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Explore why a membership workshop is crucial for Soroptimist, highlighting the decline in membership and showcasing impactful programs like Live Your Dreams and Dream It Be It. Learn about the SITC model emphasizing Soroptimist's commitment to empowering women and girls to achieve their full potential through education and mentoring initiatives.
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Membership WorkshopThinking outside the boxSITC model Karen Cromer Johnson 2017
Why a membership workshop? • We have lost membership • 1993 48,321 members • 1996 48,546 members • 1998 48,076 members • 2000 46,768 members • 2002 44,755 members • 2010 38,441 members • 2016 32,557 members
Why a membership workshop? • We need to tell about the great works that we are doing. • Live Your Dreams gives $2 million annually in education awards to more that 1300 women • LYD has given cash awards to more that 30,000 women since 1972 • Dream It Be It provides a curriculum for career mentoring girls
SITC (SIYC) model • S - Soroptimist • I - International • TC – Twin Cities, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN • YC – Your City
SITC – Thinking outside the boxElevator Speech • Soroptimist is an organization of women who use their collective power to provide other women and girls with the resources and opportunities they need to reach their full potential and live their dreams. Our unique focus on women and girls provides the opportunity to make a better world for ourselves, our daughters and the generations of women to come. Collectively, Soroptimist has helped more than 30,000 women reach their goals and live their dreams through our Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women, by providing access to education and skills-training. Our club‘s “Professional Clothing Closet” project, which provides gently used clothing to women who need office attire for job interviews, is just one of the ways we are directly affecting the lives of the women in our local community.
SITC Thinking Outside the BoxCommunicating Our StoryFace to FaceSocial and recognition eventsInternet (website, Facebook page)E-mail blast Social Media
SITC Thinking Outside the BoxWho can be a member?Section 5.01 Eligibility and member types shall be as defined by Soroptimist International of the Americas. Members shall be individuals who belong to clubs and membership is extended at the club level.Member types and definitions (a) Regular members (b) Life members
SITC Thinking Outside the BoxStudent membersPathway to membershiponline members