{"id":186,"date":"2010-08-25T22:00:21","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T03:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/?p=186"},"modified":"2010-09-01T12:06:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T17:06:09","slug":"long-term-new-club-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/25\/long-term-new-club-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-term new club retention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How well are we doing with retention of new clubs?\u00a0 I looked at clubs that chartered in the 2007-08 year (two years ago) three different ways, by club type, open\/group-specific, and whether they were advanced.\u00a0 (Every Toastmasters club has these three different characteristics; yes, you can have a &#8220;company open&#8221; club, or a &#8220;community group-specific&#8221; club.)<\/p>\n<p>Of those clubs chartered two years ago, as of last month, we had lost 20% of the nearly-1000 new clubs (how does that compare to your district?).\u00a0 Out of that, we lost 27% of the company clubs, but just 10% of the community clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the same clubs a different way, we lost 23% of the group-specific clubs (i.e., closed, or organization-aligned), while we lost just 14% of the open (typically community, but not always) clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 37 advanced clubs chartered that year, we&#8217;ve lost just one, 2.7% (it was in Taiwan).<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:\u00a0 It does appear that closed\/company\/group-specific clubs are much harder to retain, perhaps 2-3 times higher failure rate, over that first two years, which is the hardest time for a club.\u00a0 Club mentors are so important (though I don&#8217;t have data to prove that).<\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Club type<\/strong><\/span>          Lost Total  Percent\r\nCompany\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 148\u00a0  558\u00a0  26.52%\r\nCommunity\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34\u00a0  325\u00a0  10.46%\r\nCollege\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6\u00a0\u00a0  33\u00a0  18.18%\r\nOther\/Specialized\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0  24\u00a0  12.50%\r\nGovt Agency\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0  32\u00a0\u00a0  9.38%\r\nCorrectional Inst\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 5\u00a0  20.00%\r\nMilitary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 3\u00a0  33.33%\r\nChurch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 5\u00a0  20.00%\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Open\/group specific<\/strong><\/span>\r\nGroup Specific\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 149\u00a0  652\u00a0  22.85%\r\nOpen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 47\u00a0  332\u00a0  14.16%\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Advanced<\/strong><\/span>\r\nN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 195\u00a0  946\u00a0  20.61%\r\nY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0  37\u00a0 \u00a0 2.70%<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How well are we doing with retention of new clubs?\u00a0 I looked at clubs that chartered in the 2007-08 year (two years ago) three different ways, by club type, open\/group-specific, and whether they were advanced.\u00a0 (Every Toastmasters club has these three different characteristics; 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