1. District Centennial Coordinator Responsibilities
Introduction (10:00)
As the district centennial coordinator, you are the driving force for Centennial activities in your district. Your active participation in this role ensures that Centennial activities are moving forward in the clubs in your district and thereby enriching the global Centennial celebration. In this session, we will explore the key parts of your responsibilities and how they will drive the success of the Centennial celebration.

2. District Centennial Coordinator Training
Session Objectives
Value the importance of continuous education about Centennial programs
Continue planning Centennial programs in your district
Appreciate the scale and scope of communication needed for success
Report local progress to the MD Centennial Coordinator
By the end of this session, each of you will be able to:
Value the importance of continuous education about Centennial programs
Continue planning Centennial programs in your district
Appreciate the scale of communication needed for success
Report local progress to the MD centennial coordinator during Centennial Report Days
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3. District Centennial Coordinator Guide
Distribute Handout: District Centennial Coordinator Guide
Explain that the Guide provides a concise overview of their roles and responsibilities for the duration of the Centennial celebration. Invite participants to review the content briefly and explain that you will review several parts of it together.
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4. District Centennial Coordinator Responsibilities
Educate
Implement
Communicate
Report
As indicated in the Guide, your responsibilities can be divided into four main categories:
Educate
Implement
Communicate
Report
Ask: What do you think will be the most enjoyable part of this job?
Invite several participants to share their opinion based on what they know about the position. Use a flipchart and marker to note participant comments.
Ask: What do you think will be the most important part of this job?
Invite several participants to share their opinion based on what they know about the position. Use a flipchart and marker to note participant comments. Most likely, participants will reveal ALL are important.
Thank you all for your comments. As it turns out, all the parts of this job are very important. So let’s review them all.
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5. District Centennial Coordinator Training
Educate Yourself
Orientation meetings
Area forums
Centennial Coordinator Newsletter
Lions100.org
Centennial Coordinator Facebook Page
Module 1: Educate Yourself and Others (5:00)
Simply by being here today and participating in this orientation session, you are engaged in the continuous self-education required to maintain momentum through the end of the Centennial celebration. Before you leave here today, you should feel confident in your ability to impart information about Centennial programs to club centennial chairpersons, any centennial team members at the region or zone level, and all Lions in your district. However, updates on the progress toward our Centennial goals, shared stories from celebrations around the world, and information about Lions’ future global service focus will be announced in the months to come. You will have to actively seek out information and use it to inspire and motivate continued participation. Be aware of all sources of information!
Ask: What sources of information will you tap for Centennial updates?
Use a flipchart and marker to note participant ideas for sources of Centennial information.
Thank you for all these ideas. * We have noted a few as well:
Orientation meetings
Centennial sessions are scheduled during Area Forums: The opportunity to meet with other centennial coordinators is important not only for the information that is communicated, but also as a chance to share challenges, opportunities and ideas. Your peers will be an important resource for you, and likewise your experiences can inspire others.
Centennial Coordinator Newsletters: Distributed via and archived on Lions100.org
Lions100.org Toolbox: We will look more closely at the Toolbox in the next session.
Lions100 Centennial Coordinators Facebook public group: The group is for all centennial coordinators to share ideas, suggestions, challenges, and successes.
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Educate Others
Club visits
Presentations at zone and region meetings
Centennial seminars and/or webinars
Publication of Centennial information
Centennial support for all district and club leaders
After preparing yourself with a thorough understanding of all Centennial themes and programs and regularly seeking updates to that knowledge, your responsibilities include sharing that information and understanding with the club centennial chairpersons and other leaders in your district, such as zone and region chairpersons, the district governor team and the district GMT and GLT.
Create a plan to educate clubs in your district about the Centennial themes and programs. At the same time, encourage every club to name a club centennial chairperson (or committee) who will serve as your point of contact for regular communication throughout the years of the celebration. You may achieve this through direct visits and presentations at club meetings or calls to club officers. Alternatively, you might make a presentation about the Centennial Celebration and talk to club leaders at a zone or region meeting.
You are also the Centennial spokesperson and expert at the district level. Keep the district governor team and cabinet informed of Centennial updates and answer the questions they might have. Try to present information regularly at the district cabinet meeting. Take advantage of every opportunity to make the Centennial celebration a central part of the work of Lions in your district. For example, schedule informational Centennial presentations or workshops at your district conference or convention or consider hosting a webinar for interested Lions in your district. Find opportunities to present information at local leadership development events.
Finally, don’t forget to utilize various means of communication for Centennial messages. Arrange for regular articles about the Centennial to be included in newsletters, blogs, or social media pages.
