Does your club lack an engaged core group of members who make each meeting a priority in their schedules? Are you looking for ways to make your meetings matter from week to week? This showcase of attendance challenges and solutions will help prepare you to tackle the problem. You’ll learn about major issues behind low attendance and engagement, hear success stories, and get inspired to rejuvenate your club and engage your members. Featured Speaker: Haresh L. Ramchandani, District Governor-nominee, Rotary Club of Montego Bay-East, Jamaica

1. 2015 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Solving the Club Meeting:
Bringing Value to your members
Haresh L. Ramchandani, DGN
Rotary District 7020
Rotary Club of Montego Bay East, Jamaica

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Let’s start at the beginning….

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• Classification Principle
– We all bring something to the table
• Attendance rules
– Is it still valid?
– Do we scare off potential members?

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• Why Join?
• Why Stay?

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SURVEY RESULTS

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Professional networking/
THE PRIMARY REASONS PEOPLE JOIN ROTARY…
Why did you initially join Rotary?
To positively impact my community
Friendship and fellowship
30%
business developmentopportunities
To have a positive impact globally 20%
Potential for personal/
professional recognition
Developmentand 10%
training opportunities
0%
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…ARE THE SAME REASONS THEY STAY ROTARIANS
Why do you stay with Rotary?
To positively impact my community
Friendship and fellowship
30%
Professional networking/
business developmentopportunities
To have a positive impact globally 20%
Potential for personal/
professional recognition
Development and 10%
training opportunities
0%
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• Over 67,000 Rotarians asked to
participate
• 15% responded
• Response statistically valid
• Results accurately reflected Rotarian
–Geography
–Age
–Gender
–Role in Rotary
ROTARIAN SURVEY RESULTS - 2014

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• Great Fellowship
• Great Speakers
• Networking
• Personal Development
• Professional Development
• Giving Back, making a difference

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• Not enjoying the meetings
• Personality Profiles
• Different Generations
• Difference of opinions
• Joined for THEIR their reasons,
not yours
• Feel Neglected / Unwanted

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Communicate with your members!

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ATTRACT YOUNGER MEMBERS
• Challenging and meaningful
• Flexible
• Family friendly
• Fun projects, social events
• Networking
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• Go beyond the club –
Conventions, Conferences,
Assembies
• Understand their needs:
• What they say they need
• What they don’t say they need.

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When was the 4 way test created
1905 1932
1987 1917
ROTARY’s

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Rotary
JEOPARDY

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Foundation’s
Largest
Program
Funds &
Programs
Short For…
Close
To Home
Challenge
100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500

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Rotary
In
Jamaica
Paul
Harris
Fellow
Rotary
Community
Corps
Club
Twinning
Group Study
Exchange
Programme
200 200 200 200 200
400 400 400 400 400
600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

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Foundation’s Largest Program
100
This program provides funding for
mass immunization campaigns
A: What is Polio Plus?

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The Rotary
Wheel of Fortune

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Wheel of Fortune
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
C A N ‘ T B U Y
M E L O V E

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• Interclub Assembly
• Rotaractors(or interactors) in
charge
• Spouses or Kids run meeting
• “Do it different today” meeting
• President of the week

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Club Visioning
1. Plan-Long range (strategic)
2. Annual goals (Actions and plans)
3. Continuity in projects/decision making
4. Consensus for decision making
5. Club members know “what we stand for”
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The Benefits of Club Visioning
6. Larger/stronger field of club leaders
7. Succession planning for club leadership
8. Involve all members in club activities
9. Membership Development
– Vision is what we recruit and retain to
10. Relevance to the community
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Wife Swap

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President Swap

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REUNION
Meetings
Welcome back!

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Interview
Style:
Rotary & Me

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THANK YOU
Meetings
Thank
you!

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DID YOU KNOW?
Meetings
I didn’t know
that!
I want to
learn
more.
I have so
many
questions.

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I am going to ask you 2 questions, for
each question I will give 3 options.
Please applaud for the option you
think is the answer!
We are going to have some FUN with a ‘Did you
know?’ meeting right now!

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What Rotary memorabilia was left on the
Moon’s surface?
• Rotary Flag
• Rotary Wheel
• 4-Way test Pin
• Polio Plus Banner
• Paul Harris’s Bust

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The correct answer is:
A FOUR WAY TEST PIN!

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Which one of these famous people was
NOT a Rotarian?

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The correct answer is:
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill!

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