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2014 Jci World Congress1000 SAMURAIJCI JAPAN
Best Local Growth & Development Program

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Entry InformationAward
2014 JCI World Congress
Program:Category: Best Local Growth & Development Program

NOM Information
National Organization: JCI JAPAN

National President:

Kazuya Suzuki
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Osaka
President: Norimasa Nakatani
President Email: nori72nori72wanokokoro@gmail.com

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Basic Information
Duration : April, 2013 to August, 2014
Staff : 366
JCI Osaka OB, Osaka Prefecture Seishi-Gakuin, and Osaka Prefecture
Sponsors :Nakatsu Support School
Budget : US $ 26,140
Profit / Loss : None
In which UN MDG bestfit (if apply): ?:2.68 million people living in Osaka, especially young citizen from 25 to 38
Who is benefited ?:years old
Objective :They are the origin of many values.
JCI Osaka’s mission is to produce many leaders in order to create abright future for Osaka.

[Young citizens][Membership growth]
We set the following objectives:*To improve members’ knowledge and qualifications.
*To reform member\\\'s consciousness through membership growth.
*To get 250 new members.
*To get young citizens motivated to understand and become interested in
our movement.

[Training New members]
We expect new members to do the following:*To understand our activities more deeply.
*To have motivation to try everything.
*To act for others.
*To develop the potential of other members.
*To provide many opportunities.

[Membership growth by New members]
In addition, new members are expected to do as follows:*To have responsibility and self-awareness as an innovation leader.
*To recruit new members in the community.
*To make continuous positive change with young citizens and ourselves.
Overview :[Seminar for existing members] (2 times)*We told them the importance of increasing membership and enhancetheir motivation.
*We prepared the draft and decided our direction.

[Program session] (8 times)*We held a meeting for 700 young businesspeople living in Osaka,and shared our vision and achievement.

[Business forum]
We called 150 young businesspeople, chose a theme, and set up a forum
for panel discussion.
In the forum, we stressed the importance of young people’s help for the
local development.

[Meeting for female called (Joshikai)]
We held the meeting for 70 female managers. In the meeting,
we shared information and got them motivated to contribute to acommunity.

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We provided many opportunities to new members:*Entrance ceremony and orientation*Seishi-Gakuin program*Participation in other programs[New members activity to increase
membership]
New members held a big program session to recruit another new
members.

[Program session by new members](Osaka lover 2013) organized by new members in 2013
Results : To produce many leaders in the community, we got new members,
obtained their deeper understanding of our movement,
and improved their positive mind and ability.
Through their activity to increase membership,
the experienced members could create a program for next year.

[Activity to increase membership]*JCI Osaka members obtained a deeper understanding of our history
and mission at the seminar, and created positive change.
*We organized 8 sessions, 2 meetings for female managers,and 2 business forums to promote their interest to our movement.
*Number of new members in 2013: 255 people[Training]*New members learned JCI Osaka’s history and mission at a two-day
seminar.
*They got motivated to try everything through the experience of adebate and a virtual election at two-day seminar.
*They held an event for handicapped children.
By interacting with them, they could act with consideration for others.
*They organized, run, and verified a program.
They learned the importance of teamwork through this program.
*They took a training course and had opportunities to participate in various
programs.

[New members activity to increase
membership]*New members launched Membership Growth Programon the base of their experience in JCI Osaka and recruited new members.
*We got new members, trained them, and got another new members.
By repeating this cycle, JCI Osaka’s brand value was enhanced and we
successfully ran the program.
In this program, we can impact young citizens, and they can makecontinuous positive change.

[Our achievements in 2014]*Target quantity: 266 new members*Membership growth committee had good influence on the organization by
producing 4 directors.

