1. What does your
community need?

2. What I am not here for…..

4. What does your
community need?

5. Back to first principles…

6. We serve Service above Self

7. “I finally found myself - when I lost myself - in the service of others.”

8. Service is, by definition,
about community.

9. Prior Question:
What does your
Club need to effectively serve your community?

10. Harder question:
Is your Club’s culture right
and geared to serve your community?

11. Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

12. Amateur Professional Know-it-all Makes excuses Blames others
Someone else's problem
Talks
Is an individual
Makes emotional decisions
Dwells on the past
Keeps their knowledge
Everything is acceptable
Energy vampire
Professional
Always learning
Makes a difference
Personal accountability
Helps find solutions
Does
Is a true team player
Makes business decisions
Looks to the future
Teaches others
Sets high standards
Always positive
Art: About five minutes on the differences between the two. 12

13. Chicken or egg? Building up club culture for community service. or
Building community service to improve Club culture.

14. Either way, no doubt that if not connected with community in meaningful ways,
service clubs lose touch.

15. What are the cultural traits of great clubs that lead to great community service & attract potential members?

16. Can-do
Canny
Cheerful
Collaborative
Committed
Compassionate
Consistent
Contemporary
Constructive
Creative
Credible

18. Catalyst for Commendable Community Change, worth Celebrating!
Do this well, your Club will become a…
Catalyst for
Commendable
Community
Change, worth
Celebrating!

19. Credible service means a credible club.

20. No rule book for this...
…but plenty of emerging opportunities.

21. Lions Connecting with Community.
What you get when you Google:
Lions Connecting with Community.

22. Coburg Lions Football Club…..

23. People join for the service….
….and stay for the fellowship.

24. “Lions Roar”: Service Take a good look at what is front of you
Stop expecting people to come to you.

25. 1. Getting ‘out there’: Social media Lions branding at events
Nothing replaces talking person to person
Connecting with millennials (Gen Y)
Tell your story, celebrate achievements & successes.

26. Millennials:
“77% of millennials said they’re more likely to volunteer when they can use their specific skills or expertise to benefit a cause.”
2015 Millennial Impact Report

27. 2. Partnering:
Local is good – fundamentals of Lions is at local Club level.
Build local community capacity – good leadership is not making you or your Club indispensable.
Worthy outcome if it’s ‘win-win’
Collaborating with like-minded businesses & organisations.
Volunteering opportunities – Baby Boomers a ripe field.

28. 3. Do what you do do, well:
Already a marvellous record of community engagement.
Build on your strengths.
Ain’t broke…but improve it
Have a humble disrespect for the status quo.

29. All these lay firm groundwork for
Getting ‘out there’
Partnering
Do what you do do, well
All these lay firm groundwork for
membership growth.

30. “Be a part of the change at Berri!”
Berri Lions Club: Proud to Serve
“We help meet the needs of the Berri, Monash and Glossop communities.”
“Be a part of the change at Berri!”

31. we can serve 70 more people.”
“For every new member,
we can serve 70 more people.”
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal

32. Thanks for listening.