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2016 Jci Congress In Quebec, Canada
The hot passion which cuts and holds the future
JCI Japan
Best Local Growth & Development Program

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Entry Information
Award Program: 2016 JCI Congress in Quebec, Canada
Category: Best Local Growth & Development Program

NOM Information
National Organization: JCI Japan
Shigenari Yamamoto
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

National President:

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Osaka
President: Sentaro Shirosaka
President Email: s-shirosaka@shoei-group.com

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Basic Information
Duration : January 1st - December 31st, 2014
Staff : 368 member
OBs of JCI Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Seishi-Gakuin, and Osaka
Sponsors :Prefecture Nakatsu Support School
Budget : US $ 39,690
Profit / Loss : None
In which UN SDG bestfit (if apply): ?:2.68 million people living in Osaka, especially young citizens from 25 to
Who is benefited ?:38 years old
Objective : [Young citizens]
They are the origin of all values.
JCI Osaka’s objective is to produce many leaders who have passion tolead the future.
To achieve this objective, JCI Osaka takes the following actions:[Membership growth]・Through membership growth movement, we help JCI Osaka members
realize that they can live a life thanks to people around them.
[Training]
・We allow new members to develop their ability to capture the essenceof various problems properly.
・We give them motivation to cope with everything proactively.
・We help new members enhance their ability with each other.
We train JCI Osaka members to be young active citizens with passion toplay their role and fulfill their responsibility for JCI’s ideal.
Overview : [Seminar for existing members] (2 times)
・We told them the importance of increasing membership and enhancetheir motivation.
・We prepared a draft and decided our direction of membership growth.
・We created a training program for new members.
[Program session] (9 times)
・We held a meeting for young people living in Osaka.
We gathered 450 young businesspeople and introduced JCI Osaka’s
movement and achievement.
[Pan-industry social event] (6 times)
・We called 100 young businesspeople, chose a theme and had a panel
discussion. In this event, we stressed the importance of young people’s
help to develop the community.
[Meeting for female managers called “Joshikai”] (4 times)
・We held the meeting for 30 female managers. In the meeting, weshared information and got them motivated to contribute to a community.
[Training new members]
・We provided many opportunities to new members:
1. Entrance ceremony and orientation
2. Seishi-Gakuin program
3. Participation in other programs[Membership growth by existing members]
Existing members held a program to increase the number of newmembers.
(a program ran by existing members in 2014) “Harmony of New
Friendship in Osaka”[Membership growth by new members]
New members held a big program sessions in order to get another new

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JCImembers.
(a program ran by new members in 2014) “What I Am Doing 100”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 to take action. Through these activities, they
became the experiences members. Then the experienced members got
another new members and created a program to increase membershipfor next year.
[Membership growth]
・JCI Osaka members obtained a deeper understanding of our history
and objectives at the seminar, and created positive change.
・We organized 9 program sessions, 6 pan-industry social events and 4
meetings for female managers to promote their interest to our movement.
・Number of new members in 2014: 267 people[Training]・New members learned about JCI Osaka’s history and objectives at atwo-day seminar.
・They got motivated to take the initiative to try everything through theexperience of an interaction program and a group debate at the 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 theimportance of teamwork through this program.
・They took a training course and had opportunities to participate invarious programs.
[Membership growth by both existing and new members]
・New members launched Membership Growth Program on the base of
their experience in JCI Osaka and recruited new members.
As a result of this, we could get 252 new members who will lead thefuture.
・We got new members, trained them, and then got another newmembers. By repeating this cycle, JCI Osaka's brand value wasenhanced and we successfully impacted young citizens. In this way, wecould create a system where young citizens make positive change
continuously.
[Achievement in 2015]
・We held an effective program to increase membership.
Number of new members in 2015: 252 people
・We produced 5 Local Board members and chairmen, which made agood impact on JCI Osaka.
・We produced 48 managers.
[Award from JCI]
This program won the Best Local Growth & Development Award at AsiaPacific conference in 2014 and was highly acclaimed in Asia.
Actions Taken : [Membership Growth]・ Nov. 12th Seminar to motivate existing members
・ Nov. 20th, 26th, and Dec. 3rd. Staff meetings
Prepared a draft to increase membership
Created a program to train new members
・ Dec. 6th Seminar for existing members
Listened to OBs’ speechPresented a draft to increase membership and stressed the importance ofincreasing membership.
Presented a draft of the program to train new members.
・ Dec. 1st to 29th Called for OBs’ cooperation.
Made a telephone call to 2,610 OBs and called for cooperation.
PR activity at various meetings
・ Dec. 14th The 1st Program Session
・ Dec. 26th The 2nd Program Session
・ Jan. 16th The 3rd Program Session
・ Jan. 21st The 4th Program Session
・ Jan. 27th The 1st “Joshikai” (Meeting for female managers)
・ Jan. 29th The 1st Pan-industry Social Event
・ Feb. 1st The 2nd “Joshikai” (Meeting for female managers)
・ Feb. 4th The 3rd “Joshikai” (Meeting for female managers)

