Gary Hollick - Richmond News Publisher
Posted by David Ip
on Nov 07, 2012
After a brief introduction by Director James as a fellow Rotarian and PDG of District 5050, Gary started his conversational speech with members. Gary has been a Rotarian for 25 years and he offered the Club some issues to think about membership.
Gary has read a book - Death and Dying while he was at the New York Airport a few years ago, attracted by the book’s title and the fact that it was one of the top 10 bestsellers at the time. He got some insights from the book that’s applicable to a lot of things including businesses and Rotary. In the book it identifies the grieving process as a 5-stage process and Gary explained how each relates to Rotary:-
Stage 1 – Denial – denies that there’s problem with Rotary even when membership hasn’t been
increasing for a long time
Stage 2 – Anger – gets upset when others talk about the problem
Stage 3 – Negotiation – starts to think that maybe there’s a problem but how can it be fixed and
how to ensure that it can be fixed
Stage 4 – Depression – acknowledges there’s a problem but don’t know how to fix it and give up
Stage 5 – Acceptance – accepts the problem
Gary encouraged the Club to re-invent the wheel and focus on the following 4 areas:-
Membership – to get new members
Membership Benefits – to show members how they will benefit by being a member
Fellowship – to provide opportunities for members to network
Advocacy – to help others who are less fortunate
Gary’s talk was inspiring and motivational and gave the Club something to think about.
Gary has read a book - Death and Dying while he was at the New York Airport a few years ago, attracted by the book’s title and the fact that it was one of the top 10 bestsellers at the time. He got some insights from the book that’s applicable to a lot of things including businesses and Rotary. In the book it identifies the grieving process as a 5-stage process and Gary explained how each relates to Rotary:-
Stage 1 – Denial – denies that there’s problem with Rotary even when membership hasn’t been
increasing for a long time
Stage 2 – Anger – gets upset when others talk about the problem
Stage 3 – Negotiation – starts to think that maybe there’s a problem but how can it be fixed and
how to ensure that it can be fixed
Stage 4 – Depression – acknowledges there’s a problem but don’t know how to fix it and give up
Stage 5 – Acceptance – accepts the problem
Gary encouraged the Club to re-invent the wheel and focus on the following 4 areas:-
Membership – to get new members
Membership Benefits – to show members how they will benefit by being a member
Fellowship – to provide opportunities for members to network
Advocacy – to help others who are less fortunate
Gary’s talk was inspiring and motivational and gave the Club something to think about.