Leading the Way to the Next Fraternal Year

Leading the Way to the Next Fraternal Year

1. 2. 3. 4. Why We Have Chosen To Be Leaders Our Responsibility As Leaders How We Lead on Membership Growth How We Lead on Membership Experience and Programs 5. Start Fast

Why We Have Chosen To Be Leaders • Membership intake is declining in the United States. • The Church is in crisis. • We can choose to wait out the storm and let the waves crash over us, or we can respond. • We have chosen the latter. • The challenges we face do not negate the opportunity we have in front of us. • The challenges we face do not negate the need for the Knights of Columbus. • We must respond. We must grow. We must serve.

Our Responsibility As Leaders • • Lead by example. Be positive. Plan. Execute. Improve. Stay informed. Share best practices. Be accountable.

How We Lead on Membership Growth • Plan. Execute. Improve. • Show Up! • Go to council meetings. • Convene district meetings. • Advise Grand Knights on how to improve. • Find the right talent. • Show them how

How We Lead on Membership Growth • Go back to the basics: • Church drives • Membership presence • 1: 1 recruiting • Priest support • First degrees • Take advantage of new opportunities: • Design your own incentive • Online Prospect Form • RGD/RTD Support

How We Lead on Membership Experience and Programs • Faith in Action is Key • Clearly communicate the purpose and vision • Train on it. • Invite the broader community to join in • Promote it – to your councils, members, pastors and chaplains, and to the broader community. • …And promote it again. • Treat the Columbian Award as your roadmap to success • The Knights of Columbus doesn’t exist to meet. Be of service to your parish and community.

How We Lead on Membership Experience and Programs • If we add value and generate activity, we will never have a retention problem. • Get new members involved right away. • Find out what their passions are. • Help councils get credit for what they do, and tell their story. • Aim for Star. • File your 1728. • File your SP-7.

Start Fast • We need to show the world that the Knights of Columbus does not back down from a fight. • We must be part of the solution, not handcuffed by the problem. • Don’t wait for September to build your plan and put it in motion. • Your communities need you right now. • Make a statement.

Leading the Way to the Next Fraternal Year

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