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Awards Entry

2016 Asia-pacific Conference
1111 The people who overflow in frontier spirit
JCI JAPAN
Best Local Growth & Development Program

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Entry Information
Award Program: 2016 Asia-Pacific Conference
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 – December, 2015
Staff : 378Member
Sponsors : Senior associates of JCI Osaka and Osaka Prefectural Seishi-Gakuin.
Budget : 261 HUNDORED DOLLAR
Profit / Loss : NONE
In which UN MDG 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]
Young citizens are the origin of all values.
JCI Osaka’s objective is to produce many leaders in order to create abright future for Osaka. [Membership growth]
In order to increase membership, JCI Osaka set the following objectives:
To improve members’ knowledge and qualifications.
To recruit 245 new members.
To let young citizens know about JCI Osaka’s activities and become
interested in them.

[Training new members]
JCI Osaka let new members:
Understand JCI Osaka’s activities more deeply.
Have motivation to try everything.
Be willing to act for others.
Develop the potential of other members.
Take advantage of many opportunities that JCI Osaka provides.

[Membership growth by new members]
In addition, new members are expected to:Have responsibility and self-awareness as an innovation leader.
Recruit new members full of potential.
Make continuous positive change with JCI Osaka.
Overview : [2 seminars for current members]
JCI Osaka told the importance of increasing the number of members tocurrent members and enhanced their motivation.
JCI Osaka created a program to increase its membership and decided
what they should do.

[17 program sessions]JCI Osaka held 17 sessions for young businesspeople living in Osaka.
They gathered the total of 1,000 young businesspeople and introduced
JCI Osaka’s activities and achievements.

[Training new members]
JCI Osaka provided many opportunities for new members to:
Attend an entrance ceremony and an orientation.
Take part in Seishi-Gakuin program.
Cooperate and work together in Yodogawa Fireworks Display.
Participate in other programs.

[Membership growth by new members]
JCI Osaka received new members in order to produce many leaders in
the community and helped them understand JCI Osaka’s activities better.

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JCI Osaka also helped them make positive change and take action.
Through this program, the new members grew up to be experienced
ones.
Then the experienced ones recruited another new members and createda system to increase membership for the next year.
Results : JCI Osaka received new members in order to produce many leaders in
the community and helped them understand JCI Osaka’s activities better.
JCI Osaka also helped them make positive change and take action.
Through this program, the new members grew up to be experienced
ones. Then the experienced ones recruited another new members andcreated a system to increase membership for the next year.

[Membership growth]
JCI Osaka held seminars for its members. They obtained a deeper
understanding of JCI Osaka’s history and objectives at the seminars, andmade positive change.
JCI Osaka organized 5 program sessions, 4 business forums, and 8
pan-industry social events. Through these meetings, many people knew
about JCI Osaka’s activities and became interested in them.
JCI Osaka got 252 new members in 2015, and achieved 100.8% of thetarget number.

[Training]
JCI Osaka held a two-day seminar for new members.
They learned about JCI Osaka’s history and objectives there. They had
a debate at the seminar and had motivation to try everything.
New members held an event for handicapped children. Throughinteracting with the children, new members could act with considerationfor others.
New members organized, run, and verified the program. They learned
the importance of teamwork through this program.
JCI Osaka gave a training course to new members and created asystem where they could participate in various programs.

[Membership growth by new members]
Based on the experiences gained in JCI Osaka, new members held theMembership Growth Program to recruit new members. As a result of this,JCI Osaka could get 290 new members who will lead the future.
JCI Osaka repeated the following cycle:
Recruiting new members → training them → getting another newmembers.
As a result of this, JCI Osaka\\\\\\\'s brand value was enhanced and JCIOsaka successfully made a beneficial impact on young citizens. In thisway, JCI Osaka could create a system where young citizens makepositive change continuously.
Actions Taken : [Membership growth]
JCI Osaka organized and implemented the following events:
Pan-industry Social Event (Tea ceremony) on Dec. 17th, 2014
Program Session on Jan. 14th, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event (Tea ceremony) on Jan. 15th, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event (Tea ceremony) on Jan. 22nd, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event on Jan. 26th, 2015
Program Session on Jan. 27th, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event (Tea ceremony) on Jan. 29th, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event on Feb. 3rd, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event (Tea ceremony) on Feb. 4th, 2015
Program Session on Feb. 9th, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event (Tea ceremony) on Feb. 12th, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event on Feb. 16th, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event (Tea ceremony) on Feb. 20th, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event on Feb. 23rd, 2015 Program Session on Feb.
25th, 2015
Pan-industry Social Event (Tea ceremony) on Mar. 3rd, 2015
Program Session on Mar. 6th, 2015

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JCI Osaka did its best to get new members until the deadline, March25th, 2015.
After the events above, JCI Osaka tried to train new members.
JCI Osaka made a continuous effort to recruit new members for the nextyears.
[Training]
By assigning roles to all members, JCI Osaka made them keep holding
their responsibility, hope and motivation.
New members understood JCI Osaka’s objectives properly andimproved themselves through many experiences. Through theseexperiences, they realized the significance of JCI Osaka and had
motivation to recruit another new members.
Recommendations : JCI Osaka members\' positive actions are important to increase
membership.
However, it is also important for JCI Osaka to help new members
understand its history and objectives properly.
The new members grow up to be experienced ones, and will recruit
another new members.
In this way, continuous membership growth is expected for the nextyears.

[Membership growth by current members]
JCI Osaka enhanced the motivation for current members to increase
membership
JCI Osaka enhanced the level of members\' knowledge andqualifications so that they can tell about its activities properly to others.
JCI Osaka set a clear target number.

