Rotaractors Next Steps Presentation 1
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How can Rotaractors stay connected to Rotary? This session is designed to help Rotarians become mentors for Rotaractors and Rotaract alumni. Explore methods to engage with Rotaractors and help them feel part of the Rotary family, even after their time with Rotaract has ended.
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Rotaractors Next Steps Presentation 1
- 1. Sharing Experiences between Rotaractors and Rotarians
- 2. •Create your “Next Steps” Plan •Reaching Out •Being Flexible… Right? Casting Your Net
- 3. Casting Your Net CREATE YOUR “NEXT STEPS” PLAN ● Make plan relevant to your Club ● Host Events ● Assign Sponsors / Mentors ● Promote Development
- 4. A PAGE FOR BIG BOLDBULLET ITEMS ● Be Proactive - Don’t Wait ● Identify A Champion ● Contact Past Rotaractors Casting Your Net REACHING OUT
- 5. Casting Your Net BEING FLEXIBLE… RIGHT? ● Attendance ● Creating Connections between the New and Old ● Create a knock effect
Editor's Notes
- Thank you, for coming here to this session. For some of you this may be reinforcement, but i hope with some of the strategies we have used and experienced success with, you can take some of those to your clubs I don’t think there is one solution for a Rotaractor to become Rotarian, but I do think our Rotarians play a major role in the success of getting to the Next Steps of Rotary… and there are a number things that we can do use to cast a … sort of a net to help Rotaractors learn about your Rotary club, joining it, more importantly stick around. For Me, when I was inducted my Sponsor was my the Club President during the same year I was Rotaract Club President. Through it we shared a rotary bond, but little did I know during the year I became a Rotarian, within 12 months I would be changing Careers, Buying a House, and experience the birth of my daughter and all of the joys included in that. To say the least it was a little bit tough to get through it all and make all of my rotary commitments. But with the support of my Rotary club, I made it past my first year. almost 3 years later… I feel like I am just getting the hang of being a Rotarian, and balancing all of the other things that seem to be coming at me, personally. Through power of Rotary.. And whatsapp, I also spoke with fellow Rotaractors who are now Rotarians around the world, and they told me about what helped their successful moves to Rotary. For many of my fellow Rotaractors, its not just a “Next Step” into Rotary, it can be even a little tumultuous in our personal lives as well… Or maybe that was just me. I think Rotary needs to be prepared to respond in a way that is flexible and facilitates these periods when Rotaractors, our members, need that support the most. Like Me, some of my friends transitioned right away, and others had a gap period before becoming Rotarians, in these cases it was more important for the Rotary club to reach out to those members to rekindle the relationship With their feedback I have identified three areas that we could look at for helping Rotarians with this
- By Creating a Plan, even if it is informal it will assist you with knowing what steps as members you are taking to assist with fostering relationships, something everyone can get behind. It would be even better if you can document it and commit as a club. Reaching out to the current and past membership, lets get on the offensive Show your commitment with flexibility and willingness to change, ours began with introducing a weekly meet and greet called a “Warm Sunrise Welcome” to lighten the mood, creating a welcome environment helped not only our Rotaractors but our Guests as well!
- + Create a plan that encompasses strategies that you and your club can employ, also make sure to speak with surrounding Rotaract Clubs so you are in line with their strategies too, they are also thinking about how they can assist with smoothing it out. + You can think about Hosting Events, by creating a comfortable space both rotarians and future members can get to know each other and foster bonds + Create Opportunities for Personal Growth – For me a large part of Rotaract was the challenges we faced and came to embrace + By Encouraging Past Rotaractors and Now Rotarians to become leaders by Chairing positions, we empower them :) and continue their development as future leaders The Great thing about this is these things could be implemented across the board to facilitate stronger club memberships overall
- + There are some creative ways you can be proactive in your Next Steps process… no different from how we look at prospective guests, don’t be afraid to be the first one to say “Join me for a breakfast, lunch or Dinner at our Rotary meeting (which ever applies to your club)” + If you have a Transition Chair, a Rotaract Advisor or a Membership director, you can assign a Champion (or Champions) to be your welcoming face, maybe a past Rotaractor or someone who works closely with Rotaractors. They can help smooth the process and answer many questions your now new rotarians will have. + Ask your champions to reach out to Past Rotaractors and invite them to your fellowships to begin with. + Address concerns by asking questions about any possible reasons that could prohibit joining, including costs and expectations + Go to them, visit them at Rotaract meetings “take over a meeting”
- + for me, during my first year as a new Rotarian, my biggest struggle was my attendance, but with the flexibility of my club's attendance requirements, I made it through my first year… after that I was able to find the right balance between my work, personal, and rotary life… maybe not in that order… + There is still I learn from the new generation of Rotaractors, through friendships and some mutual mentoring opportunities, we creating more reasons to stay… think strengthening that net + And finally by having that champion you may notice more Rotaractors starting to catch on and discuss joining your clubs, be prepared to listen to feedback. And respond with action where possible. Create a relationship between Rotaractors and Rotarians forged with friendships and lasting bonds. With all said, plans can change and I think, the show of effort on our part as Rotarians, is the biggest part of it all. And through it all, Don’t forget to have fun.