Lions Clubs International “IT’S ALL ABOUT ME – MAXIMUM EFFORT

Lions Clubs International

“IT’S ALL ABOUT ME –

MAXIMUM EFFORT

LET’S BRING THINGS INTO FOCUS

How do we measure club success?

Total Club Membership

Club Member Satisfaction

Service Provided to the Community

Member Involvement

Club Reputation

Club Member Retention

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The Trends in Alabama

o Decreasing Membership

o Club Charters Surrendered

o Service Projects Decline

o Fewer Sight Impaired Served

o Fewer Youth Programs Funded

o Alabama Lions Band Smaller

o Diabetic Children Uneducated

o Increasing Member average Age

TODAY WE WILL BEGIN TO HEAD IN A NEW DIRECTION!!

One night the phone rang and a familiar voice on the other end of the conversation asked, “How do I get home?”

And I asked, “Where Are you?”

“I don’t know”

“Look around and tell me what you see!”

IT’S ALL ABOUT ME – MAXIMUM EFFORT

FIRST STEP

Each Club President assembles a Club ME Team

Consisting of

1. Club President

2. We Serve Expert

3. Club Success Expert

4. Maximum Effort Expert

Club ME Team

Establish realistic goals for:

A. Increased service,

B. Enhanced membership satisfaction,

C. Induction of New Members,

and

D. Extension of New Clubs.

We Serve Expert

• Complete a Community Needs Assessment

• Promote new hands-on service projects

• Evaluate effectiveness of current Service Projects

Club Success Expert

• Promote Club Meeting improvement in order to enhance membership satisfaction.

• Chair the Program Committee• Schedule Guest Speakers for each

meeting• Focus on member involvement

Maximum Effort Expert

• Focus on Retention through involvement of all members

• Identify members who have withdrawn in the past 5 years and invite them to join in our renewed effort to serve

• Identify and promote monthly targeted membership efforts

• Organize Quarterly

Membership Drives

Step 2

Each Club

Members

completes the

Rate Your Clubsurvey.

Regional Leaders

VDG Ron Seybold Region Chair

Jerome Thompson Zone Chair

Tom Mennes

Regional ME TeamRegional ME Team

Responsibilities

Tabulate Survey Results

Assist Club ME Team in goal setting

Present Club Officer Training Seminars

Serve as Club Success Coach

Club Summit

1. Communicate Survey Results

2. Decide upon corrective action

3. Set Short Term Goals to

be completed prior to

July 1, 2011

4. Determine Long

Range Plans for

Club success

and growth

Anticipated Results

• Increased members satisfaction and retention

• Increased service to the community• Increased total Membership• Decrease average age of club member• Greater involvement in District and MD

activities.• Effective use of mass media, social media

to communicate Club activity and success.

Goals of Pilot Program

1. One New Hands On Service Project per Club2. Net Growth for 2010-11 of 10 members per club 3. Decrease of average club age by 10 years4. Each Club has a delegation at the District and State

Convention.5. Improved Club Rating scores (Second survey to be

completed June, 2011)6. Creation of club website and social media group for

each club7. Monthly newspaper, radio, television or billboard

coverage of events.8. Identify areas for extension of club opportunities and

explore creative methods of extension.

Questions?

Will you join our team?