Warm Welcome for Potential Members

Potential members get a warm welcome on the Kiwanis.org web site

(reprinted from the KI website)

Previously, anyone interested in joining Kiwanis was immediately thrown into the club locator search function – not a very warm welcome and somewhat confusing. A new page on the public site, http://www.kiwanis.org/, under the link “How to Join,” provides a more friendly welcome and guides prospective Kiwanians in the process. The new process includes using the club locator as a starting point (with instructions on what to do next), tips for contacting Kiwanis clubs, information to learn about Kiwanis, and a link to Kiwanis stories to showcase what we do and why we do it.

Additionally, a facelift and function improvements for the club locator is on the radar for the Kiwanis International IT team in the first half of 2009. This will include quicker addition of new and updated club Web site addresses into the system and mapping tweaks.

TAG - Together Achieving Growth Newsletters at KI Website

A new TAG newsletter is posted at the Kiwanis One website portal - www.kiwanisone.org . Please check out this newsletter for resources for club growth!

If you do not receive this newsletter via email now, and would like to receive this newsletter - please send an email to Dave Schmitt - dms53@pacbell.net - with your Name, Division, Club, and Email - and we will be sure to add your name to the distribution list.

You can also find this newsletter at this page on the KI website direct by clicking HERE. . .

Elevator speeches for Kiwanis Family on KI website!!

As part of the monthly INCITER, KI has given us a number of great examples of elevator speeches - including speeches for the SLP clubs!!

In addition, there are several KEY Kiwanis Messages shown as examples . . .

Check out this article at the link below and be ready always to tell folks about KIWANIS!!!

http://www.kiwanisone.org/Pages/Resources/default.aspx?PageID=2

7 Marketing "Smarts" for Kiwanis Clubs

Each month, KIWANIS Int'l publishes the INCITER newsletter. This month's edition features some great tips for our clubs to be more "marketable" in our communities.

KEY Points . . .

1. Climb the corporate ladder . . .ie: contact the business owner or manage first.
2. Recruit an Ambassador . . . ie: find a great community minded person with a reputation that folks trust
3. Treat your members like GOLD . . .like a most valuable commodity!
4. Create community partnerships . . . .partner with those orgs we support!
5. Create Kiwanis Partnerships . . . .collaborate with other local clubs - - with SLP clubs . . for greater success!
6. Make your meetings memorable . . . .recruit the BEST speakers, make guests feel welcome
7. Tell your story in a club brochure . . . .The center of of promotion should be a great club brochure!


Please click on the link below and view the entire article.


http://www.kiwanisone.org/Pages/Resources/default.aspx?PageID=2

All NEW KI Growth Tools Available

The NEW Kiwanis Growth Tools introduced at the KI Int'l Convention in Orlando have all been posted on the Kiwanis One website - http://www.kiwanisone.org/ for all clubs to use.

Check out the new Community Analysis question sheet, the Club Excellence Tool for doing a club check-up, the Planning Your Club's Success Tool for use in growth planning, and all of the new Kiwanis Membership materials.

All of the Kiwanis Public Service Announcements are available for download - as well as other Kiwanis videos for your club's use.

In addition, the Club Brochure template and the New Member Orientation Powerpoint Presentation are also available.

All of these materials include the new Kiwanis graphics which present a great message to our prospective members.

IT IS ALWAYS TIME TO GROW!!!

NOW IS THE TIME FOR CLUB REVITALIZATION AND GROWTH!!


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. GROWTH powers service! 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 http://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 website. The detailed procedures – if followed – are proven to bring new members to those clubs who hold this special day.

And . . the proven methods of a Special Guest Day are also located at www.cnhkiwanis.org; the CNH website. This eight-week process has been proven time and time again.

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 your division – so they can plan to interclub on these dates.

If we think GROWTH . . . it WILL happen!!