How Can Youth Leadership Make DeMolay Selfsufficient and Selfdirected

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How Can Youth Leadership Make DeMolay
Self-sufficient and Self-directed?

• Presented by Ole Riise

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How would You Define Leadership?
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What Is DeMolay?

• Our goal is to impart a strong foundation upon
  which to build character and skills necessary to
  lead ones life to success.
• Youth group started in 1919 by Masonic
  Fraternity.
• A fraternity for young men between the ages of 12
  and 21.
• Best described as Boy Scouts for city folk.

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Why Look at DeMolay?

• DeMolay is a nonprofit youth group
• Has defined organizational structure
• Has strong youth leadership focus
• Youth work on a level playing field with adults
  when running activities
• Has a distinct membership growth problem

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Adult Volunteer Activity

• In Chapter
• Board of Advisors that works in collaboration
  with youth to supervise and plan events
• Chaperones activities
• Acts as liaison between Chapter and sponsoring
  body
• Conducts annual training events for elected youth
  officers
• Acts as cabinet of advisers to elected youth
  president and chairmans of activities/programs

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Youth Involvement

• Chapter
• Plans and organizes events and activities
• Prepares and follows budget, fundraising where
  necessary.
• Presides over own business meeting to decide
  democratically on what actions to take
• Follows up on progress of other members in
  planning activities
• Prepares training for elected officers
• Elects own leadership

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Who are Advisors

• Parents
• Masons
• Senior DeMolays
• Big Brother Mentors

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DeMolay Activities

• Wofab

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• Shrine Food Caravan

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DeMolay Activities

• Klamath Falls Trip

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What is a Leader?

• A person who uses an art or process developed to
  influence followers to accomplish the goals of
  the group
• A person who uses personal relationships as the
  vehicle of influence, with the caveat being
  personal growth or improvement in both the leader
  and follower as a result of that relationship.

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What is a Leader?

• A leader leads by example.
• A leader shows proficiency in creating
  relationships which facilitate the growth of
  followers as separate persons.
• A leader strives to unify ones skills of
  improvement and proactivity.

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The Problem

• Decreased youth membership
• Decreased adult involvement

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The Solutions

• Increased volume of socially focused events.
• Taking advantage of the population of Senior
  DeMolays in State.
• Redefining the current advisor structure, so as
  to fully utilize them.

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What Is Leadership?

• Leaders arent born theyre made.
• Good communication is vital to any group larger
  than two.
• Youth groups must have adult buy in, support the
  activities of the youth.
• DeMolay sells constructive fun, so have fun,
  boost membership, and get their parents.

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What Now?

• Why is the rate of adult volunteers decreasing?
• Why arent Senior DeMolays coming back into the
  fold?
• What other techniques are employed by other
  non-profits to attract volunteers?

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Works Cited

• Hitt, William D. The Model Leader A Fully
  Functioning Person. Columbus, Ohio,
  Battelle Memorial Institute. 1993.
• International, DeMolay. DeMolay Leaders Resource
  Guide. Kansas City, Missouri DeMolay
  International. 1995.

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Works Cited

• International, DeMolay. 2003 Pacific Northwest
  DeMolay Leadership Conference. Portland, Oregon
  Oregon DeMolay. 2003.
• http//www.oregondemolay.org5/20/04. 525 AM.