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Talking About Lions to Others

Talking About Lions to Others. Thanks to Lion Jack Pyle for the ideas presented here. Telling Others about Lions. Lions Serve Our Community and the World Why Tell Others About Lions?. Objectives. Talking About Lions to non-Lions Who to talk to What to say.

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Talking About Lions to Others

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  1. Talking About Lionsto Others

  2. Thanks to Lion Jack Pyle for the ideas presented here.

  3. Telling Others about Lions • Lions Serve Our Community and the World • Why Tell Others About Lions?

  4. Objectives • Talking About Lions to non-Lions • Who to talk to • What to say

  5. Opportunities to Talk about LionsWho to Talk to • Presentations to other groups • Recruiting potential Lions • Letting others know about Lions • Other Opportunities?

  6. Let’s Brainstorm Opportunities to Talk About Lions

  7. Three Key Messages for Lions • We Serve • Sight Preservation • Leadership Development

  8. Lions are men and women dedicated to serving those in need, in their own community and around the world. • Our global mission of sight preservation makes us unique among service organizations. • Lions provide many leadership development opportunities for members.

  9. We Serve • People can work to create a better future … • I want to improve the lives of others … • A special Lion’s service I enjoy helping with …

  10. We Serve • I became a Lion because … • I experience joy and fulfillment as a Lion when I … • Or you can tell a personal story:

  11. Lion’s Service Activities • Did you know that Lions were actively involved in helping respond to emergencies such as the tsunami and the major U.S. hurricanes? • Other Lion’s Service Activities? • Role play

  12. Sight Preservation • 1917: Lions started in Chicago as a business club. • Melvin Jones thought business clubs should help their communities.

  13. 1925: Helen Keller gave us our charge.

  14. Lion’s Charge • Lions should become “knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness… , … and hasten the day when there shall be no preventable blindness, no little deaf, blind child untaught; no blind man or woman unaided.” • Now, blindness prevention anywhere in the world.

  15. Recent Vision Projects • 1990: Lions launched Sight First. $175 million to eliminate preventable blindness: • 739 projects in 88 countries • Prevented serious vision loss for 20 million • Built or expanded 200 clinics, wards, hospitals

  16. Recent Vision Projects • 2005: Campaign Sight First II • $200 million to continue the work. • $6 to prevent blindness in 1 person • Kid Sight • Used eye glasses campaign - half million pair in MI - Central America, Eastern Europe

  17. Leadership Development Opportunities • Effective Presentations • Planning and Organization • Communication skills and team building • Networking in your club, city, state, and the world • Improving personal productivity

  18. Leadership training: • Local club officer training • Lions of Michigan Leadership Institute • Michigan Lions Forum • USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum • Faculty Development Institute

  19. Three Key Messages from Lions • Lions are men and women dedicated to serving those in need, in their own community and around the world. • Our global mission of sight preservation makes us unique among service organizations. • Lions provide many leadership development opportunities for members.

  20. Talk about Lions • To other groups • To potential Lions members • To let others know about Lions • To increase community awareness

  21. Questions ?

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