How To Propose a New Club Member

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club-level training program should:

• Ensure that club leaders attend district meetings
• Provide consistent and regular orientation for new members
• Offer ongoing educational opportunities for current members
• Create a leadership-skills development program for all members
• Help the club to create a strategic plan

To see how a trainer might help your club, see the list of club trainer responsibilities.

Leadership development program

Clubs can create a leadership development program to develop members' personal, professional, and club leadership skills. Clubs and districts wishing to offer this program should consider including the following topics:

• Communication skills
• Leadership styles
• Leading and motivating volunteers
• Mentoring
• Time management
• Goal setting and accountability
• Strategic planning
• Ethics and The Four-Way Test
• Building consensus
• Teamwork

Strategic planning

Club trainers can help Rotary clubs implement a strategic plan, which includes a vision of where the club would like to be in three years and its long-range and annual goals.

The strategic planning process should involve past, current, and incoming club leaders to include a variety of perspectives. Once your club develops a strategic plan, be sure to regularly evaluate your goals and vision and to make adjustments as needed.