Transcript Planning Your Year • Introductions • Time Management • Planning Your Year • Eight Step Planning Process • Workshop Topics • Publications.

Planning Your Year
• Introductions
• Time Management
• Planning Your Year
• Eight Step Planning Process
• Workshop Topics
• Publications
• Your Masonic Leadership Training Team
• Honored Guests
• Attendees
• Name
• Lodge & Location
• Title and Position, if any
• Restrooms
• Cell phones/PDA’s
• Sign-In Sheets
• Florida Digest of Masonic Law
• Lodge Officers Handbook
• Masonic Leadership Training Manual
• Lodge Secretary Administrative Guide
(GL215)
• Worshipful Master’s Program Notebook
(GL218)
• The Lodge is yours for 365 days, 8760
hours and 585,600 minutes
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Master your own schedule or let it master you
• Schedule a portion of each day for Lodge business
• No phones, visitors, distractions (ask wife to watch
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Pass schedule to your Officers so they know
Keep updated priority list of things to do each day
Keep any calls during this time short and to the point
Don’t procrastinate & follow your set times
• Waiting for perfection can cause missed timeframes,
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you may never have all the information
Learn to say No – you can’t accomplish everything
everyone wants to do
Be decisive – delaying causes waste of valuable time,
don’t revisit past decisions
Delegate, you can’t do everything
Make and keep appointments – your time is important
and those you spend it with
Cross examine and re-evaluate your time management
• Four ways to help your Lodge
Enlist the commitment and participation of your
Brothers and Officers
• There are many activities outside that compete for
the attention of today’s men, how many can you
fulfill at your Lodge
• Plan activities and events that are rewarding to your
members
• Involving your Officers ensures consistency over the
years and leaves the Lodge in good shape when you
leave the East
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• 1 - Worshipful Master’s Direction
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When I have completed serving as Worshipful
Master, I want the year to be remembered for…
• 2 - Every member has something to offer
and in return, they desire:
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To meet new friends
To have fun
To feel proud
To be well led
A role for their family
A Lodge active in the community
• 3 - Identify key areas of work
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Meet with your incoming Wardens and identify key areas
• Each of the Senior Officers individually plans their year in the
East
• Ensues continuity
• Promotes long term goals
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Create a Planning Team
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Effective Past Master
Businessman or Owner
Recently-joined, young Mason
Effective committee chairman
Skilled financial planner
Experienced planner
Good communicator
Interested member
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Brainstorming
• Strengths & weaknesses
• Meetings
• Work
• Fellowship
• Membership
• Community service
• Communications with Members
• Fundraising
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Prioritize results & identify current and out years
• 4 - Refining the plan
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This planning team consists of key members excited
and committed to achieve their goals
The members of the planning team will make
excellent members of committees to implement the
plans
Involving your Wardens (especially the items
marked for future years) ensures a long range plan
for success of your Lodge
• 5 - Preparing the initial calendar
Have Wardens draft their own as guidelines for their
term
• Add top priority items from Planning Team
• Add historical Lodge activities (meetings, dinners…)
• Add Grand Lodge activities & events
• Add Masonic charities (MMRL, Child ID, etc.)
• Additional items PRN (civic, military, etc.)
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• 6 – The final plan
Bring the three calendars into one document (Incoming
WM & Wardens) to present to the craft
• Enlist assistance to head or sit on committees in support
of the calendar
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• 7 – The big announcement
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Present your plan to the craft
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Make copies for the members
Print out a one page calendar on the back of the trestleboard
Hand it out at installation
Place it on the Lodge’s web site
Send in an e-mail to the members
• 8 – Launch the plan
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Appoint committees to support the plan
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Talent and abilities of the member
Interest in the committee
Responsibility
Willingness and ability to devote the time necessary
Ambition for leadership, teamwork
Only one event per night (no widows & PM night)
Allow sufficient lead time to organize the event
Plan event around purpose (widows’ lunch vs.
dinner as many do not like to be out at night)
• Food – type and style (hint – work closely with your
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Location (how accessible for widows’ night)
Plan the theme for the event
Invitations & coordination for attendees
Entertainment
Call & remind guests a week (or less) in advance of the
event
Logistics (supplies purchased, Bldg opened early,
greeters placed)
Make the guests feel welcome
Send thank-you letters after the event
• Grand Lodge planning publications
GL-218 Worshipful Master’s program book
• GL-215 Lodge Secretary’s administration guide
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• Masonic Renewal Committee of North
America (MRC) www.masonic-renewal.org
Masonic Leaders planning guide
• Getting set for success
• 101+ Ways to Improve Interest and Attendance in your
Lodge
• 75 Ways to Attract and Retain New Members
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• Thanks for Attending!!