[JCI evaluation]*Our project had won the award in Best Local Growth & Development
category at Asia Pacific Conference. Our project were highly valued in
Asia area.
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JCI[Membership Growth]*Nov. 16th Seminar to motivate existing members*Nov. 19th Staff meeting
To prepare the draft of membership program*Dec. 9th Seminar for existing members
To listen to OB’s speech and present the draft
To stress the importance of expanding the membership*Dec. 13th to 29th Request cooperation to OBs
To make a telephone call to 2,585 OBs to ask for cooperation*Nov. 1st to Jan. 8th PR activity at various meetings*Dec. 27th The 1st Program Session*Jan. 17th The 2nd Program Session*Jan. 23rd The 3rd Program Session*Jan. 26th Meeting for female managers called (Joshikai)*Jan. 30th The 4th Program Session*Feb. 5th The 5th Program Session*Feb. 9th The 6th Program Session*Feb. 15th The 7th Program Session*Feb. 22nd The 8th Program Session*Feb. 28th Business forum[Training]*Jun. 1st Seishi-Gakuin project[New members’ activity to increase
membership]*Nov. 19th (osaka lover 2013)
Recommendations : Our members’ positive mind is important to increase the number of new
members.
It is also important for new members to understand our mission andvision,and to get another new members. By doing so, continuous increase of
membership is expected.

[Membership Growth] (existing members)
・We enhanced the motivation for existing members to increase
membership.
・We enhanced the level of members’ knowledge and qualifications sothat they could share our activities with others.
・We set a goal.

[Training]・Because we assigned a role to all members,
they kept holding their responsibility, expectation, and motivation.
・They understood JCI Osaka’s objective properly and improved
themselves
through many experiences. By doing so, they recognized the importanceof our existence,and got motivated to increase the number of new members.

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1Strategic Plan

What were themain objectives ofthe program?

[Young citizens] They are theorigin of many values.

JCI Osaka’s mission is to produce many leaders inorder to create a bright future for Osaka.
[Membership growth]
We set the following objectives:*To improve members’ knowledge and qualifications.
*To reform members consciousness throughmembership growth.
*To get 250 new members.
*To get young citizens motivated to understand andbecome interested in our movement.
[Training] (New members)
We expect new members to do the following:*To understand our activities more deeply.
*To have motivation to try everything.
*To act for others.
*To develop the potential of other members.
*To provide many opportunities.
[Membership growth] (New members)
In addition, new members are expected to do as
follows:*To have responsibility and self-awareness as aninnovation leader.
*To recruit new members in the community.
*To make continuous positive change with young
citizens and ourselves.
How does this [Plan of action of the Local Organizations]program advance To get local citizens to understand our movement
the plan of action affects them a lot and act together with them.
of the Local We think it leads to a better community in the Osaka
Organization? we love.

["Membership growth""Training"and"Membership
growth by new members"program]
We shared our movement with local young people
and got their empathy.
We ran three programs above to increase thenumber of members and to change the Osaka welove into a better community.
How does thisproject advancethe JCI Mission To get young citizens to be aware of our movement.
and Vision? (Membership growth)

JCI Mission

To get new members to participate in the launch ofvarious programs. (Training)

JCI Vision
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To get new members to understand our movement
deeply,take an active part in ASPAC and world conventions,and develop a relationship with the world. (Training)

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2Involvement of Local Board of Directors and Members

By number, howmany members
were involved? 366 members
By percentage,
how manymembers wereinvolved in the
program? 100%
How many Local
Board members
were involved in
the project? 27

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Methods of Implementation

What methods
and/or activities
were used to growand develop the We provided various opportunities for new members.
Local *Entrance ceremony and orientation
Organization?

[Training and development of new
members]

New members participated in a two-day seminar.
In the seminar, they learned JCI Osaka’s history andmission.
In addition, they realized the importance of teamwork
and became motivated to try everything throughexperiencing variety of things in the seminar.
*The program by new members>New members learned how to create a program.
They organized, ran, and verified a program forhandicapped students in the style of a board of
directors meeting.
>They launched the program to recruit another new
members on the base of knowledge and experiencein a year.
*Participation in the programs of JCI Osaka
We encouraged new members’ participation inprograms, by setting the required number ofparticipation.

