When looking for potential Rotary club members, don’t forget that there is an audience that is already knowledgeable and excited about Rotary. Former Rotaractors, Interactors, and former Foundation program participants are often overlooked as a viable pool of candidates that can help clubs grow and stay energized. In this session, you’ll learn about opportunities to increase club membership by recruiting former Rotary program participants.

1. 2014 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Engaging Alumni to
Strengthen Membership
Moderator – RI Director Larry Lunsford

2. • Naoyuki Takagi
Rotary Club of Kanagawa Shonan, Japan
• District Governor-elect Ahmed Saada
Rotary Club of Alexandria, Egypt
• Laura Verdegaal
Rotaract Club Aalsmeer-Mijdrecht-Uithoorn,
The Netherlands
PANEL PARTICIPANTS

3. • Discuss Rotary alumni as an overlooked
audience of prospective members
• Hear personal experiences from Rotary alumni
and a current Rotaractor
• Discover opportunities for increasing your club
membership by leveraging former Rotary
program participants
IN THIS SESSION

4. OPPORTUNITIES
• Only an estimated 2.9% of Rotarians are alumni
• Most clubs don’t recruit alumni for membership
• 84% of current program participants are interested
in membership
• 66% of alumni are interested in membership
• As more years pass, alumni are less interested in
joining

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RI Director Larry Lunsford
Rotary Club of Kansas City - Plaza

6. • Rotarian since 1991, Past President, Rotary Club of Kansas City-
Plaza, Missouri 1997-98
• Served as Zone Rotary Public Image Coordinator, Regional
Foundation Coordinator, and Foundation Alumni Coordinator
• Past Council on Legislation Delegate
• Regional Scholar Orientation Chair
• Past District Governor D6040, 2001-02
RID LARRY LUNSFORD

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Naoyuki Takagi
Rotary Club of Kanagawa Shonan, Japan

8. • Ambassadorial Scholar (87-88)
• Joined Alumni Association of District
2780 (1994)
• Joined Rotary as Charter President of the
first Alumni Club in Japan (2004)
• Since then, six other alumni clubs have
been chartered in Japan, including one
e-club
NAOYUKI TAKAGI

9. • Show ROTARY CARES
– Treat participants like your children
• Show ROTARY SHARES
– Sharing is a key to a better world
– Invite them to join your service projects
• Show how excited you are about ROTARY
– SERVICE ABOVE SELF in ROTARY is fun!
DURING ROTARY PROGRAMS: BE A ROTARY MENTOR

10. MY ROTARY MENTOR

11. • Never let them go
– Form alumni associations
– Update contact information periodically
• Let them shine in Rotary
– Invite them as speakers/panelists
– Keep alumni associations involved
• Let them serve in Rotary projects
– Utilize their unique talents
AFTER ROTARY PROGRAMS: STAY IN TOUCH

12. • The leadership must come from you!
• Share your passion and show Rotary cares
• Be patient and never force it
• Find prospective members from alumni
• Find a leader with passion, vision, and time
• Let them steer their own course
• Make joining a new club easy
– Dues/Meeting time
– An e-club is a nice option
FORMING A NEW CLUB

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District Governor-elect Ahmed Saada
Rotary Club of Alexandria, Egypt

14. • Joined Rotary Club of Alexandria - 1993
• Served in various Club and District offices
– Club President 2003-04
– Deputy Governor 2012-13
– District Governor-elect 2014-15
• Focused on Rotary Alumni Programs
DGE AHMED SAADA

15. • Rotary Alumni Participation and Service
– Group Study Exchange Member to D-6670,
Ohio, USA 1991
– District Rotaract Representative 1992-93
– Charter Member, The Rotary Foundation
Alumni Association 2001
– District Group Study Exchange Chair 2008-
09
– District Alumni Chair 2007-08; 2011-12
DGE AHMED SAADA

17. ALUMNI OF TRF
How to make use
of the alumni to revitalize
Rotary?

18. EFFECTIVE CLUB
Sustain
and
Increase
Membership
Implement
Successful
Service
Projects
Support
The Rotary
Foundation
Develop
Leaders
Beyond the
Club Level
Five Avenues of Service
Club Leadership Plan
REQUIREMENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE CLUB

19. (Charter Members)
EGYPTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRF ALUMNI

20. EGYPTIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRF ALUMNI
(Charter Members)

21. • To provide a way to stay in touch with each
other.
• To build strong bonds with Rotary Clubs.
• Volunteer opportunities.
• To support the Rotary Foundation.
• To form a pool for recruitment as potential
Rotarians.
• To join a worldwide network of more than 66
alumni associations.
• To organize regular reunions.
WHY SHOULD WE HAVE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS

22. HOW TO ENCOURAGE ALUMNI TO JOIN ROTARY
Let’s give up the philosophy of
“Find them, fund them and forget them”

23. LIGHT UP YOUR CLUB WITH NEW ALUMNI!

24. GSE Team D-2450 / D-
9670 (1998)
TRF Alumna
Riham Youssef

25. OUTBOUND GSE TEAM FROM D-2451 TO D-5890 (2009)

26. INBOUND GSE TEAM FROM D-5890 TO D-2450 (2009)

27. Michael Chesser
D.5890 - Texas
Amal Shafik
D.2450 - Egypt

29. GSE TEAM TO D-6670 (1991)
My Personal Experience

31. PROF. JOHN K. NIPARKO, M.D.

37. T h a n k Y o u

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Laura Verdegaal
Rotaract Club Aalsmeer-Mijdrecht-Uithoorn,
The Netherlands

39. • Rotaractor since December 2004
• Club President 2009-2010
• Country Representative, The Netherlands
• President, European Rotaract Information
Centre
LAURA VERDEGAAL

40. • 3 Rotary sponsor clubs in the area
• Rotary Governors & District Rotaract
Representatives working together
• Learn from each other
• Link events
• Alumni network District 1570
CONTACT ROTARACT - ROTARY

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Actions to Take in Your Club

42. • Build strong relationships with current program
participants
• Develop an action plan for keeping alumni involved in
Rotary activities
• Promote alumni so that other Rotarians understand
their importance
• Ask alumni to join Rotary
• Involve alumni in club and district activities
• Help and mentor alumni to find clubs that meet their
needs
RECOMMENDATIONS

43. QUESTIONS

44. 2014 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
THANK YOU
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