Lions Learning Center Is A Key To Membership Retention

During a Lions virtual symposium during the weekend, the leaders revealed a startling face. Many new Lions leave the association within the first three years for a variety of reasons. There is a way to reduce some of the membership drops.

The study found that new Lions (within the first three years) who remained in the association took advantage of the Lions Learning Center (LLC). Access to the Lions Learning Center begins on the Lions Club International web page. 

Along the top border is a link for Member Login. The only requirement is that a Lion must know his or her membership number. The club secretary has that information. It’s also printed on the subscription label for Lion Magazine.

On the extreme right side of the page is a button for Learn. That’s how you get to the LLC. So, what’s inside?

There are plenty of courses available on demand 24x7. Each course has three or four modules. Most Lions need 15-20 minutes to complete a module. It takes about an hour to complete a course. Here are two key points.

You can stop the course, even in the middle of a module. The next time you log in and access that course, that’s where you pick up the instruction. The second point is even better.

All LLC courses are free. That’s right. Access to the LLC comes with your Lions Club International membership.

There are two basic types of LLC courses. One concerns actual local club offices. These include club president, club secretary and club treasurer. While there is no course for a club vice president, the vice president should take the President’s course. Most club vice presidents will become the club president within the next year or two.

There is a second type of LLC course. Lions calls these courses soft skills. I prefer the term life skills. Here are just a few examples of these soft skills or life skills. Effective communication. Public speaking. Goal setting. Establishing committees. Conflict resolution. Listening. Do those sound interesting?

Perhaps these courses will reinforce things you already know. Perhaps they will present answers to certain things that other courses provided only confusion.

We began by discussing why members drop Lions drop their membership in the first three years. The same study found that Lions who did not take advantage of the LLC dropped at a significantly higher rate.

The LLC cannot and will not prevent younger Lions from dropping out. It does reduce the drop rate. Mention this in your club. Make continuing Lions education a regular part of every Lions meeting.

We Serve because Kindness Matters 

Lion Andy Kalinowski (Andy K)
First Vice District Governor / District Governor Elect
662.549.3421
http://www.mississippilions.org/ 

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