Have you hugged your tribe today?

We ran across this image today by @gapingvoid (you can buy it here) but made us think about clubs and how the interact with their tribe (community). Most clubs seem to react to their members and supporters rather than getting pro-active and seeing some hug upside.

Clubs already have a massive advantage of having the tribe based on what they do. They’re not like a business who has to work hard to build a tribe. A clubs group of like-minded people is sitting waiting for you.

So give them a hug, send them an SMS, tell them you are looking forward to seeing them, interacting with them and more.

Good things happen when communities and tribes start talking more.

Achieving things with clubs

When you and your committee set out to achieve things for the club, important work, work that is going to make a difference, it will never work out that you will find complete approval from all parties.

Trying to please everyone will end in frustration, stymieing your momentum and ultimately failing. 

The solution is to please precisely the right people, those that will get it and no more. This will give you enough to get the work out the door.

There are always those that actively discourage. Choose what to hear wisely.

Transparency is good business.

Transparency is good business. If the people involved in the club know and understand why the sponsorship drive is so important, or why a club can’t give away free t-shirts, they may be more likely to give you a hand. 

A few suggestions to increase the transparency could be;

  • Produce an organisational chart, insert the names of those in the positions, and print it out into a poster size document and put it on the wall in your club rooms.
  • Give them an idea of costs, by advertising how much insurance costs are, how much the canteen costs to run, or the new equipment is to purchase.
  • Start including other non-committee members on committee like actions, get more people involved. The more involved, albeit in a third party fashion the more awareness there will be of the sheer quantity of effort involved.