1. Ask someone
2. Bring a guest to meetings
3. Advertise in newspapers & cable TV
4. Have a clear club goal & a strategic plan
5. Letters or personal contact with local businesses
6. Contact with Chamber of Commerce
7. Bookmarks inserted in library books
8. Public meetings at malls, outdoors, etc
9. Booth at malls, fairs, festivals etc.
10. Pamphlets in doctors’ offices, hospitals, cafeterias, libraries, etc.
11. Host an Open House
12. Hold a club assembly only on membership
13. Ask Rotary Foundation alumni to join
14. Give the membership chair one minute at every club meeting
15. Make the membership chair a club director
16. Put together guest information packets
17. Service projects that serve a need in the community
18. Invite family members to join
19. Letters to people in the news with an invitation to visit the Rotary club
20. Club business cards with club meeting location and time
21. Distribute extra copies of the Rotarian in waiting rooms, etc
22. Hold high-profile meetings
23. Hold wine and cheese receptions for prospective members
24. Ask for help from RIMC/RIMZC
25. Have a special guest day
26. Send club members to district membership seminar
27. Make prospective members feel important
28. Honour outstanding community members with the “Rotary Award for . . .”
29. Don’t wait for Rotaractors to reach age 30 before they are invited to join Rotary
30. Make some meetings social events
31. Build a club web site
32. Use group email to promote Rotary
33. Put posters in public areas
34. Ask corporations and employers to sponsor or subsidize membership
35. Have a reward program for those who bring in new members
36. Create more fun
37. Give a money back guarantee—if after 3 months a new member does not want to be a Rotarian return their fees
38. Invite the media to cover well known speakers
39. Use word of mouth
40. Network with coworkers, friends, and family
41. Follow up with guests
42. Place a coloured dot on the watch of every member to remind them to bring a guest
43. Lead by example—how many members have you recruited?
44. Members give talks at other organizations
45. Provide guests with free meals
46. Update your clubs classification survey
47. Look for members in ethnic groups not represented in your club
48. Provide brochures for new employee packets in members companies
49. Advertise at sports events
50. Ask the district for help
51. Hold join meetings with non-Rotary groups
52. Share your Rotary experience with others
53. Participate in community events
54. Write letters to the newspaper about the polio campaign
55. If a prospect can’t attend your meeting due to time suggest another club
56. Publicize club successes, elections, events, in local newspapers
57. Circulate the club newsletter widely
58. Design a club brochure
59. Hold recruiting events with two or more clubs
60. Form/join a speakers’ bureau
61. Wear your pin
62. Mention Rotary at meetings of other organizations during announcements
63. Send newsletter to guests
64. When asked about your leadership skills & career success, tell them about Rotary
65. Ask the AG to attend a board meeting to talk about membership
66. Ask every member to submit 3 prospects to the membership chair
67. Make it FUN
68. Give every member a Rotary decal or bumper stickers for their car
69. Give testimonials about Rotary while guests are at the meeting
70. Repeatedly invite prospective members
71. Practice selling Rotary at Club meetings—have a one minute elevator speech about Rotary
72. Conduct a Membership Satisfaction Survey (RI Publication #417)
73. The club president asks three club members as a personal favour to each recruit one new member
74. Bring your boss to a club meeting
75. Make direct contact with women’s business associations
76. Bring your co-workers to a club meeting
77. Bring your subordinates to a club meeting
78. Have new member kits
79. Use books, brochures, videos and posters from RI
80. Hand out invitation cards for a “Free” lunch (breakfast, dinner)
81. Members constantly promoting and raving about Rotary
82. Meet at a good location
83. Assign every member to a 5 person recruitment team—each team brings in a new member every six months
84. Develop a strategic plan membership is a year-round priority and needs to be planned
85. Have incentives for recruitment
86. Have a large poster that lists all the members who have sponsored a new member in the past year
87. Select a missing classification and work on filling it
88. Display a thermometer showing progress towards club goal
89. Feature a member’s “benefit of the month” in the club newsletter
90. Induct new members with piazzas & invite spouse/partner
91. Develop a welcome letter from the president for all new members
92. Contact all members who have resigned in the past 3 years
93. Use billboards at bus stops and road sides
94. Ask Rotarians to put Rotary ads on their commercial trucks
95. Recognize new members in newsletters
96. Regularly check the RI web site for ideas
97. Subscribe to the Rotary Membership Minute on the RI web site
98. Invite spouses to social functions
99. Ask recipients of Rotary service or donations to speak for Rotary
100. Pass out M & M candy to remind members that “Membership Matters” and that we need “More Members”