1 Long Range Planning for Rotary Clubs in District 7080

2 “If you don’t know where you are going, chances are you will end up someplace else.” (Yogi Berra)‏

3 What Is A Club Vision? It is a living management tool that: Defines a shared commitment Defines a shared commitment Provides long-term direction Provides long-term direction Creates a framework to establish goals and objectives Creates a framework to establish goals and objectives Optimizes use of resources Optimizes use of resources

4 Pulling in the same direction with a common destination in mind…

5 Good Planning Just Makes Sense !!

6 We Can Help Your Club To Figure Out Which Way To Go….

7 Why Is A Plan Needed? Tradition of annual cycles has not been effective Establishes a multi-year coordinated plan Need for greater continuity, consistency, and consensus

8 Effective clubs are able to… Sustain and increase membership Implement successful service projects Support The Rotary Foundation Develop leaders beyond the club level District Gov BIG CHEESE TO BE!

Continuity and Consistency VISION Annual plans, projects, programs

10 Continuity of Leadership, Vision & Process … Where Do We Want to be?

11 Consistency in Programming— How Will We Get There?

12 Consensus Solidarity and Unanimity — In Purpose and Action

Planning Steps… Vision Long Range Plan Actions & Programs

14 District 7080 Vision process How can my club plan for the future?

15 District 7080 Vision process Gearing up in facilitators 4 facilitators Rollout process to be defined Rollout process to be defined Pets 2 Pets 2 Expression of interest

16 Preparing to Vision Formal request. No cost to the club Commit members for 4 hours Complete Club profile Complete Club questionnaire Provide Club Co-ordinator

17 Preparing to Vision Arrange meeting room – u-shaped setup, food, coffee Name cards, easels with post-it pads, projector with extension cord, coloured dots, permanent coloured markers, scissors, pens, note paper We provide three facilitators to the lead the process

18 Mental preparation Be bold and think outside the box Suspend your practical side and allow yourself to dream grand dreams The practical sorting process will come later

19 Think future shock What will your club look like 5 years from now? 5 years from now? The year is In community service we did…………

20 The Visioning Exercise 30 minutes written exercise to answer - In 2013…… What does your club stand for? Club size in 2013_____ _____ Club attributes_____________ In club service we ________________

21 The Visioning Exercise In vocational service we__________ In community service we__________ In Humanitarian service fundraising we raised $_________ $_______ In International service we_________

22 The Visioning Exercise Supporting Foundation we_______ In leadership development we______

23 The Visioning Exercise Extraction – every opinion counts Recording – facilitators record all answers and post on the wall Prioritizing (voting) blue dot red dot Summarizing and action plans

24 Assigned tasks Compiling the actions Develop elevator speech Club assembly President’s council (P, PE, PEN, PP, PP)‏ are guardians of the plan

25 “Rotary is not an organization for retrospection. It is rather one whose worth and purpose lie in future activity rather than past performance.” Paul Harris, Founder of Rotary International

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