Charting a five-year strategic plan for the Rotary Club of La
Crosse Slide 2 Todays agenda Define Visioning Share overview of
process Report common themes Summarize focus areas/priorities
Communicate next steps Slide 3 Visioning, defined Rotary
International initiative Slide 4 Visioning, defined Rotary
International initiative Free-form brainstorming session to assess
our priorities Slide 5 Visioning, defined Rotary International
initiative Free-form brainstorming session to assess our priorities
Consequential, forward-thinking Slide 6 Visioning, defined Skating
to where the puck is going to be Gretzky Slide 7 By the numbers:
Who? What? Plusses and minuses Slide 8 One dark and lonely night 30
volunteers Slide 9 One dark and lonely night 30 volunteers 4
Rotary-trained facilitators Slide 10 One dark and lonely night 30
volunteers 4 Rotary-trained facilitators 4 and one-half hours Slide
11 One dark and lonely night 30 volunteers Four Rotary-trained
facilitators Four and one-half hours 12 focus areas Slide 12 One
dark and lonely night 30 volunteers Four Rotary-trained
facilitators Four and one-half hours 12 focus areas 246 unique
ideas Slide 13 One dark and lonely night 30 volunteers Four
Rotary-trained facilitators Four and one-half hours 12 focus areas
246 unique ideas 2,160 sticky dots Slide 14 One dark and lonely
night 30 volunteers Four Rotary-trained facilitators Four and
one-half hours 12 focus areas 246 unique ideas 2160 dots And 48
flip charts Slide 15 One dark and lonely night converged in a
nebulous swirl from which emerged several common themes. Slide 16
Key learnings (and what we already knew), abridged Positive
attributes Three simple words define our purpose: Service Above
Self Slide 17 Key learnings (and what we already knew), abridged
Positive attributes Three simple words define our purpose: Service
Above Self We are the areas premier service club Slide 18 Key
learnings (and what we already knew), abridged Positive attributes
Three simple words define our purpose: Service Above Self We are
the areas premier service club Serving underserved and vulnerable
people/populations is at the core of our work Slide 19 Key
learnings (and what we already knew), abridged Positive attributes
Rotarians are difference-makers, locally and internationally Slide
20 Key learnings (and what we already knew), abridged Positive
attributes Rotarians are difference-makers, locally and
internationally We are not a club of check-writers, but of doers
Slide 21 Key learnings (and what we already knew), abridged The
Minnesota Vikings are the best. Slide 22 Key learnings(and what we
already knew), abridged Negative attributes: We are rich, old and
white Slide 23 Key learnings(and what we already knew), abridged
Negative attributes: We are rich, old and white We are always
asking for money Slide 24 Key learnings(and what we already knew),
abridged Negative attributes: We are rich, old and white We are
always asking for money Our members know little about the Rotary
Foundation and how monies are allocated Slide 25 Key learnings(and
what we already knew), abridged Negative attributes: We could do
more to recruit, attract and retain younger members (
