1. Grand Lodge Leadership Committee Presentation

2. 10 Steps to Lodge Renewal Plan, Program, Prepare Attract New Members
Spice up Lodge Meetings
Family Involvement
Community Involvement/Visibility
Initiate a major fundraiser (for the Lodge or Community)
Membership retention/Utilization
Publicize your Lodge (Internal/External)
Lodge Appearance
Ritual

3. Plan, Program and Prepare
Calendar of events
Print off and make available to general membership
Publish an online calendar and allow members to subscribe
Continue to advertise your plans throughout the year
Be prepared to execute your plans
Follow through
Sometimes you have to push and pull
to get people motivated

4. Attract new members
Identify who your prospective members may be and approach them about joining the Fraternity
Smaller community this may be city officials, farmers, teachers or college students
Larger community this should be an open canvas
Identify how you can be relevant in your community
What do you offer to your current membership? Is it enough to keep them actively involved?
What can you offer to a potential new
member?
Fundraisers for a local event
Charities
Volunteer work

5. Spice up Lodge Meetings
Keep their attention!!!
Men don't join the Fraternity just to be part of a memorization club
Members need to feel like they are contributing to something
Is their participation in Masonic events needed and important?
Why should they spend their time at Lodge?
Every Lodge is different
Older membership
Dinner at the Lodge including the spouses may be appropriate
Younger membership
If they have kids at home most likely
their spouse is not going to be able
to attend
Leadership is identifying these types of things
and making changes when necessary
You've been doing the same thing for years,
is it working?
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6. Family Involvement This should be self explanatory, but:
Be aware of who your Masonic
Lodge is comprised of.
Single parent families, single,
divorced, married, widowed,
young, old.
Identify what can bring everyone
together:
Coordinate a family Husker game
If there are a lot of young
children, then plan a movie night at the Lodge
Game night

7. Community Involvement
Again self explanatory, get involved in your community, but:
Are you getting any visibility from the community for your efforts?
Wear Masonic clothing (shirts, hats, etc.,) - Remember while you're working, you're advertising
Take pictures and post them to your Lodge website and/or facebook

8. Initiate a Major Fundraiser
This can be as big or small as you are willing to tackle
Look at raising money for something important to the community
Combine your efforts with other local organizations, this cuts your cost and further exposes the Fraternity in the community

9. Membership Retention/Utilization
Keeping your membership is
extremely important
Utilizing them appropriately can be just
as important
Look at the unique talent within the
Lodge, this is one of your most
abundant resources
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10. Publicize your Lodge (Internal/External)

11. Lodge Appearance
Be honest, which picture is closer to your lodge appearance?
Keep your facility in good repair
If your building is crumbling,
what does that say about your Lodge?

12. "Never mind the Ritual book. We'll do it my way"
We must maintain a high level of proficiency when performing the Ritual
1st, it is required by
Grand Lodge to do this
2nd, this separates us
from the Elks and Moose
Lodges
3rd, and maybe the most
important; the Ritual is a
choreographed play for the
benefit of the candidate
(if you do this poorly, don't
expect your new members
to return to Lodge)
"Never mind the Ritual book. We'll do it my way"

13. Summary 10 Steps to Lodge Renewal Plan, Program, Prepare
Attract New Members
Spice up Lodge Meetings
Family Involvement
Community Involvement/Visibility
Initiate a major fundraiser (for the Lodge or Community)
Membership retention/Utilization
Publicize your Lodge (Internal/External)
Lodge Appearance
Ritual

14. References Grand Lodge of Nebraska website (forms & publications)
10 Steps to Lodge Renewal
Lodge Leadership Manual
Lodge Planning Guide (WM Elects)
Looking Toward the East (Senior Wardens)
Grand Lodge Officers
Lodge Leadership Committee

15. This briefing is available to any Lodge upon request
Questions
This briefing is available to any Lodge upon request