Membership Ideas
Community Clubs
- Listen.
- Invite others.
- Publicize your events.
- Advertise your club.
- Have a professional meeting.
- Promote Table Topics.
- Get out into the community.
- Get out and speak.
- Be flexible.
- Be bold and decisive.
- Call former members.
- Do exit interviews.
- Use the easy sell vs hard sell approach.
- Invite a friend.
- Print personal testimony.
- Construct a web page with testimony.
- Have everything ready.
- Don't be embarrassed.
- Don't apologize.
- Explain the various jobs from the visitors point of view.
- Have a membership drive day.
- Conduct light hearted Table Topics.
- Provide a guest packet.
- Conduct a formal induction of new members.
- Set goals with dates.
- Invite members and guests to conferences.
Company Clubs
- Target movers and shakers.
- Have members set goals and incorporate them into their reviews.
- Promote goals.
- Hold a Demo Meeting for other departments.
- Hold and introtuction to Toastmasters during orientation.
- Promote community awareness for participation.
- Invite a speaker of topical interest.
- Identify "fade away" members.
- Hold creative and enjoyable meetings.
- Have fun.
- Change your date or time and take a poll.
- Obtain management support.
- Expand your reach.
- Let managers become recruiters for Toastmasters.
- Get company participation on membership fees.
- Have a free lunch.
- Send visitors an e-mail.