Ask: How have you been sharing information about Centennial programs with others in your district?
Use a flipchart and marker to note participant input. Responses may include:
Presentations at club visits
Presentations at zone or region meetings
Re-posting Lions Centennial messages on Facebook or Instagram
Publishing brief articles in newsletters
Using the Centennial logo in messages to fellow Lions
Telling stories about the local history and expansion of Lions clubs
Leading a Centennial celebration planning committee
Thank you for all these ideas. We will explore additional strategies in the Communication and Building Awareness session later today.
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7. Implement Centennial Programs
Plan and implement Centennial celebrations and activities in your district and club!
Lead by example!
Centennial Grant Program
Club Centennial Planning Guide
Module 2: Implement Centennial Programs (15:00)
Actions speak louder than words. As a district centennial coordinator, you have an important opportunity to lead by example. Coordinate with all district leaders: the district governor team, district GMT and GLT, committees established to organize district-level services activities, and the district PR chairperson to ensure that all centennial activities are implemented, running smoothly and that the story of these activities is shared with the community at large.
The Centennial Grant Program is available to multiple and single districts to support local promotion of Centennial activities. Your district may be eligible for a portion of a grant awarded to the MD. If you are interested in more information, we can discuss details after today’s meeting.
One important resource that we will review in detail later is the Club Centennial Planning Guide. This helpful tool includes a planning worksheet to keep track of all the elements of the club’s Centennial plan. Introduce this resource to your own club leaders so that your club can take part in each and every Centennial Program.
Let’s take some time to share our local Centennial plans with each other. In groups of 4-5 (or in pairs if the group is small), discuss the Centennial activities your club and district are implementing. You can use the space on page 1 of the Participant Manual to note new ideas or plans to pursue.
Invite one member of each group to take notes and ask each group to discuss their plans for 10 minutes. Then ask each group to present a summary of the activities shared. Transition to the next module:
Thank you for sharing all of these plans and ideas. I hope that each of you can take away some new ideas to share with the leaders in your district and club.
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Communicate
Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know that you are doing the right thing. - John D. Rockefeller
Module 3: Communicate (5:00)
You are in a critical position in your district as many messages need to be transmitted by you to different audiences. The Centennial celebration is a key time to focus on how we communicate internally to each other and externally to our host communities and to the global community.
Consider this quote by John D. Rockefeller, a famous American businessman and philanthropist:
“Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know that you are doing the right thing.”
Ask: How do Rockefeller’s words apply to our Centennial celebration?
Responses may include:
Lions should tell our story to inspire more people to join us.
Our service is powerful because it impacts so many people and the story of our service can inspire people to follow our lead.
Telling our story ensures that we are not misunderstood by outsiders.
In the previous slides about implementation, we began by saying that actions speak louder than words. According to Rockefeller’s quote, we must first act but then we must also talk! Communication of information serves many purposes during the Centennial celebration.
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Communicate
Ensure that centennial information is flowing up and down the Centennial team structure and out to the public. Communication:
Inspires
Motivates
Promotes teamwork
Creates accountability
Recall the chart that depicted the Centennial team. You are positioned at the critical point that feeds information into and out of the clubs in your district. We already discussed the importance of information flowing into the district and its clubs in the module about educating yourself and others. The information that is flowing out of the district and its clubs should be directed both out into the community and up through the Centennial team structure. Again, you will have ample opportunity to explore communication strategies later today. In summary, this flow of information serves many purposes:
To inspire new members and partners to join us
To motivate Lions to serve better and more
To promote teamwork throughout the organization
To maintain accountability for assignments and plans
Sometimes communication happens easily, for example, when we tell stories about our experiences or talk about a personal problem with a friend. Other types of communication require more planning and deliberate follow through to be effective. Make sure that regular communication is an important part of all your planning and implementation.
At this moment, fewer than 50% of clubs are using the Service Activity Report through MyLCI. Even so, we have achieved more than 50% of our Centennial Service Challenge goal and we have more than half of the time remaining to reach our goal! Imagine how the story about Lions service impact would change if EVERY club reported service projects and information about beneficiaries. You can make reporting service activities a priority for the clubs in your district.
Finally, as the district centennial coordinator, you will use communication and reporting to maintain the accountability of your club centennial chairpersons and to be accountable yourself by compiling and reporting that information to your MD centennial coordinator. Now let’s take a closer look at the structure established for this communication: the Centennial Report Days.
