Membership is always a concern with many of our clubs. We must grow our clubs in order to survive and in order to find new projects and ideas for serving our communities. Clubs that complete the Club Analysis or Assessment and the Community Analysis each year, AND hold a least one Special Guest Day each year will continue to grow and find new members. New members will result in more people to help with projects and many new ideas. It is a vicious circle but a reality within the Kiwanis world.
The first step is to perform a Club Analysis – checking on the “health” of your club and seeing if it is a group that someone would join. If our clubs are healthy, they will grow; but we need to evaluate our performance each year to see how we are doing. A detailed Assessment form is available in the Kiwanis Membership Development Manual – online at www.kiwanisone.org .
Then clubs should perform a Community Analysis – getting the pulse of the needs in your community. Kiwanis clubs are great for filling the “gaps” in governmental agencies; but we will not know the needs; or the “gaps” needing filling; if we do not poll the community leaders each year. The Community Analysis is a great tool for membership too. Often we find a group needing help and we can get a new members from the group we assist. This information is found in Chapter 4 of the Membership Development Manual.
The final step is to conduct a Membership Roundup or Special Guest Day. Details of how to conduct a Special Guest Day are included in the Membership Development Manual – available from Kiwanis; as well as in information found on the Kiwanis International and CNH District websites. The detailed procedures – if followed – are proven to bring new members to those clubs who hold this special day.
Consider now when your club could schedule a Special Guest Day. Allow at least 6-8 weeks for planning and executing this event properly. Let other clubs know of your date, and ask them to bring an interclub.
As clubs schedule dates, please share them with other clubs in the division – so they can plan to interclub on these dates.
OUR CLUBS CAN GROW . . . . .IF WE FOCUS ON MEMBERSHIP AND INVITE FOLKS TO JOIN US IN “Serving the Children of the World”.
The first step is to perform a Club Analysis – checking on the “health” of your club and seeing if it is a group that someone would join. If our clubs are healthy, they will grow; but we need to evaluate our performance each year to see how we are doing. A detailed Assessment form is available in the Kiwanis Membership Development Manual – online at www.kiwanisone.org .
Then clubs should perform a Community Analysis – getting the pulse of the needs in your community. Kiwanis clubs are great for filling the “gaps” in governmental agencies; but we will not know the needs; or the “gaps” needing filling; if we do not poll the community leaders each year. The Community Analysis is a great tool for membership too. Often we find a group needing help and we can get a new members from the group we assist. This information is found in Chapter 4 of the Membership Development Manual.
The final step is to conduct a Membership Roundup or Special Guest Day. Details of how to conduct a Special Guest Day are included in the Membership Development Manual – available from Kiwanis; as well as in information found on the Kiwanis International and CNH District websites. The detailed procedures – if followed – are proven to bring new members to those clubs who hold this special day.
Consider now when your club could schedule a Special Guest Day. Allow at least 6-8 weeks for planning and executing this event properly. Let other clubs know of your date, and ask them to bring an interclub.
As clubs schedule dates, please share them with other clubs in the division – so they can plan to interclub on these dates.
OUR CLUBS CAN GROW . . . . .IF WE FOCUS ON MEMBERSHIP AND INVITE FOLKS TO JOIN US IN “Serving the Children of the World”.
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