘beyond the club’ Visiting other clubs Assemblies Conferences, and Conventions –Monitoring affordability
Winning Strategies Revitalising: –Strong programs that have impact –Abandoning rituals (if they don’t add value) Rotary Grace Invocation Club songs National Anthems (reserved for special occasions) Fines sessions Singing
Winning Strategies Revitalising clubs: –‘Club Health Check’ –Club Planning Club Visioning –Regular member surveys –Exit interviews –Benchmarking
Winning Strategies Extend: –New clubs in emerging areas: ???? –New models: E.g. partnering arrangements
Membership Themes The imperative for change: –‘Big Job’ to ‘Big Heart’ –Attendance to Engagement –Old Technologies to New Technologies The need for flexibility The value of diversity The necessity of keeping Rotary strong to continue its good works in the world
RI Resources for Membership
Usefulness of RI membership resources Scale: 1 = not at all useful: 6 = very useful Source: Summary of results from survey of District Membership Chairs retrieved from
Additional Resources RI publications catalogue 101 strategies for recruiting and retaining members: –Club within a Club –2-Up –Club Health Check –General Membership Session (for clubs)