Young Adults Recruiting Guide Who Will Carry Your Club's Banner in 2050?

2 Why Recruit Young Adults Ensure your club will exist in 40 years Increase hands to do more service Gain fresh ideas Bring in new energy and diverse skills Promote membership that reflects the community

3 Tools for Recruiting Young Adults LCI has developed tools to help  Young Adult Recruiting Guide  Be Part of Something that Matters Brochure  Become Involved Become a Lion Video

Recruiting Young Adults

5 Membership Programs Family Membership Program  Dues discounts available Lions Family Cub Program  Enables Lions to bring their children to meetings  Increases likelihood both parents will join

6 Membership Programs Student Member Program  Dues discounts available Leo to Lion Program  Former Leo’s  Other Young Adults  Dues discounts available

7 Finding Young Adults to Recruit Recruit family of current members Visit local colleges and universities Invite graduating Leos Post flyers or set up a booth in the lunchroom of a local business Partner with a youth group to implement a joint service project

8 Tips for Recruiting Recruit with your youngest members Start a committee Dress for the situation

9 “Talking” Dues Explain where the money goes Verbally partition dues into monthly payments.  $10 a month sounds more manageable than $120 a year Don’t forget to find out if they qualify for any dues discounts from LCI.

10 Follow-up Consider modern methods:  Follow up via o Keep it short o Link to your club Web site or Facebook page o Include information about your next meeting  Send them a text o Text the date, time and location of your next meeting as a reminder

Positioning your Club

12 Club Meetings Make changes to accommodate young adults  Be flexible about meeting attendance  Let go of some traditions  Do not serve a meal  Stick to an agenda

13 Get Online Have an attractive, up-to-date club Web site  Use the e-Clubhouse  Don’t use animated images and clip art  Include pictures and descriptions of service projects Create a club Facebook Fan Page

14 e-Clubhouse Create a free, useful and professional looking Web Site for Your Club Designed with fill-in-the blank fields for even the least Internet savvy, the e-Clubhouse allows you to:  Build and maintain a Web site for your club using a simple set of tools  Keep your members and your community up-to-date on the projects the club is working on  Promote your club’s activities and recruit new members

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16 Service To a young adult, the most important benefit of being a Lion is service  Highlight hands-on projects  Provide several project to choose from  Make a global impact  Go green

17 Leadership Involve young adults in club leadership  Ask them to be part of a group or committee  Give them a voice  Utilize their skills

Starting a New Club

19 Starting a New Club Campus Lions club Leo Lions club Club branch Special interest club Cyber club

20 Extension Workshops Designed to help Lions start new clubs Learn key strategies for identifying new club locations

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