Rotarians, we are holding strong for April in District Membership! We only lost 1 member in the month of April and currently sit at 2,253 members (start of year was 2,266), -13 members since the start of this Rotary year on July 1, 2024. Keep using the Membership Olympics as an opportunity to attract those new or returning members. This is really positive news and we are really on track to finish in June with a positive District Membership number.
Membership Olympics continues with our fifth and final Olympic game for this Rotary year! Here is the fifth month’s game that you can get started with right away:
Game Five - Retention Workshop
Hold a workshop to address your club and member needs
Making connections as a Rotarian can often lead to new membership growth! There are many ways that this can be accomplished and I’ve taken some important points to share with you from the April Designing Your Rotary Experience!
SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH YOUR CLUB
You can help your club achieve its goals, improve its projects, and enhance the member experience. Clubs can evolve by being receptive to new and diverse perspectives, and your suggestion could become the next big initiative in your club or community.
EXPLORE LEADERSHIP COURSES
Use Rotary’s Learning Center to improve and practice your skills. Rotary’s professional development courses include topics such as resolving conflict, public speaking, and networking. You need to have a My Rotary account, so be sure to register if you haven’t already.
GIVE A SPEECH AT A CLUB MEETING
Introduce yourself or discuss an area of expertise in order to practice your presentation skills. If your club meetings don’t offer this opportunity, suggest it to your club leaders or contact your local Toastmasters club and ask to be a guest speaker.
BECOME A MENTOR
Share your professional expertise, community knowledge, or Rotary information as a mentor. Ask if your club has a mentoring program, and if not, propose starting one. Take the Mentoring Basics course and learn to use your experience to help others grow.
LEAD YOUR CLUB
Find out what committees and other leadership opportunities your club has, and volunteer for one that interests you. You’ll learn more about your club and Rotary and gain skills in the process. Explore the Club Leadership catalog to find out about these roles.
ORGANIZE A CLUB EVENT
Volunteer to coordinate a social gathering or service project, and gain skills including collaboration, public speaking, or managing other volunteers.
LEAD YOUR DISTRICT
If you’ve served as a club leader and want to get more involved, find out how to do so at the district level. Learn about district roles with the District Leadership catalog and talk to your club and district leaders about available opportunities.
BUILD PEACE
Join the Rotary Positive Peace Academy, created with Rotary’s partner, the Institute for Economics and Peace, to learn about building and sustaining peace and the Positive Peace framework. Learn about the Rotary Peace Centers program, which trains leaders from communities around the world to address peace and development issues.
SERVE IN INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLES
Lead global groups of communities of people with similar interests, hobbies, professions, and passions by serving in a leadership role in a Rotary Fellowship or Rotary Action Group.