RD 5340 District Training Assembly March 2014 How Do I Engage Rotary Through Vocational Service? …Know what motivates your club members

1. Light Up RotaryThroughVocational Service
Bill Angus |Vocational Service & Membership RotaryDistrict 5340

2. “The only unique feature of Rotary is
vocational service; everything else that
we do is repeated by some other
organization. If we are unique, if we have
a special message or mission in the world
that is unique to ourselves, it lies only in
the realm of vocational service.”
~ T.A. Warren, Past RI President 1945-46

3. “Vocational service has its roots in the second
object of Rotary, which encourages all Rotarians to
hold high ethical standards in our business affairs
and our professions, to recognize all useful
occupations as worthy of respect, and to dignify
work as an opportunity to serve society.
In short, the idea of vocational service is that our
jobs, in themselves, are a way of serving society.”
~ Ron D. Burton, RI President 2013-14

4. Rotary is a worldwide
network of inspired
business professionals
who translate their
passions into relevant
social causes to improve
lives.
Our vocational advantage …
Business
Professionals

5. How Do I Engage RotaryThroughVocational Service? …
Know what motivates your club members
0-5Year Rotarians Networking
Professional Development
Service with Peers
6-20Year Rotarians Service to Community
Maintain Friendships
20+Year Rotarians Maintain Friendships
Service to Community
World Peace

6. Highlights of 2013-14 PresidentialCitationVocational Service Criteria
Emphasize Rotary’s unique commitment to vocational service in at least one of the
following ways:
 Start a career counseling or vocational training program and invite non-Rotarian
participants from the community to attend.
 Organize a discussion or workshop on maintaining high ethical standards in the
workplace and invite local non-Rotarian business leaders to attend.
 Sponsor a career day in which club members bring young people to their places of
business to inform them about career opportunities
Membership Criteria Section
 Organize at least one networking event in which club members can meet other local
professionals and introduce them to Rotary. Work with your membership chair on this.

7. Highlights of 2014-15 PresidentialCitationVocational ServiceCriteria
Hold a career day or
vocational mentoring
program for young
people. (5 points)

8. The EndlessWays to Engage …
 Classification /VocationalTalks
 Networking Events
 Business Education / Skills / Ethics
 Leadership Education / Ethics
 Vocational / Business Service Awards / Ethics
 Vocational Service Scholarship (Trades / Light Blue Collar Professions)
 Vocational Mentoring / Professional Development / Career Days
 VocationalTrainingTeams
 Junior AchievementVolunteer

9. Vocational /
ClassificationTalks
Opportunity for Rotarians
to broaden their
knowledge of the
contemporary workplace.
This, in turn, enables
Rotarians to fulfill one of
the basic obligations of
vocational service –
recognizing the
worthiness to society of
all useful occupations.

10. Classification /VocationalTalks
***0-5Year Rotarians / Networking / Professional Development / Service with Peers***
Outline of points you may want to cover:
 Why you chose your particular business or profession
 Parts of your job you find most rewarding and most difficult.
 Forecast employment opportunities in your field for the coming decade.
 Advice you would give persons entering your career field.
 How your profession is being impacted by technology, government regulations, and
environmental factors.
 Ethical issues you face at work, and how the Rotary 4-WayTest and the Rotary Code of
Conduct helps you deal with them.

11. SD Speed
Networking –
San Diego Coastal
Rotary
Whether you are
looking to expand your
network, pitch a story,
gain new employment,
or simply have a good
time, you are
guaranteed to leave this
must-see venue with
least 10 new business
contacts.

12. Networking Events
***0-5Year Rotarians / Networking / Professional Development / Service with Peers***
 Benefits of aVocational Networking Event
 Permission to educate each other on what you do, what you did, and who you know
 Recruitment of new members because they see the value or ROI in the room through
developing relationships. Showcase your members as the leaders they are.
 Opportunity to remind each other and new Rotarians that we are a farming culture and
not hunters. We believe in the long term relationship and not the quick transaction.
 Members see increased business growth which leads to increased giving to Club
Foundation and Rotary Foundation & greater member retention
 Membership increases because professionals first experience the value of Rotary for
their business and then stay to Change the World!

13. Camp Enterprise-
San Diego Rotary (33)
Based on a program
developed by the American
ManagementAssociation,
this all expenses paid,
experience provides a select
group of outstanding
eleventh-grade students with
a series of panels,
presentations, and group
discussions that present a
broad view and an
exploration of the free
enterprise system.

14. Financial Literacy
Program –
Encinitas Rotary
5 Rotarians give presentations to
students on:
Budgeting - Rotarian is a private banker
Credit/Debt - Rotarian is the owner of an
Automobile dealership
Insurance - Rotarian is an insurance
agent
Savings - Rotarian is a financial planner
Investing - Rotarian is a retired banker
They create a budget, and like all of us
they start by listing expenses then realize
they can’t afford all they “want” so then
they make hard decisions on what to
reduce or eliminate.

15. Poway Community
Leadership Institute –
Poway Scripps Rotary
Program designed to
develop community
leaders. Leadership
Institute graduates are
well-versed in the things
they need to know to run
for elected office, serve as
city committee or
nonprofit board members,
and fill other key positions
in the community.
Modeled after LEAD San
Diego Inc.

16. Monthly Evening
Meetings with
Networking – RB
Rotary (Noon) /
Mission Bay
Designed to attract
people who might be
interested in getting
involved with Rotary but
have difficulty taking
time from their work
day to attend a
breakfast or lunch
meeting.

17. The EndlessWays to Engage …
 Classification /VocationalTalks
 Networking Events
 Business Education / Skills / Ethics
 Leadership Education / Ethics
 Vocational / Business Service Awards / Ethics
 Vocational Service Scholarship (Trades / Light Blue Collar Professions)
 Vocational Mentoring / Professional Development / Career Days
 VocationalTrainingTeams
 Junior Achievement Volunteer

18. “The only unique feature of Rotary is
vocational service; everything else that we
do is repeated by some other organization.
If we are unique, if we have a special
message or mission in the world that is
unique to ourselves, it lies only in the realm
of vocational service.”
~ T.A. Warren, Past RI President 1945-46

19. How does your club
Light Up Rotary
throughVocational
Service? …