Growing Your Club Through Service Leadership Programs

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Growing Your Club Through Service Leadership
Programs
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Presenters

• Larry Spone, past governorIllinois-Eastern Iowa
  District
• Cliff Canaday, past lieutenant governorIllinois-E
  astern Iowa District

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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

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Service Leadership Programs

• Bring Up Grades
• Terrific Kids
• K-Kids
• Builders Club
• Key Club
• Circle K
• Aktion Club

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Brief overview

• 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.
• Terrific Kids is a student-recognition program
  that promotes character development, self-esteem,
  and perseverance.

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Brief overview

• K-Kids is for elementary school students.
  Currently has 38,000 members in 11 countries.
• Builders Club is for middle school/junior high
  school students. Currently has 36,000 members in
  seven countries.
• Key Club is for high school students. Currently
  has 244,000 members in 28 countries.

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Brief overview

• Circle K (CKI) is for college and university
  students. Currently has 12,500 members in 17
  countries.
• Aktion Clubs is for adults living with
  disabilities. Currently has 6,700 members in
  five countries.

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Measurable impact of sponsorship

• Better relationships with schools
• Positive role-modeling for youth
• New service projects for the club
• Added member enthusiasm for projects
• Expand reach of Kiwanis

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Program steps

• Prerequisites
• Willingness to leave the clubs comfort zone
• Desire to sponsor a Service Leadership Program
• Expectation to increase membership
• Positive attitude

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Getting started

• Form a Service Leadership Program committee.
• Involve the growth or TAG committee in planning.
• Identify other resources to assist.
• Gather information.
• Need help?
• 1-800-KIWANIS, ext. 411

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Step 1 Assessing the potential

• Internally
• Club Excellence Tool
• Planning Your Clubs Success
• Externally
• Community Analysis
• Identify schools for Kiwanis programs

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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 and meet with the principal or
  residence life personnel.
• Order Kit 1 (introductory information).
• Secure a faculty advisor.
• Order Kit 2 (club chartering information).
• Recruit the members.
• Organize Charter the club.
• Launch and support the club.

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The rewards of sponsorship
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Grow your Kiwanis club

• Enhancing the Kiwanis club
• Develop a membership goal.
• Acquire membership materials
• Develop a prospect list.
• 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
• helpline_at_kiwanis.org
• memberservices_at_kiwanis.org

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Summary

• Assess the potential
• Commit to change
• Identify opportunities
• Plan
• Take action
• Report your success

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Questions?
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Its time to grow!
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Growing Your Club Through Service Leadership
Programs