Which We provided numerous opportunities for young
method/activity people to understand our movement, and got their
was the most empathy.
effective inrecruiting new [Program session] (8 times)
members? Why?

We held a meeting for 700 young businesspeople
living in Osaka, and shared our vision andachievements.

[Business forum]
We called 150 young businesspeople, chose a theme,
and set up a forum for a panel discussion. In theforum, we stressed the importance of young
people’s help for local development.
[Meeting for females called"Joshikai"]
We held a meeting for 70 female managers. In themeeting, we shared information and motivated themto contribute to the community.
Which We provided opportunities for existing members tomethod/activity learn about our history, movement, challenges, andwas the most mission.
effective in Individual growth led to enhancement of our branddeveloping current value.
members? Why?

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qualifications.
*We set a goal to get 250 new members.
[Training]
Existing members discovered the significance ofincreasing membership once again by interactingwith new members for a year.
[Training]
Existing members discovered the significance ofincreasing membership once again by interactingwith new members for a year.

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Results Achieved

By number, howmany newmembers wererecruited by thisprogram? 255 members
Which objectives
did the program
achieve?

We achieved the following 3
missions.

*We got 255 new members.
*We provided them with many opportunities toexperience a variety of things. Through theseexperiences, they improved themselves by having a
positive attitude and behavior.
*The experienced new members launched a program
to increase membership. Through the experience,
they successfully created a program for next year.
[Activity to increase membership]*We organized 8 sessions, 2 meetings for female
managers, and 2 business forums to get theminterested in our movement.
*Number of new members in 2013: 255 people[Training]*They held an event for handicapped children. By
coming in contact with them, they could act withconsideration for others. *They took a training
course and made a plan to participate in various
programs.
[New members’ activity to increase membership]*We received new members, trained them, and got
more new members. By repeating this cycle, JCI
Osaka’s brand value is enhanced and we
successfully built a mechanism. In the mechanism,
we can impact young citizens, and they can makecontinuous positive change.
What was the most Our members’ positive attitude is important inimportant outcome increasing the number of new members.
of this program? It is also important for new members to understand

our movement and mission, and to get more newmembers.
By doing so, continuous increase of membership is
expected.
[Activity to increase membership] (existing
members)*We enhanced the motivation for existing members
to increase the number of members.
*We enhanced the level of members’ knowledge andqualifications so that they could share our movementwith others.
*We set a goal.
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maintained their responsibility, expectation, andmotivation.
*They understood JCI Osaka’s objective properly
and improved themselves through various
experiences.
By doing so, they recognized the importance of ourexistence, and got motivated to increase
membership.

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5Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the We can change local people into positive citizens byexpected long-term understanding our movement and mission, andimpact of this sharing these with them. In addition, JCI Osaka’s
project? brand value can be improved and membership growth

can be expected.
[Membership growth => training => new members’
activity to increase membership]*Getting new members, training them, and increasing
membership by new members By repeating thiscycle, improvement of members’ knowledge andqualifications is expected.
*Training
By understanding JCI Osaka’s movement andmission properly, new members can share them with
the next generation.
[Our achievements in 2014]*Target quantity: 266 new members*Membership growth committee had good influenceon the organization by producing 4 directors.
[JCI evaluation]*Our project had won the award in Best Local
Growth & Development category at Asia PacificConference.
Our project were highly valued in Asia area.
What changes Members look for new members with their affection
would you make to and pride in JCI Osaka throughout the year.
improve the results By doing so, JCI Osaka’s brand value is improved. Inof this project? addition, we can provide many opportunities for local

young people to make positive change.
[Members’ growth => value of JCI Osaka =>membership growth]
JCI Osaka has a close relationship with thecommunity, but many people do not know us. The
reason is that our members do not know our
purpose, mission, and role.
To improve this situation, we think the following areimportant:*To hold seminars for our members regularly andpromote their continuous growth.
*All members hold affection and pride in JCI Osaka.
*All members present themselves to local people
with confidence.
It results in enhancement of our brand value,
membership growth, and a positive change of local
people.

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