Wednesday, February 13, 2008

KIWANIS Resources to Help Your Club Grow!!

We are moving ahead into another year; and this is a great time to remind clubs on the resources available to them for Club Growth. Our dues pay for these and clubs should be sure to avail themselves of these tools.

New Kiwanis International Websites . . . . YES, there are two! If you surf to
www.kiwanis.org; first you will see a great new look and feel to this website. This will become the portal for the public to find out about what Kiwanis does and how they can support our efforts. It will focus on our projects and our mission as an organization. This is a great place to refer folks to for info on Kiwanis.

For Kiwanis members, the NEW website is
www.kiwanisone.org. You can connect to this new site from www.kiwanis.org ; by clicking on Member Resources. No password or User Name is needed and you will find Downloads, Blogs, and other resources available on this site.

Make sure you surf through the Downloads section since there are many resources there for your use. These even include audio and video versions of convention seminars. Many of the membership programs, new member orientation , brochures, PSAs and other items are available for easy download.
Don’t be dismayed if you are familiar with the old website. Temporarily you can connect to it from the new site – under Member Resources . . or go direct to the old site via this URL –
http://classic.kiwanis.org . All of the old pages are still there for your use.

CAL-NEV-HA Kiwanis website . . .
www.cnhkiwanis.org continues to support us locally and this site is due to be revamped with a new look and feel in the next quarter. Currently, it has many of the club resources also available for download and review.

CAL-NEV-HA Membership Blog . . . This is a new resource created by TAG (Together Achieving Growth) Team Leaders Lynn Seeden, Roy Talley, Ken Umbarger, Steve Dreyer and myself. Find it at
www.cnhtag.blogspot.com . It is intended to provide a forum for membership and marketing postings; and links to many of the resources available for Club Growth. So . . if you can’t find something at the Kiwanis or district websites; connect to this blog and you will find links to many of these items.

Membership Growth Literature . . . . Reminder . . each club . . each year . . can order membership materials from Kiwanis International to support your Special Guest Days and overall membership programs. Go to the Kiwanis website; click on the Kiwanis store, look for membership materials and with your club KEY # you can order materials for FREE! This even includes shipping to you!

So . . as you plan your membership goals for the next year; remember that these resources are available for you! Together . . our clubs can grow and continue to provide service to the children of our local communities and the world.

Dave Schmitt - CNH TAG Team

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