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Enhancing Lodge Ceremonies: Empowering Directors of Ceremonies for Success

Discover how to support, enhance, and empower Directors of Ceremonies to improve lodge meetings, their pivotal role, and conduct, ensuring a more enjoyable and engaging experience for all members.

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Enhancing Lodge Ceremonies: Empowering Directors of Ceremonies for Success

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  1. Director of Ceremonies Results of Focus Group Work & The Way Forward

  2. Background Refresher • RW Provincial Grand Master initiative • Lodges and Chapters meetings more enjoyable. • Education and Development Committee taking this forward • Starting with YOU

  3. Why start with DCs? • Pivotal role • Conduct in Lodge • Conduct at Festive Board • Ceremonial work • Get it right here and a good deal should fall into place

  4. The Questions Asked • What makes a good Director of Ceremonies? • What makes a poor Lodge/Chapter meeting or Festive Board? • How can a poor meeting be improved? • Prompting by the Immediate Past Master? • What help do you need and NOT need now? • What would have helped taking office of DC?

  5. What you told us Results not quite what expected • DC’s feel isolated • Attendance at practice meetings • Behaviour in the Lodge/Chapter • Existing materials inadequate • DCs and ADCs operate in vacuum • Role and involvement of the ADC

  6. The Way Forward Areas of improvement identified • Support for DCs • Conduct in the Lodge/Chapter • Modelling good practice • Support materials • ADC up-skilling

  7. Support for DCs • At Lodge or Chapter level • At District level • At Province level

  8. Support for DCs In the Lodge/Chapter • Prompting within the meeting during ceremonies • Expected attendance at practice meetings • Chatting in open Lodge • Appropriateness of applause • Inclusion of instruction element to regular meetings • ADC up skilling programme • Library of Lodge/Chapter specific information

  9. Support for DCs From the District assisted by Province • Review of available materials for appropriateness • Review of material availability in all media forms • Short guidance notes on ADC up-skilling • Regular District level meetings

  10. Support for DCs From the Province • Agreement on maximum term of office • Devoted page on website for DCs/ADCs • Library of useful information maintained • Video resources of common elements • Demonstrations of good practice

  11. Support for DCs

  12. http://www.pglel.co.uk/Lodge_Officers_Pages/DC/manual/DC_Intro.asphttp://www.pglel.co.uk/Lodge_Officers_Pages/DC/manual/DC_Intro.asp

  13. http://tinyurl.com/mentor-tools

  14. http://www.pglel.co.uk/Education&Development/materials/royal_arch_papers.asphttp://www.pglel.co.uk/Education&Development/materials/royal_arch_papers.asp

  15. Action Plan • At Lodge or Chapter level • At District level? • At Province level?

  16. What would be of benefit? Middleton Masonic Hall 9 March 2011 your feedback and Demonstration By Provincial DC Team

  17. Please discuss • What you will ask your Past Masters Committee? • What resources might be put on website • What common element(s) would you like to see demonstrated in March 2011

  18. Summary • Identified 5 areas for improvement • Actions at local, District and Provincial level • Now at Action Plan implementation • District & Province to work on your suggestions • DCs to return with feedback in March 2011 • Thanks for participating

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