[Training]
By assigning roles to all members, JCI Osaka made them keep holding
their responsibility, hope and motivation.
New members understood JCI Osaka’s objectives properly andimproved themselves through many experiences.
Through the experiences, they realized the significance of JCI Osaka andhad motivation to recruit another new members.

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Award Category criteria
Strategic Plan

What were the [Young citizens]
main objectives ofthe program?

Young citizens are the origin of all values.
JCI Osaka’s objective is to produce many leaders inorder to create a bright future for Osaka.

[Membership growth]
In order to increase membership, JCI Osaka set thefollowing objectives:
To improve members’ knowledge and qualifications.
To get 245 new members.
To let young citizens know about JCI Osaka’s
activities and become interested in them.

[Training new members]
JCI Osaka let new members do the followings:
Understand JCI Osaka’s activities more deeply. Have
motivation to try everything.
Be willing to act for others.
Develop the potential of other members.
Take advantage of many opportunities that JCI Osakaprovides.

[Membership growth by new members]
In addition, new members are expected to: Haveresponsibility and self-awareness as an innovation
leader.
Recruit new members full of potential.
Make continuous positive change with JCI Osaka.
How does this Plan of action of the Local Organization
program advance JCI Osaka shares its activities with more people, moves
the plan of action
them, lets them take positive actions, and makes theof the Local
Organization? beloved city of Osaka richer.

\"Membership growth\", \"Training\", and\"Membership growth by new members\" program
JCI Osaka tells about its activities to local young people
and gets their empathy.
JCI Osaka advances this program to increase
membership and change the beloved city of Osaka into
a better community.

How does this [JCI Mission]
project advance

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the JCI Mission JCI Osaka lets more local young people know about its
and Vision? activities. (Membership growth)

JCI Osaka provides opportunities for new members tocreate their programs and participate in various otherprograms. (Training)[JCI Vision]
JCI Osaka helps new members understand its activities
well, and provides opportunities for them to participate
in various meetings such as ASPAC and World
Congress so that they can build relationships withpeople from around the world. (Training)

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Involvement of Local Board of Directors and Members

By number, how many members wereinvolved? 378 members
By percentage, how many members
were involved in the program? 100%
How many Local Board members
were involved in the project? 27

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Methods of Implementation

What methods [Training and developing new members]
and/or activities
were used to growand develop the JCI Osaka provided the following opportunities for
Local new members:
Organization? 1. An entrance ceremony and an orientation

JCI Osaka helped new members to understand JCIOsaka’s history and objectives in a two-day seminar,
realize the importance of teamwork, and havemotivation to try everything.
2. New members’ program
JCI Osaka let new members organize, run andexamine the program for handicapped children. They
did all the above in the form of a board meeting.
Through these experiences, they learned how to createa program.
The new members obtained a lot of knowledge andexperiences throughout the year. JCI Osaka let them
organize and implement a membership growth programwith the knowledge and experiences to get another newmembers.
[Participation in JCI Osaka’s programs]
JCI Osaka encouraged new members to participate inmany programs by setting the target number ofparticipation. In this way, JCI Osaka trained newmembers throughout the year.
Which JCI Osaka provided the following opportunities formethod/activity was many young people to know about JCI Osaka’s
the most effectiveactivities. As a result of this, many young people
in recruiting newmembers? Why? agreed with its activities.

[5 program sessions]JCI Osaka held program sessions for young people
living in Osaka, and the total of 1,000 young people
participated. JCI Osaka could tell about its activities
and achievements to them.

[4 business forums]
JCI Osaka had panel discussions with 150 young
businesspeople and stressed the importance of young
people’s help for the local development.

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[8 pan-industry social events]
JCI Osaka held pan-industry social events for 100
businesspeople to share information and encouragethem to make social contributions.
Which JCI Osaka helped current members understand JCI
method/activity was Osaka’s history, activities, challenges and objectives
the most effective
much deeper by providing many opportunities.
in developingcurrent members? Each member’s development led to the enhancement ofWhy? JCI Osaka’s brand values.

[2 seminars for current members]
JCI Osaka tried to improve members’ knowledge andqualifications.
JCI Osaka aimed to get 245 new members.

[Training]
Current members re-realized the importance ofrecruiting members through working with newmembers for a year.

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Award Category criteria
Results Achieved

By number, howmany newmembers wererecruited by thisprogram? 252 members
Which objectives JCI Osaka achieved the following 3 objectives: 1. JCI
did the program Osaka received 252 new members.
achieve?

2. JCI Osaka provided many opportunities for newmembers. Thanks to that, they made positive change
and acquired ability to take action.
3. New members grew up to be experienced ones andcreated a system to recruit another new members for thenext years.

What was the most JCI Osaka encouraged its members to make positive
important outcome change and helped them understand its activities andof this program?

objectives properly. The new members grew up to beexperienced ones, and recruited another new members.
In this way, continuous membership growth is expected
for the next years, too.

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Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the JCI Osaka members understood JCI Osaka’s activities
expected long-term and objectives properly, and told them to local citizens.
impact of thisAs a result of this, JCI Osaka can create positive change
project?

in local citizens. In addition, JCI Osaka"s brand value
will be enhanced, which leads to membership growth.

What changes JCI Osaka has a close relationship with the local
would you make to community. However, not so many people know about
improve the results
it. The reason is that members do not understand itsof this project?

objectives and roles properly. To improve that situation,
JCI Osaka thinks the followings are necessary:
JCI Osaka holds a seminar regularly for its members
and promotes their continuous growth.
All members hold affection and pride in JCI Osaka.
All members stress the significance of JCI Osaka to
the local citizens with confidence.
All the above will lead to enhancement of JCI Osaka’s
brand value, membership growth, and local citizens’
positive change.

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