R Steve advised club for need and plan to have club prepare for future. Next couple months we will do a Visioning session. Last time we did this was in 2014 which was reviewed with club first half of this Rotary year.
Time to do it again. Time to get club members ideas. What is important to you.
Rotary International is always searching for strategies to renew and energize our Rotary Clubs. The best way to attract and retain members is to have a strong and vigorous Rotary Club, whose members are knee deep in exciting service in the community and beyond. But how can we bring new life and direction to our Clubs?
Rotary International recently introduced the new Club Leadership Plan, based on the best practices of successful clubs. The plan calls for a simplified board and administrative structure. The plan also encourages clubs to develop long-range goals and annual objectives to support them.
The leadership in District 7070 has developed an effective format for guiding a Rotary Club through strategic planning and renewal.
Our model is called Visioning. The model involves: 1) developing a core District training team, 2) holding individual "Vision Facilitation" sessions with individual Rotary Clubs, one at a time, and 3) assuring regular follow up after the initial Vision session. Too often Clubs operate in a reactive fashion, without clear long terms goals, and this' Visioning 'process is designed to help Clubs more clearly identify long term priorities.
Rotary Clubs that have participated in this strategic planning and re-visioning process typically show a clearer Club vision -- a sense of mission and purpose as a Club - and a revitalization of members' involvement in the Club.
Clubs need a Vision, goals and a purpose, but they also need relationships. If we start to lose these, lose focus and can get old and stagnant.
Club Visioning:
•5 year Plan
•Write down Ideas (Brainstorming -reality vs fiction)
•Short Action Plans
•Who does what and by when to achieve goals?
- Taking the club where it wants to go/can go
Why do we Plan?
•Planning is all about pulling in the same direction with a destination in mind.
•Strategic Planning
provides continuity between leadership terms
•Planning steps
- Vision
- Long Range Plan
- Actions and Programs
Continuity, Consistency, and Consensus
Strength of Rotary Clubs:
Effective Clubs:
- Attract New Member
- Sustain Existing Members
- Successful Service Projects
- Support the Rotary Foundation
- Develop Leaders beyond Club Level
Planning:
•Who are we?
• Where are we?
• Where do we want to be?
• How do we get there?
• How will we know when we arrive?
District Visioning Process
•Step 1
•Questionnaire sent to every member (Survey-Monkey)
•Step 2 (2-4 weeks later)
•Visioning Session
•Step 3
•Develop An Action Plan based on the results at the Visioning Session
•Step 4
•Implement Action Plan