When your club is vibrant, innovative, and making a difference in your community, it will attract prospective members.

Membership Development

Use these resources to see if your club is meeting members’ needs and reflecting the community:

Use these resources to learn strategies that will keep members excited about Rotary:

Use the strategies and ideas in these resources to connect with potential members:

  • — Welcoming younger professionals into Rotary is essential for us. Our digital kit will help you rethink membership and bring emerging leaders into your club.
  • —Take this Learning Center course to help draw prospective members, update your club’s experience, and better highlight what it does well.
  • — Design your own club brochure using the template on Rotary’s Brand Center. Choose images and wording to best represent your club.
  • — Show this presentation to prospective members or at your club’s public events. Add content and images specific to your club, and have prospective member brochures available.
  • — Try these strategies to attract qualified members for your club.
  • — Give this brochure to prospective members so they can understand what Rotary is about and what sets it apart from other organizations.
  • — Working with prospective members is a delicate task. Find tips and ideas to determine whether membership would match their needs as well as your club’s. Learn what you can do to ensure that prospects have a positive experience, regardless of whether they join.

Find ideas for planning and strengthening your club in these resources:

District Leadership Contact

Allen Langley
District Membership Chair

allenlangley@shelbyrotary.club

 

 

Zone Leadership Contact

Patrick Eakes
Zone 33 Membership Coordinator (RRC)

Andy Vanhook
Assistant Rotary Coordinator (ARC)

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RI Membership Officer

Make new members feel welcome

Use these resources to celebrate new members, develop an orientation program, and get them involved early and often.

  • — This Learning Center course shows how to make your club’s new members feel welcome, appreciated, and valued.
  • — Find ideas for engaging new members, getting them involved, and giving them a meaningful Rotary experience.
  • — Give this comprehensive overview of Rotary to new members or order it for club reference.
  • — Encourage members to get involved in their club, community, and the Rotary world for a more meaningful experience.
  • — Welcome new members to your club with Rotary essentials: Rotary Basics, Connect for Good, a What’s Rotary? card, a Rotary magnet, and the Rotary Foundation annual report.
  • — Customize a certificate for your new members and present it to them when you officially welcome them to your club.

  

Follow your membership leads

Many prospective members express their interest in Rotary through . If you are a club or district leader, you will receive an email alert letting you know if any of these prospective members have been assigned to your club or district. Check often — these prospective members are waiting to hear from you.

These resources can help you understand what to do with membership leads:

  • — This Learning Center course will show how a prospect experiences the membership leads process, and how club and district leaders can create a consistent, positive experience for prospective members.
  • — Find prospective members who want to get involved.
  • presentation — An in depth training tool for helping clubs and district leaders understand the entire process for managing leads.
  • How to Manage Membership Leads (for and ). Learn how to find and manage your online membership leads.
  • — This video explains the new membership leads process for clubs and districts.