2011 Minnesota
Masonic Membership Seminar
Organize, Communicate, Motivate
David Kampf - PM Cataract Lodge #2
Minneapolis
Membership
• Attract and retain members
Membership
• Attract and retain members
• No Generalities... we want specifics
Membership
• Attract and retain members
• No Generalities... we want specifics
• But before I start,
– I will cover a lot of material ...
• Copies of this Powerpoint presentation and all the
template items I’m going to discuss will be
available via email.
Membership
• Attract and retain members
• No Generalities... we want specifics
• But before I start,
– I will cover a lot of material ...
• Copies of this Powerpoint presentation and all the
template items I’m going to discuss will be
available via email.
– The opinions expressed ...
Membership
• Attract and retain Members
– Keeping – and engaging – a current member
is as valuable as bringing a new Entered
Apprentice into the Fraternity.
• Leadership
– What impact can good leadership have on
attracting and retaining members?
Leadership Conference
• What Do Men Want ...
Leadership Conference
• What Do Men Want ...
– Fraternity
– To Be Useful
– A Sense of Accomplishment
Leadership Conference
• What Do Men Want ...
– Fraternity
– To Be Useful
– A Sense of Accomplishment
– Respect for Time
Respect for Time
• What does it mean to be respectful of
someone else’s time?
Respect for Time
• What does it mean to be respectful of
someone else’s time?
– We’re all busy
Respect for Time
• What does it mean to be respectful of
someone else’s time?
– We’re all busy
– This isn’t like the old days in Masonry
Respect for Time
• What does it mean to be respectful of
someone else’s time?
– We’re all busy
– This isn’t like the old days in Masonry
– Members – old and new – are balancing
many, many priorities.
Respect for Time
• What does it mean to be respectful of
someone else’s time?
– We’re all busy
– This isn’t like the old days in Masonry
– Members – old and new – are balancing
many, many priorities.
– Being respectful of someone else’s time is
important to me because my time is valuable.
So is yours!
Dreaded Words
• The most dreaded four and a half words in
the English vocabulary?
Dreaded Words
• The most dreaded four and a half words in
the English vocabulary?
–“Let’s have a meeting!!!”
Meetings Are Important
• Mass Communication
– The efficiency of many people coming
together to share information and ideas, solve
problems and create opportunities.
• Manage expectations
• Initiate new members
• Run the business of our Lodge
The Worst
• 30 minutes of meeting material ...
The Worst
• 30 minutes of meeting material ...
– ... jammed into 90 minutes of rambling,
perhaps disassociated conversations.
The Best
• “Hey – That was a good Meeting!”
– 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, all day
– A good meeting:
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a purpose
a goal
we were focused
and we got something done
– How long does it take to have a good
meeting?
• That depends!!
Good Lodge Meetings
• Organization and Communication
– Fundamentals of Good Leadership
• Meetings:
– Stated Communications – the monthly
business meeting of your Lodge.
– Officers Meetings
– Degree Meetings – EA, FC and MM.
– Other Lodge Meetings
Some Help
Minnesota Masonic Manual
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Subject to the By-Laws of the Lodge and the will and pleasure of the Master,
the suggested order of business at Stated Communications is as follows:
a. Ritualistic opening and pledge of allegiance
b. Greetings and announcements by the Master
c. Introductions of visiting brothers - Senior Deacon
d. Community and social events - Junior Warden
e. Opportunities for relief and assistance - Senior Warden
f. Program of Masonic Instruction - Lodge Education Officer
g. Final comments and closing
Balloting, committee reports and other required business matters may be
inserted at the Worshipful Master’s will and pleasure.
Masonic Meeting Leadership
• Meeting agenda
– Officers meeting
– Stated meeting
• Calendar template
• Degree night meeting templates
– Some Lodges use Degree Directors, and
these templates & communication /
organization tips might be helpful to them
Make It Work for Your Lodge
• Meetings will be different for every lodge
and may change for a lodge over time
– Outreach and community giving
– Pay the bills
– Consent agenda items
– What’s going on in the appended Masonic
bodies.
Make It Work for Your Lodge
• The important work will be to tailor the agenda
outline for your lodge
• Communicate to your membership about the
meeting concept.
– Get them engaged
• Coordinate / Integrate / Communicate calendar
with Web site, news letter and other
communication tools used in your Lodge
Change is Difficult
• And it’s not just about having the agenda or
maybe even following it
• Set the tempo
– Set the expectation that the meetings will start on
time, run on time and then be done.
– Keep to one meeting, minimize and control side
discussions.
– That’s what leadership is about.
• When the meeting is done, move on to the
social, fraternal or brotherly attention issues, or
retire to the outer lodge
Change is Difficult
• Some of these things are difficult, neigh on
to frightening to some.
• But worthwhile in engaging your
membership, old and new.
Materials
• Contact me:
davek@windridgesystems.com
– Will provide you with copies of the PowerPoint
and the draft agenda’s, calendar
– And pdf documents.
Questions
Thank you!!!