Hobbies And Interests
Things You'll Need
Instructions
Determine why starting the club would be beneficial to those joining. For example, would the group be reviewing a diverse collection of books to learn trends or techniques in all business practices or just a select few?
Decide on the genre of business books that the club would focus on such as leadership books, marketing and public relations books or management books.
Give the club a name that is easy to remember and easily associated to the type of books being discussed.
Determine how many members are needed to provide good, in-depth discussions.
Assess the type of members that would help the group garner a better understanding of the books selected for reading. A mix of upper management and middle management members would provide a wider perspective of the books read versus having all of the members from middle management only.
Select the number of meetings per month or for the first year. As the club is formed, this could be changed to meet everyone's schedule. For start-up purposes, it is better to have a solid plan; determining whether the club would meet monthly or every other month would be helpful when soliciting members.
Find a comfortable and conveniently located place to hold the first meeting. Make it a location that would be easy to park with easy access for the members.
Recruit members. Ask those in a specific network (such as a workplace office) to join the club. Or, ask local bookstores or libraries to post information about the business book club and provide a contact email or mailing address for members to RSVP.
Have a prepared and printed agenda for the first meeting. Build time into the agenda to make group decisions on meeting days and times, location, who will lead the discussion each meeting, book topics and titles for the next few meetings. If possible, set up a schedule for the next six months.
Ask each attendee to fill out a name, address, and contact information card for future mailings, etc.