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JCI・ Feb. 13th The 2nd Pan-industry Social Event
・ Feb. 14th The 4th Program Session
・ Feb. 22nd The 5th Program Session
・ Feb. 27th The 4th “Joshikai” (Meeting for female managers)
・ Feb. 28th The 3rd Pan-industry Social Event
・ Mar. 1st The 4th Pan-industry Social Event
・ Mar. 4th The 6th Program Session
・ Mar. 6th The 4th “Joshikai” (Meeting for female managers)
・ Mar. 10th The 5th Pan-industry Social Event
・ Mar. 17th The 7th Program Session
・ Apr. 23rd The 6th Pan-industry Social Event・ Apr. 25th The 8th Program Session
・ May. 1st The 9th Program Session[Training]・ Jun. 28th Seishi-Gakuin program[Membership growth by existing members]
・ Dec. 18th “Harmony of New Friendship in Osaka”[Membership growth by new members]
・Nov. 19th “What I Am Doing 100”Recommendations : Our members' positive mind is important to increase membership. It isalso important for new members to understand our movement andobjectives and get another new members. By doing so, continuousmembership growth is expected.
[Membership growth by existing members]
・We enhanced the motivation for existing members to increase
membership.
・We enhanced the level of members' knowledge and qualifications sothat they can share our movement with others.
・We set a clear goal.
[Training]・Because we assigned a role to all members, they kept holding their
responsibility, expectation and motivation.
・New members understood our objectives properly and improved
themselves through many experiences. By doing so, they realized theimportance of our existence and got motivated to increase the number ofanother new members.

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Award Category criteria

1Strategic Plan

What were the [Young citizens]
main objectives of They are the origin of all values.
the program?

JCI Osaka’s objective is to produce many leaders who
have passion to lead the future.
To achieve this objective, JCI Osaka takes thefollowing actions:[Membership growth]・Through membership growth movement, we help JCIOsaka members realize that they can live a life thanksto people around them.

[Training]
・We allow new members to develop their ability tocapture the essence of various problems properly.
・We give them motivation to cope with everything
proactively.
・We help new members enhance their ability with eachother.
We train JCI Osaka members to be young active
citizens with passion to play their role and fulfill their
responsibility for JCI’s ideal.
How does this ・Plan of action of the Local Organizations
program advance We provided opportunities that empower young people
the plan of action
to create positive change in order to shift from numbersof the Local
Organization? to impact and from words to actions.? We also aimed toimprove their qualifications.
・”Membership growth, Training, and Membership
growth by new members program
We shared our movement with local young people andgot their empathy.
We ran three programs above to increase the number ofmembers and change the Osaka we love into a better
community.?
How does this [JCI Mission]
project advance (Membership growth)
the JCI Mission
We created a sustainable new approach method such asand Vision?

Joshikai and Pan-industry Social Event.

(Training)
New members took part in various programs ran by JCIOsaka.
We allowed them to organize their own program andimplement it.

