1. Growing your club the right way
Diversity and Inclusion
By Farha Ahmed, former Secretary, board member, member of the Exchange Club of Sugar Land (2010)
Prepared for the 2017 National Exchange Club Convention Florida

2. What does your club look like now?
Age
Gender
Occupation
Race
Culture
Religion

3. How does a diverse and inclusive club fare?
In business, diversity out performed their non-diverse peers
The experiences are priceless
Board outreach
Who do you serve
Mirroring your community
Skill sets
Reach out to new members- and GROW GROW GROW

4. Stories of attempts and success
Adding excel clubs
Parents of youth of the month
Reach out to synagogues, temples, mosques, cultural centers, professional orgs

5. Places of worships

6. What to do once you get home?
Become an ambassador
Speak at community events
Visit your neighbors
Our professional clubs
The social clubs
Find an event that means something to you and highlight it
Social media
PR and Marketing

7. In our Fort Bend County, Sugar Land, Texas
We have 30% Asians,
Large immigrant population
10 churches
4 mosques
1 synagogue
1 Buddhist temple
1 Hindu temple
What are the demographics of your area