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10. Centennial Report Days
District Level:
Collate club information to present to MD/SD level
2 weeks
MD/SD Level:
Collate district level to present to CAC members
CA Level:
Collate MD/SD level to present to CAC Chairperson
CAC Chairperson Level:
Collate all CAC information for worldwide report
1 week
Module 4: Report Progress to MD Centennial Coordinators (20:00)
The Centennial Report Days are a mechanism to monitor progress at all levels of the Centennial team structure and ensure that all Lion are engaged in our momentous celebration. As we have already seen, there is much work to be done to ensure that our Centennial celebration is a success. Fortunately, there are many hands, minds, and hearts to share this work.
Distribute handout: Centennial Report Days Overview
During Centennial Report Days, activity reports will be solicited from each club by you and all district centennial coordinators around the world. You will compile the reports provided by each club and report to the MD centennial coordinator. The MD centennial coordinators will then combine the district reports and provide them to your Centennial Action Committee (CAC) representatives, who will pass along the reports to Past International President J. Frank Moore III, the Centennial celebration chairperson. Finally, PIP Moore will provide a global report to all Lions. These reports will take seven weeks to solicit, compile, and roll up through the Centennial team. Five Centennial Report Days are scheduled in all. As you see from the graphic on the screen and in the handout: you will have two weeks to solicit reports from your clubs and the MD coordinators will have two weeks to gather the reports from you and your fellow district coordinators. The exact dates are included on the Overview handout.
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11. Centennial Report Days
Focus of Report
May 2016: Recruitment
November 2016: Service
May 2017: Membership
November 2017: Legacy Projects
May 2018: LCI Forward
In general, the seven-week period of reporting will culminate in May or November of each year. Reports should be comprehensive and cover all Centennial programs, but each period will have a specific focus as indicated on the screen. Those areas are:
May 2016: Recruitment of centennial coordinators and chairpersons
November 2016: Service
May 2017: Membership
November 2017: Legacy Projects
May 2018: LCI Forward
Instructor note: LCI Forward is the new strategic plan currently in development that will guide us into our next century. More information to come!
Specific due dates for each segment of the Centennial team and report forms will be distributed directly to each of you via prior to the start of the reporting period. The forms will include sample questions to guide the conversation with the club centennial chairpersons. An example of the form questions for the first Centennial Report Day on recruitment is included on the second page of the handout. In addition to space for recording accomplishments, challenges and planned follow-up steps, this form includes a space to record whether each club has a centennial chairperson.
Let’s consider how the Centennial Report Days can be used as a focal point for communication, motivation and accountability in your district.
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12. Centennial Report Days
Refer participants to page 2 in the Participant Manual.
Ask: How will you use the Centennial Report Days as a focal point for communication, motivation and accountability with clubs in your district.
Invite participants to work in small groups of 4-5 (or in pairs if the group is small). Allow 10 minutes for each group or pair to develop the outline of a plan. Then, depending on time, allow a few or all groups to share their ideas with the entire group. Ideas could include:
Publishing global report data with a comparison of how local clubs are faring
Grouping clubs with similar Centennial activity plans for joint planning and trouble-shooting sessions
Post a list with report data to showcase the most engaged clubs and inspire friendly competition
A critical part of reaching our goals is monitoring that activities are completed according to plan. When we take time to monitor and report, we not only stay accountable to each other, but we also take time to reflect on what works and what doesn’t and make adjustments to our plans, if needed.
We have now quickly reviewed each of the four main parts of the district centennial coordinator job: educate, implement, communicate and report.
Ask: Having reviewed this information, now what do you think will be the most important part of this job?
Ask: Did you change your answer from the one you provided earlier in this session? Why or why not?
As we have seen, you hold a very important position as district centennial coordinator. You are inspiring Lions to celebrate our past while planning for our future. This is a big responsibility, but you are not alone. Refer to the resources mentioned in the District Centennial Coordinator Guide often and, when in doubt, use the LCI staff contact list at the end of the Guide to find someone who can assist you. In the next session, we will look at many important resources in greater detail.
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Session Objectives
Value the importance of continuous education about Centennial programs
Continue planning Centennial programs in your district
Appreciate the scale and scope of communication needed for success
Report local progress to the MD Centennial Coordinator
Conclusion (5:00)
As a district centennial coordinator, you play a critical role in the achievement of Centennial goals, both in your district and as part of the global family of Lions. Your roles and responsibilities are many and varied but you have already done a great deal to learn and plan for success.
Let’s review our objectives for this session:
Value the importance of continuous education about Centennial programs
Continue planning Centennial programs in your district
Appreciate the scale of communication needed for success
Report local progress to the MD centennial coordinator during Centennial Report Days
Ask: Did we meet all of these objectives?
Answer any remaining questions.
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Evaluation
Conclude the session and ask participants to complete the session evaluation.
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