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We made them participate in a JCI seminar.? Theirattendance was a prerequisite.
[JCI Vision](Training)
We set up a booth, Japan Night, at ASPAC and JCIWorld Congress.

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Award Category criteria

2Involvement of Local Board of Directors and Members

By number, how many members wereinvolved? 1064 members
By percentage, how many members
were involved in the program? 100%
How many Local Board members
were involved in the project? 25

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3

Methods of Implementation

What methods [Membership growth]
and/or activities We aimed to get 300 new members.
were used to growWe created a new approach method and implementedand develop theLocal Organization? it.

Through promoting JCI's presence and our movement,
we created positive change.
[Training]
We created a program and implemented it with the useof active citizens' framework.
New members learned how to organize, run, andverify a program in the style of a board of directors
meeting.
We taught them the purpose of JCI’s presence andmovement, which improved their motivation.
In a program ran by new members, they looked for
new cooperative organizations.
They aimed to develop their communication skills
through shuffling members.
Which [Pan-industry social event] (6 times)
method/activity was ・We called 100 young businesspeople, chose a theme
the most effective inand had a panel discussion. In this event, we stressed
recruiting newmembers? Why? the importance of young people’s help to develop thecommunity.
・By holding this event 6 times, participants could
arrange their schedule easily, which led to the increaseof the number of participants.
・As a result of this, we could approach more people,
which enabled us to get empathy from more people.
Which We provided opportunities for existing members tomethod/activity was learn about JCI’s history, movement, challenges, andthe most effective inmission.
developing current
members? Why? Individual growth led to enhancement of our brandvalue.
[Seminar for existing members] (2 times)
・We improved members’ knowledge andqualifications.
・We set a goal to get 300 new members.
[Training]
Existing members discovered the significance ofincreasing membership once again by interacting withnew members for a year.

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JCIPage 6Award Category criteria

4Results Achieved

By number, howmany newmembers wererecruited by thisprogram? 267
Which objectives We achieved the following 4 objectives:
did the program
achieve?
1. We got 267 new members who can lead thefuture of the community.
2. We nurtured members’ desire to take proactive
actions to resolve various problems in thecommunity.
3. We developed members’ ability to take proactive
actions to lead the next generation.
4. Through increasing membership and training newmembers, we created positive change inmembers. They played their role and fulfilled
their responsibility. The experienced newmembers ran a program to recruit another newmembers and built a system of a membership
growth program for next year.
What was the most [Achievement in 2015]
important outcome ・We created a new effective program to increaseof this program?

membership which we can use from the next year.
The number of new members in 2015 was 252.
・We produced 5 Local Board members and chairmen,
which made a good impact on JCI Osaka.
・We produced 48 new managers.
[Award from JCI]
This program won the Best Local Growth &Development Award at Asia-Pacific conference in 2014
and was highly acclaimed in Asia.

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Award Category criteria

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, and sharing
impact of thisthese with them. In addition, JCI Osaka's brand value
project?

can be improved and membership growth can beexpected.

[Membership growth → training → increasing
membership by new members]
・Getting new members, training them, and increasing
membership by new members
By repeating this cycle, improvement of members'
knowledge and qualifications can be expected.
・Training
By understanding JCI Osaka's movement and mission
properly, new members can share them with the nextgeneration.
What changes Members are expected to look for new members withwould you make to their affection and pride in JCI Osaka throughout theimprove the results
year. By doing so, JCI Osaka's brand value is improved.
of this project?

In addition, we can provide many opportunities for
local young people to make positive changecontinuously.
[Members' growth → value of JCI Osaka →membership growth]
JCI Osaka has a close relationship with the community,
but many people do not know us. The reason is that ourmembers do not understand our purpose, mission androle properly.
To improve this situation, we think the following arenecessary:・We hold seminars for our members regularly andpromote their continuous growth.
・All members hold affection and pride in JCI Osaka.
・All members show our presence to local people withconfidence.
It will lead to enhancement of our brand value,
membership growth, and increased visibility of JCIOsaka.

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