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| October 2023 | Ideas for strengthening membership |
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 | | Photo: Members of the Rotary Club of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, and other volunteers plant prairie grasses along the Milwaukee River. | The state of Rotary’s membership
How has our membership changed since last year? Learn about the latest membership trends and ideas for sustainable growth in the newly updated presentation on The State of Membership. The PowerPoint presentation shows how we’re doing as of 1 July. It can be shared and is easy to customize for your region.
To learn more about the data in the presentation, watch the video “The Club Experience Matters: Understanding the Data.” | |
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| | | Service Above Self Award | | Rotary’s Service Above Self Award honors Rotarians — and now also Rotaractors — who help others by volunteering their time and talents. If you know someone who has demonstrated exemplary service, encourage their governor to nominate them for the Service Above Self Award, one of Rotary International’s highest distinctions in service, by 31 October. Only district governors can nominate candidates for this award, and up to 150 recipients are selected each year. |  |
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| Do you know what your members want? | | Members leave Rotary clubs because the experience they were hoping for is not the one they find. Have conversations with members to find out how to best meet their expectations. You can practice engaging your members with this five-minute activity (no login required). | |
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| Get ready for World Polio Day, 24 October | World Polio Day, 24 October, is right around the corner. As a club or district leader, you can help us achieve our goal of a polio-free world by sharing the latest polio updates with your club members and in your community, as well as by continuing to raise funds for PolioPlus. Every dollar raised will be matched 2-to-1 up to US$150 million!
Don’t forget to encourage clubs to register their participation! You’ll also find a variety of resources to help plan and promote actions on our World Polio Day Resources webpage. | |
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| 2023 Interact Awards | The 2023 Interact Awards are here! This year, Interact clubs are invited to develop a promotional video, photo, or essay that raises awareness about Interact and shares what it means to be an Interactor. Awards will be given for best video, best photo, and best essay. Interact sponsors and advisers, let your clubs know that submissions are due by 3 December.
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| Service companion club grows membership | | The Rotary Club of Plano West, Texas, USA, created a new service-focused club that appeals to people who are primarily interested in community service. The companion club is still part of the membership. Find out how this new club model led to a transformation. | |
| | | A fundraiser that attracts new members | During the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, USA, doubled the proceeds of its largest fundraiser and used it to engage current members as well as attract new ones. Learn how the club improved its public image and added new members.
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| | Membership Minute is a bimonthly newsletter that provides the latest membership trends, strategies, best practices, and resources to help strengthen membership in your clubs. The newsletter is sent to Rotary coordinators, district governors, district membership chairs, district Rotary public image chairs, Rotary club membership chairs, Rotary club presidents, Rotary club presidents-elect, Rotaract club presidents and subscribers. Please forward this to anyone who may be interested.
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