5 tips for regaining members

5 tips for regaining members

Nov 11, 2024 | Club building, General interest | 0 comments

By reMembering, your club also can recruit people who have left or drifted away. 

By Tony Knoderer

Clubs lose members. It’s a fact of life. But it’s usually life itself — including busy schedules, family circumstances and career changes — that causes people to leave.  

The good news: Those are also reasons not to give up on them. With reMember recruitment, you can reconnect with former members or even with current members who have drifted away.

It all begins with five commonsense steps. While you’re on our reMember webpage, you’ll also find tips and ideas for getting started — and for keeping former members in mind on an ongoing basis.

Spread the word to your fellow members and club leaders. After all, membership growth should be a club-wide effort — whether you’re recruiting new members or reconnecting with former and “missing” members. And don’t forget to visit our club toolbox, which offers many other resources for retaining members by keeping them engaged in the club experience.

ACE tools turn ideas into action

ACE tools turn ideas into action

Nov 4, 2024 | Club building, General interest, Leadership | 0 comments

What happens when inspiration doesn’t bring progress? These three resources can get things moving.

By Tony Knoderer

Some Kiwanis clubs fall into a rut, relying on the same projects and fundraisers until the inspiration runs out. But sometimes inspiration isn’t the problem — it’s the lack of progress afterward.  

Does your club have a pile of ideas from motivated members, but no real-world results to show for it? Kiwanis International offers resources that can help. Check out some of the Achieving Club Excellence (ACE) tools that can turn inspiration into action: 

  • Club vision. Go back to basics — by defining what your club does and why it exists. That kind of clarity can result in a vision that steers club leaders and other members. The guide to this tool also provides instructions for conducting a group exercise, so everyone has a voice in the process.   
  • Club excellence. Maybe your club needs a framework for all those ideas. The best clubs set up a strategic plan every Kiwanis year, so members and leaders know what they want to accomplish when October arrives. The tool’s guide shows how to set SMART goals, along with milestones that help you measure your club’s progress. 
  • Club scorecard. Does your club sometimes make progress toward something new, only to see it fade away? Try tracking your activity as you go. With this tool, you can set up key indicators and reflect on them periodically, helping you determine where you may need to adjust your plan — and even make changes in the club if necessary.  

All these resources can be found on the ACE tools webpage, which includes other common concerns clubs face — and pairs them with the tools that help club leaders address them.   

Spruce up your social media 

Spruce up your social media 

Oct 28, 2024 | General interest, News | 0 comments

Our refreshed webpage helps add fun, color and inspiration to your Kiwanis club’s feeds.

By Tony Knoderer

Ready to add some visual variety to your social media feeds? Kiwanis International is ready to help! We’ve refreshed our webpage of social media assets, and they’re ready to download and use.  

Choose from assets that add fun and color — with photographs and illustrations to catch people’s attention, along with words that inspire people to serve, mentor and more. You’ll even find assets and messaging that fit seasonal appeals or encourage people to celebrate educators. 

On the webpage, you can also choose text to combine with each asset. If you wish, copy and paste text into your Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) feeds — or change it to fit your club’s needs and information. 

Our social media assets are just one page among several in the branding and marketing section of our website. Check out the links to downloadable logos, photographs and much more — including our free service for club websites. It’s all part of the support that helps your club represent Kiwanis with quality and consistency.