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Certified Guiding Lion

Supporting the continued

development of new clubs

LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

The Advisory Team

ID Yamandu Acosta, Alabama, MD34

PCC John Barnett, Arkansas, MD7

PDG Carl Burson, Colfax,California, MD4

PDG John Ferguson, Missouri, MD26

PCC Geoff Leeder, Harpenden, MD105


The Team Leader

Mindy Marks

Manager, District and Club Administration Division


Certified Guiding Lion Programme

• Current programme objectives

• Objectives of the revised programme

• Overview of the new programme

Section 1: Skills of a Successful Guiding Lion

Section 2: Getting off to a Good Start

Section 3: Developing a Club Officer Mentor Team

Section 4: Designing Club Officer Training

Section 5: Resources for Guiding Lions

• Next Steps


The Importance of Certified Guiding Lion Training

The Certified Guiding Lion Programme was developed to strengthen the support provided by the Guiding Lion to:

1. Help the club determine its mission and purpose

2. Improve retention of new club members

3. Improve the assimilation of new club into the LCI structure

4. Improve the relationship between sponsoring club and new club

5. Improve the support of advisers over two-year period of time.

6. Improve the knowledge level of the Guiding Lion

Current programme fulfilled these objectives in general but the

programme needed to be more proactive and utilize new resources


Redesign Objectives: Initial programme developed in 2001-2002

Objective 1: Keep same time frame.

Objective 2: Redesign guide to be more focused on club development with basic and practical strategies.

Objective 3: Less focus on manuals, more focus on new on-line training and incorporate new materials.

Objective 4: Integrate a Club Officer Mentoring system to support each new club officer position.

Objective 5: Focus on empowering club members.

Objective 6: Improve distribution – use web more fully.

Objective 7: Provide the Guiding Lion with the data needed to track club development.


Course is Divided into Five Sections

1. Skills of a Successful Guiding Lion – a Self Assessment of

Leadership Skills.

2. Get off to a Good Start – This section helps you prepare for your

role as Guiding Lion by leading you through the programmes and

materials available to support the new club.

3. Develop a Club Officer Mentor Team – This section helps you

build a practical and job specific team to support each new officer.

4. Design Club Officer Training – This section provides an outline

for delivering area specific club officer training.

5. Guiding Lion Resources – Reports and data to measure the

health of the developing club.


Section One: Skills of a Successful Guiding Lion

This exercise is key and will help you determine of you are ready to become a Certified Guiding Lion or maybe adjust your plan. You may need to work on the

skill or perhaps find someone who has the skill to assist you.

Skills – Personal talents of a Guiding Lion

Self Assessment with questions like:

Are you a good Motivator?

Do you have the skills to be a Good Trainer?

Are you an Effective Communicator?

Can you be an Effective Adviser?

Are you a Good Listener?

And most importantly.....do you have the time and ability to

make the commitment to assisting a new club for a full 2

years?


Section Two: Getting off to a Good Start

Section two is a material review that covers key documents and resources that need to be shared with the new club officers.

Focused on job specific practical material that is needed for sound club management and growth.

Features on-line training, which is easier to share with your new club officers!



First resource for review is the Club Officer Training designed by the Leadership Division

This dynamic site features training specific to club presidents, club secretaries and club treasurers.

Each module last about an hour

And links to the resource material

noted



Second, the Newly redesigned Club Resource Center



New on-line training to help club officers navigate the WMMR site!


Section Two: Getting off to a Good Start!

And finally, key publications!

Club Officer’s Manual (LA-15)

Orientation Guide (ME-13)

Charter Night Planning Guide (TK-26)

Club Membership Chairperson’s Manual (ME-12)

Making It Happen, Guide to Club Project Development (TK-10)

Community Needs Assessment (MK-9)

WMMR Guide MaterialStandard Form Lions Club Constitution and Bylaws (LA-2)


Section Three: Develop a Club Officer Mentor Team

Guiding Lion Role

• Knowledge on Excellent

Club Management

• Maintain Club Officer

Effectiveness

• Ensure efficient

Knowledge transfer

Club Officer Mentor Role

• Can be more than one

person

• Trained to provide

detailed training

• Be available for questions

and advice

Next, we realise that you can’t do it all!


Step Three: Develop Club Officer Mentor Team

As part of the training, the Guiding Lion is given Job Specific Checklists to

give to the designated mentor to help the mentor develop and deliver job

specific training.


Section Four: Design Club Officer Training

• Final Step…Put it all together!

Course features a guide to club officer training, but it can be easily

adapted to fit your local area.

• Training Session # 1: Overview of LCI and club responsibility

• Introduction to Lions Clubs International

• Club responsibilities

• Charter night ceremony (brief introduction)

• Introduce new club officers to club officer mentor team

(Mentors are to meet with club officers separately)



Training Session # 2: More Club Officer Specific Training

• Club Officer Responsibilities – Review Constitution and

bylaws and the orientation guide

• How to Initiate Meaningful Projects – Features the “Making

it Happen” exercise to identify potential projects

• Follow-up with club officers to make sure that the mentor

training is progressing



• Training Session # 3: Continued Club Growth

• Recruitment and Retention – Help the club

develop an initial (but simple) membership plan

to encourage ongoing recruiting

• Continued to follow-up to ensure the club

mentors are providing club officer training they

need.



• Training Session # 4 : Focus on club meetings

• Key elements of positive meetings – From the Focus

on Meetings (PRC-3)

• Way to increase club meeting attendance,

• Meeting management – Featuring concepts from the

on-line “Meeting Management” training module.


Section Five: Guiding Lion Resources

In addition to materials for training, the new programme features tools for tracking

Once assigned, Guiding Lions will receive,

Club Health Assessment reporting the club’s health

Membership growth

Reporting history

Financial Status

LCIF donations



Next fiscal year, new Quarterly Report

Track club development

Confirm club facts and developments

Provide a forum for the Guiding Lion to report club development to LCI and the DG Team.

Allow a greater sharing of information.

In the meantime, please continue to submit the existing quarterly reports



Additional material to support the Guiding Lion:

Web-site for Guiding Lions and students

Guiding Lion Hotline

Instructor website

Next Step: Pilot Testing


Time Frame

July – Final adjustments made based on input from the

District and Club Service Committee.

August/September - Pilot Testing in North America and UK and other volunteer areas.

We are looking for volunteers to test the new course!

Questions

[email protected]

Thank You!

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