How to Add More Excitement to You Club Meeting. April 28, 2018

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "How to Add More Excitement to You Club Meeting. April 28, 2018"

Kelley Martin
6 years ago
Views:

1 How to Add More Excitement to You Club Meeting April 28, 2018

2 Meetings Are they Necessary? Sharing information Reaches decisions Crucial Conversation Supports and empowers the members Encourages participation and creativity

3 Example 1: Timed Agenda 12:00 Call to Order - Start the meeting on time 12:01 Invocation 12:02 Meal service 12:20 Introduce guests 12:21 Induction and/or introduction of New Members 12:23 Introduce Members with Birthdays 12:25 Read New Member proposals 12:28 Committee announcements 12:30 Introduce Speaker 12:31 Speaker s address 12:55 Response to Speaker 12:56 Announce next week s program 12:57 Draw for door prize 12:58 The Optimist Creed 1:00 Adjourn on time

4 Example 2: Member (Board) Meeting Call to Order - Start the meeting on time Pledge Toast Invocation (optional) Introduce guests (if any) Meal service Speaker (if any) Secretary s Report and approval Treasurer s Report and approval Committee Reports Member Induction and/or introduction of New Members Member presentation on themselves. Introduce Members with Birthdays / Anniversaries Door Prize Drawing (if any) The Optimist Creed Adjourn

5 Example 3: Social Meeting Call to Order - Start the meeting on time Pledge Toast (optional) Invocation (optional) Introduce guests (if any) Speaker (if any) Committee Announcements (if any) Member Induction and/or introduction of New Members (if any) The Optimist Creed Adjourn

6 Preparation for Fun Set the Tone before the Meeting Agenda Create a fun top-ten list Create a short, fun video

7 Meeting Day Before your Meeting set up your room Hire a Town Crier Have Greeters at the door Set out Name Badges

8 Meeting Day Speakers Read Joke Start on a Positive Note Make a connection with everyone

9 Keep the Meeting moving. What are your wants for the meeting?

10 Humor and what it does Humor People get involved in processing Defenses are down Observe a moment of silence

11 True or False Carl Lewis holds the record for most individual gold medals at the Olympics.

12 True or False The "funny bone" is really a bone.

13 True or False The Academy Awards are annually the mostwatched, single telecast in the United States.

14 True or False Russia has the largest area of any country in the world.

15 True or False Corn is the most produced crop in the world.

16 Words of the Day Which is a synonym of laudable? commendable powerful unrelenting ominous

17 Words of the Day Which is a synonym of rabble? vacuum mob tremor repository

18 Words of the Day Which is a synonym of lugubrious? homely mournful sluggish plainspoken

19 Name That Thing portal gable arch flying buttress

20 Name That Thing pommel croup neck saddle

21 Name That Thing crown vamp quarter yoke

22 Name That Thing turban southwester garrison cap balaclava

23 Toys and Games Name that thing: kaleidoscope daguerrotype spindle gyroscope

24 Toys and Games Name that toy: stick horse horsebroom hobbyhorse rocking horse

25 Toys and Games Name that thing: full contact checkers pogs disc golf tiddlywinks

26 Would You Rather Would you rather be the president of the United States or a rock star? Would you rather give a speech to 25 people or be piddled on by a dog?

27 Would you Rather Would you rather be forced to listen to Maroon 5 or Nickel back? Would you rather have an IQ of 150 or the good looks of Fabio? Would you rather holiday in Las Vegas or New York?

28 Getting to Know You What s your favorite movie? Why? If you reincarnated, what would you like to come back as?

29 Getting to Know You If you could go on tour with a famous musical artist, which one would it be? If you could bring back one dead rock star, which one would it be? What is your favorite guilty pleasure television show or music?

30 Getting to Know You What food do you love to eat on any days? What s your favorite part of the work day What s your biggest goal for this year What s your favorite workday snack? What s your favorite daytime beverage? What is your favorite nighttime beverage? Favorite form of exercise?

31 Getting to Know You What is your favorite animal and why? What s your favorite book? Why? What is your favorite project in the last 6 months that you worked on and why? What is your favorite way to de-stress after work? What city and state where you born in? What is your favorite food? Where was your best ever vacation and why? Where were you born? How many siblings do you have?

32 Celebrate Member Celebration Quarter Attendance Game

33 Activities / Participation Activities: Take your meeting out of the normal meeting setting Participate in an activity after a short meeting Incentivize participation. Giving people an incentive to participate in meetings

34 Making Fun Today, we are celebrating. wacky holiday: Talk Like a Pirate Day Sept 19 Answer Your Cat s Question Day, Jan 22 Make Certificates for anything that you want. Make Birthday Cards

35 . Show a Humorous Cartoon

36 Never forget to keep it fun.

37 People Join and Stay People join a club add value to their lives They will continue as long as the members are Positive and uplifting Willing to share their knowledge and answer questions Willing to listing to ideas and are open to others getting involved.

38 More Fun Award Prizes Have a different fun theme Hold a This Meeting s Got Talent Hold a meeting scavenger hunt Do a word of the day drinking game

39 Put an idea bulletin board, humor board, or photo board up in a prominent location. Change Tables Do Heads & Tails

40 Celebrate! Celebrate and Acknowledge successes. Fun awards Back in The Day Award Duck Tape Award Always Late Award

41 Stand and Stretch It only takes a minute to: Get everyone to stand up. Bounce on your feet for 10 seconds, just to get the blood flowing. Stretch your arms up towards the ceiling as high as you can. Keep your arms up and lean to the right. Hold for 10 seconds. Lean to the left, hold. Lean back, hold. Lean forward, touch your toes. Sit back down.

42 ASK YOUR MEMBERS Ask your members to search for and bring a favorite cartoon to the meeting, and post them for all to see. PERPETUAL CALENDAR: Birthday / Anniversary Sing.

43 After the Meeting After the Meeting Send out a humorous top-10 things we hoped you learned from the meeting list To improve attendance: Promote your next programs Use Social Media Phone Committee Weekly club newsletter Local newspaper announcements Call the members who haven t attended in a while

44 Summary Keep it Moving Change some aspect of your meeting about every twenty minutes. Social Time Design the first ten minutes as a social mixer. When you make an important point during a meeting ask for feedback.

45 Summary The best solution to our individual meeting dilemma resides within yourself and the meeting participants! When a member uses humor, it says to everyone in the club, that he or she is a regular person. Finish your meetings with a touch of humor and this is what people remember as they leave.

46 Summary Laughter is the best medicine! Remember, laughter stimulates blood flow, strengthens the immune system, reduces levels of hormones that create stress, and reduces pain perception. Happy Meeting!!

47 Prizes Attendance Sheet Door prizes

48 Questions & Answers Evaluation

49 THANK YOU!

12 simple tricks and tips to help you relax, de-stress and enjoy the holidays! Kristen Webster

12 simple tricks and tips to help you relax, de-stress and enjoy the holidays! Kristen Webster Happy for the Holidays - Holiday Coloring Book and Relaxation Journal Kristen Webster Color-Happy.com Copyright