Starting an Agora Speakers club is very easy; there are very few requirements, and there are no fees or formalities involved (no chartering fees nor any sort of mandatory purchases).
One Rule For Success: Don't Strive for Perfection
The main factor that distinguishes successful clubs from those that never make it is that successful clubs don't look for perfection. When you start planning for the first meeting, your thought process occasionally will go like "We can't meet next Thursday because it will be raining. The one after that has the Champion League match, and then we have the country elections". The problem with this kind of reasoning is that no matter which day you pick, there will always be something happening on that day.
There will never be an ideal moment for launching. A successful club does things NOW, makes mistakes, and learns quickly from them.
They don't wait for the perfect moment to launch. They don't wait to find the perfect venue. They don't want the perfect set of members to schedule. Research has shown that people that start now, fail quickly, learn from their mistakes, and repeat are much more successful and deliver much higher quality results than people that analyze everything down to the last detail, and only then do they start.
Always remember: If your next action is scheduled more than two weeks ahead, it's no longer an action - it's just a wishful dream.
The Club Creation Timeline
The following timeline expresses the recommended steps that you should follow to create a club. For each step, an orientation amount of time is indicated.
Even if you're an experienced member of other similar organizations, it's essential that you follow each of these steps and read them thoroughly as they contain important information.