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Growing your club through Service Leadership Programs

Growing your club through Service Leadership Programs

 Session objectives: • Identify opportunities to grow the Kiwanis family and increase the service impact of your Kiwanis club.

• Adopt best practices to increase membership and member participation in your Kiwanis club.

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Becoming a great club

    Increase membership base Implement meaningful service projects Market Kiwanis to the community Enhance the member experience Serving the Children of the World ®

Service Leadership Programs

 K-Kids • Bring Up Grades • Terrific Kids  Key Club  Circle K  Builders Club  Aktion Club Serving the Children of the World ®

Brief overview

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K-Kids:

founded in 1998 for elementary school students. Currently has 38,000+ members in 925+ clubs in 11 countries.

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Bring Up Grades

is a program designed to recognize students who raise their grades into an acceptable range, and maintain or continue to raise them from one grading period to the next.

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Terrific Kids

is a student-recognition program that promotes character development, self esteem, and perseverance. Serving the Children of the World ®

Brief overview

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Builders Club:

founded in 1975 for middle school/junior high school students. Currently has an estimated 36,000+ members in 1,300+ clubs in seven countries.

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Key Club:

founded in 1925 for high school students. Currently has 244,000+ members in 5,000+ clubs in 28 countries.

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Brief overview

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Circle K:

founded in 1936 for college and university students. Currently has 13,000+ members in 500+ clubs in 17 countries.

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Aktion Clubs:

founded in 2000 for adults living with disabilities. Currently has 6,700+ members in 289 clubs in five countries. Serving the Children of the World ®

Measurable impact of sponsorship

 Better relationships with schools  Positive role-modeling for youth  New service projects for the club  Expand reach of Kiwanis  Added member enthusiasm for projects Serving the Children of the World ®

Program steps

 Prerequisites: • Willingness to leave the club’s “comfort zone” • Desire to sponsor a Service Leadership Program • • Positive attitude Expectation to increase membership Serving the Children of the World ®

Getting started

 Form a Service Leadership Program committee.

 Involve the growth or TAG Team in planning.

 Identify other resources to assist.

 Gather information.

 Need help?

• 1-800-KIWANIS, ext. 411 Serving the Children of the World ®

Step 1: Assessing the potential

 Internally: • Club Excellence Tool • Planning Your Club’s Success  Externally: • Community analysis • Identify schools for Kiwanis programs Serving the Children of the World ®

Step 2: Committing to change

 Drop projects that are no longer relevant.

 Add new projects and effective fundraising.

 Target prospective members to support new projects.

 Educate members on Service Leadership Programs.

 Change club operations to attract members.

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Step 3: Taking action

 Plan the work; work the plan. • Formulate a timeline.

• Establish specific goals.

• Assemble resource materials.

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Grow the Kiwanis family

 Organizing the Service Leadership Program • Select the site (school/type of program).

• Order Kit #1 (introductory information).

• Meet with the school principal.

• Secure a faculty advisor.

• Order Kit #2 (club chartering information).

• Recruit the members.

• Organize the club.

• Charter the club.

• Launch the club.

• Support the club.

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Grow your Kiwanis club

 Enhancing the Kiwanis club • Develop a membership goal.

• Acquire membership materials.

• Create a club brochure.

• • • • Develop a prospect list.

Contact prospects.

Recruit new members.

Involve new members in club activities.

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For more information

To obtain new-club building information or kits, contact the Service Leadership Programs at Kiwanis International: 1-800-KIWANIS, ext. 411 or e-mail [email protected]

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Summary

      Assess the potential.

Commit to change.

Identify opportunities.

Plan.

Take action.

Report your success.

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Question and answer

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It’s time to grow!

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Growing your club through Service Leadership Programs