Building Relationships with your Community

How do we reach out to our communities? How do we let people know about our club? How do we get more people at our events?

Building relationships with other campus clubs (i.e., volunteer clubs, fraternities/sororities, etc.) and off-campus Taekwondo or non-Taekwondo clubs could help people know about your program and bring people to your events- our moto is "more the merrier". Here are some ideas that can help you establish a working relationship with other clubs and non-Taekwondo people:
- Teach Taekwondo to special olympics athletes or create an afterschool Taekwondo program at a local elementary or high school.
- Organize an one-time workshop for a campus fraternity, sorority, or service club; advertise this as a way for their members to get to know eachother and a chance for their members to participate in something new and fun!
- Open one of your practices to Taekwondo gyms in your area as a joint-practice opportunity (Parents usually love this idea because it gives their children a chance to interact with college students).

Conclusion:
Brainstorm among your club members to see with which community they identify or for which project they would have the most passion. From there, you will more easily identify how Taekwondo (and your club) could connect with people who may not have an immediate interest in martial arts.

Summary:
Find what you are passionate about or with which community you identify and then ask the right people (i.e., the president, the cub officer, the principal, etc.)

If you would like more information on ways to build relationships with your communities, please contact us by email at programsupport@ikickonline.com or by phone at 626.590.7565. We would love to hear from you.