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RI District 7610 CLTS Public Image Breakout Session

RI District 7610 CLTS Public Image Breakout Session. Peter Vu (sitting in for Vance Zavela) Germanna Community College Culpeper, VA May 19, 2012. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session . Agenda Introduction PR Committee Roles and Responsibilities RI PR Grant Application for 2012-2013.

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RI District 7610 CLTS Public Image Breakout Session

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  1. RI District 7610 CLTSPublic Image Breakout Session Peter Vu (sitting in for Vance Zavela) Germanna Community College Culpeper, VA May 19, 2012

  2. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Agenda • Introduction • PR Committee Roles and Responsibilities • RI PR Grant Application for 2012-2013

  3. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session Julie Franklin (jole2@hughes.net) Lt. Governor overseeing our committee

  4. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session

  5. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Committee Role and Responsibilities • Role • To inform the public about Rotary and promote the club’s service projects and activities • Responsibilities • Develop committee goals and budget. • Promote Rotary and your Rotary club in your community. • Work with Rotarians in your club to maximize public relations efforts. • Understand the components of public relations that will help you promote Rotary to the community. • Know Rotary’s key messages and be able to use them when speaking in public.

  6. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Develop committee goals & budget – plan how your PR committee will communicate with (to be aware of club goals and for support) (to ensure your PR committee’s financial needs are included in the club budget) (to be aware of upcoming projects of interest to the media) (to tailor your efforts to target potential members and foster pride among current members) (to be aware of weekly club program speakers and to design the club’s website) (to be aware of upcoming Humanitarian Grant projects or visiting scholarship recipients)

  7. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Promote Rotary and your Rotary club in your community. • Sponsoring special events, such as marathons, recycling efforts, or fundraisers. • Creating exhibits and displays throughout the community. • Advertising club projects and events in newspapers or magazines, on billboards or buses, or in air or rail transportation centers. • Encouraging Rotarians to wear their Rotary lapel pins. • Posting Rotary information on an online forum, community calendar, social networking sites, or your club’s or another organization’s web site.

  8. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session Examples of creating exhibits and displays throughout the community.

  9. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session Example of advertising club projects and events in newspapers. This article appeared in the News & Messenger paper, May 11, 2012.

  10. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session Example of advertising club projects and events in District newsletters. This article appeared in the District Monthly newsletter, April 2012. Note: Submit articles and photos for the District newsletters to the District Newsletter Editor, Earl Baughman

  11. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Work with Rotarians in your club to maximize public relations efforts. • Fellow club members can help you make Rotary and your club known by having them spread the word about your club’s activities and projects and about the organization. Make sure to update your club’s website and club’s Facebook page. • Fellow club members can also help distribute club business cards and club brochures.

  12. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Understand the components of public relations that will help you promote Rotary to the community. • Audience • Public relations efforts should be directed at different audiences • Media • Newspapers, radio, television, Internet. Establish contacts early • Social media • News releases • Alert media to an event and serve as the basis of a news story • Should address questions of who, what, when, where, why, & how • Fact sheets • Go to the RI website http://www.rotary.org and type fact sheet in the search box at the top

  13. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Know Rotary’s key messages and be able to use them when speaking in public. • Rotary is one of the largest and most influential international humanitarian service organizations in the world. • 1.2 million members in more than 34,000 clubs worldwide • Rotary is a global network of business, professional, and community leaders. • Rotary promotes peace and international understanding through its educational and humanitarian programs. • Rotary’s top philanthropic goal is to eradicate polio worldwide. • Rotary and its partners have dropped the number of polio-endemic countries drops down to three (Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan), the lowest in human history.

  14. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Recommended resources for your PR committee • Club Leadership Training Seminar • Club Public Relations Committee Manual • Camera (take it with you to Rotary functions) • Laptop / PC with internet access • Photo organizer and editor (Picasa, Photoshop, etc.) • Read/Write access to your club’s web hosting service • HTML editor to edit your club’s website • Many editors available to choose from • Example: CoffeeCup HTML editor ($69) (http://www.coffeecup.com/html-editor/). Go to website http://www.retailmenot.com/ for discount coupons • Club social media accounts • District website (www.rotary7610.org) and RI website (www.rotary.org)

  15. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • RI PR Grant Application for 2012-2013

  16. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • RI PR Grant Application for 2012-2013

  17. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session

  18. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Airport backlit displays • Proposed layout for first backlit display (1 of 2) • B) Proposed layout for second backlit display (2 of 2) Locations: Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO)

  19. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Performing Arts Center Program Ads • A) Proposed layout for program ad (Inside Center Spread) Location: Hylton Performing Arts Center Manassas, VA

  20. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • TV and Radio Ads • A) Rotary Video Advertisement • 30-second Rotary advertisements on channels DISC-TV, CNBC-TV, HLN-TV, MNBC-TV, TWC-TV, HALL-TV for a period of three weeks, 15 times per week with Comcast. Location: Fredericksburg, VA area

  21. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session • Online Ads • A) Rotary Internet Advertisement • Once a user has clicked on the “LEARN MORE” button it will take the user to the Rotary International website. Location: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter

  22. CLTS – Public Image Breakout Session Thank you!

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