1. Pensacola-Tallahassee Council of Catholic Women April 27, 2018
Linda Clark, NCCW Leadership Trainer

2. Growing Your Membership by: Welcoming Retaining Mentoring

3. Ask Yourselves: Are Catholic Women seeking you out?
Why would a woman want to be a member of your council?
What do you offer her, for her time and commitment?
Do you think your future is only held by younger women?
Why did you join and why are you staying active?
How did you become a member?

6. The Potential of Your Acorn

7. Welcoming and Inviting
Membership Committee
Membership Drives
Invitational teas and luncheons
Speaking from the Pulpit
Using the Bulletin & Newsletter
Making public your successes

8. #1 Most Effective Method
To PERSONALLY Welcome a Potential New Member
Getting Acquainted and Connected
Build a Relationship
How do we do this?

9. BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP
Time
Energy
Effort

10. Digital Age and Digatal Revolution

11. Busy, busy and Really Busy
Women Are
Busy, busy and Really Busy

15. Membership Flourishes Through
Relationships- Appreciate the uniqueness of every woman.
Being Inclusive- Re-evaluate our schedules and calendar.
Activity-Communicate and understand their commitment.

16. 3 Most Effective Methods
Advertising
Personal Invitation
Referrals
Networking

17. Our Special Bond
Sharing our Faith by practicing that faith together.

18. Building Membership Takes
Effort
Planning
Enthusiasm

19. Preparing Our Soil
Preparing the our soil for our new seedling is the key to gaining new trees (members). If you bring a new acorn or seedling to a meeting, and your council does not have their “dirt” together, what will happen?

20. Meeting Management Welcoming and Friendly environment
Bylaws are updated
Rosters complete
Meetings do not drag on and on
Everyone knows what they are doing
Fun, fellowship, learning
Gratitude and Appreciation are practiced
Supportive Attitudes

22. Where to Find New Members

23. How Do We Keep Our Trees Thriving?
Keeping vigilant against disease, and dying.
Keeping Attrition at bay.

24. Members Want To be heard To be understood Feel needed and wanted
Appreciated
Given information and instruction to be successful

26. Why Women JOINED
The three top reasons
for joining were:
Spiritual growth
Involvement in service and
making a difference
3. Sharing faith-centered
activities

27. In a National Survey, the top four BEBEFITS of staying a member were:
Sisterhood of Faith
A Global Voice for Catholic Women
A Sense of Belonging, Being
Needed & Making a Difference
4. The Fun of Being Together

28. How to keep our seedlings going!
Nurturing
Mentoring

29. Mark 10:45 Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving.
Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

30. Without Mentoring and Welcoming You Can Fail
Thriving
Council
Failing
Officers Who Stay Too Long
New Ideas Not Welcomed
Rigid
Meetings
Mentoring and Training
Welcoming Environment

31. Techniques for Mentoring
Communication
Post-it
Round table committees
Mentor of the month
Big Sister Program
Prayer Partners

33. Interesting Meetings and Programs

34. The key to interesting meetings is to include:
Spirituality
Education
Fun
Friendship

35. Critique Your Council Year
Meetings
Programs
Budget
Committees
Events
Drives
Fundraising
GOALS

36. We need to help make everyone feel
We need to keep the members we have… feeding their interests… welcoming their participation… supporting them when they can’t participate… and inspiring pride in them to continue to be a member no matter what age or stage of life!
We need to help make everyone feel
valued as a member.