The document is a bulletin from the Rotary Club of Singapore providing information about their recent meeting including welcoming visiting Rotarians, introducing a new member, announcing their club's district award recognitions, and advertising upcoming Rotary events. It summarizes the guest speaker's presentation on World Vision's work improving children's development and outlines the club's activities, recognition of members, and schedule of upcoming meetings and events.
The document summarizes activities and events from the Rotary Club of Parramatta City. It discusses an upcoming guest speaker on their wedding in Singapore and honeymoon. It also mentions an upcoming visioning day for the club and encourages full attendance. Additionally, it provides information on activities like an Aquabox Australia water purification project and a walking event in Parramatta Park looking for a name.
This document summarizes the weekly bulletin of the Rotary Club of Singapore for the week of April 16th, 2012. It includes announcements about upcoming events, such as a visit to the Heritage Kampung on April 22nd. The speaker of the week, Mr. Tay Lai Hock, founder of Ground-Up Initiative, spoke about how Kampung culture can create sustainable communities and nurture leaders. The club's major project for the year is funding a gym for Boys' Town worth $100,000. The bulletin also provides information about birthdays, anniversaries, and upcoming Rotary events.
Matching Grants - A tool to strengthen fellowship & International GoodwillPrakash Saraswat
If you think that doing a Matching Grant simply as something to get the money, use it and forget to stay in touch with the partner thereafter...
...You’re missing the ‘’purpose’’ –
to strengthen fellowship and build International Goodwill through service
This bulletin from the Jefferson Education and Career Center provides information about upcoming events in May, including a spring conference, Mother's Day, Cinco de Mayo celebrations, and standardized testing dates. It also discusses Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month and provides resources for lesson plans. Reminders are given about cell phone use, timecard signatures, and copyright policies.
The document discusses the Rotary International Convention that was held in Sydney, Australia from June 1-4, 2014. It provides recaps and positive feedback from attendees about the various events that were part of the convention, including the BridgeClimb fundraising event, the House of Friendship exhibition area, and a concert at the Sydney Opera House. It thanks the 18,603 attendees and the many volunteers and organizers who helped make the convention a success. The Premier of New South Wales also expresses his appreciation for the convention being held in Sydney and hopes attendees enjoyed exploring the city and surrounding areas.
The document is a bulletin from the Rotary Club of Singapore providing information about their recent meeting including welcoming visiting Rotarians, introducing a new member, announcing their club's district award recognitions, and advertising upcoming Rotary events. It summarizes the guest speaker's presentation on World Vision's work improving children's development and outlines the club's activities, recognition of members, and schedule of upcoming meetings and events.
The document summarizes activities and events from the Rotary Club of Parramatta City. It discusses an upcoming guest speaker on their wedding in Singapore and honeymoon. It also mentions an upcoming visioning day for the club and encourages full attendance. Additionally, it provides information on activities like an Aquabox Australia water purification project and a walking event in Parramatta Park looking for a name.
This document summarizes the weekly bulletin of the Rotary Club of Singapore for the week of April 16th, 2012. It includes announcements about upcoming events, such as a visit to the Heritage Kampung on April 22nd. The speaker of the week, Mr. Tay Lai Hock, founder of Ground-Up Initiative, spoke about how Kampung culture can create sustainable communities and nurture leaders. The club's major project for the year is funding a gym for Boys' Town worth $100,000. The bulletin also provides information about birthdays, anniversaries, and upcoming Rotary events.
Matching Grants - A tool to strengthen fellowship & International GoodwillPrakash Saraswat
If you think that doing a Matching Grant simply as something to get the money, use it and forget to stay in touch with the partner thereafter...
...You’re missing the ‘’purpose’’ –
to strengthen fellowship and build International Goodwill through service
This bulletin from the Jefferson Education and Career Center provides information about upcoming events in May, including a spring conference, Mother's Day, Cinco de Mayo celebrations, and standardized testing dates. It also discusses Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month and provides resources for lesson plans. Reminders are given about cell phone use, timecard signatures, and copyright policies.
The document discusses the Rotary International Convention that was held in Sydney, Australia from June 1-4, 2014. It provides recaps and positive feedback from attendees about the various events that were part of the convention, including the BridgeClimb fundraising event, the House of Friendship exhibition area, and a concert at the Sydney Opera House. It thanks the 18,603 attendees and the many volunteers and organizers who helped make the convention a success. The Premier of New South Wales also expresses his appreciation for the convention being held in Sydney and hopes attendees enjoyed exploring the city and surrounding areas.
An MDIO is a formal structure recognized by Rotary International that facilitates communication and information sharing between Rotaract clubs in multiple districts. It has no decision-making authority except regarding its own activities. Benefits of an MDIO include official communication channels between districts, pooling of resources, and formal recognition by RI. To form an MDIO, a working party develops guidelines and bylaws which are approved by clubs and district governors in the participating districts before submitting the application to RI for approval.
This document provides tips for creating a welcoming Rotaract club. It suggests that clubs should make new members feel welcomed from their first meeting through ongoing orientation and mentoring. A welcoming club has members who are cheerful, interested in others, willing to share knowledge, and open about themselves. The document also lists specific ideas clubs can implement such as assigning buddies, celebrating members, conducting engaging meetings, communicating regularly, and ensuring all members have roles. The overall goal is to create an atmosphere where members feel welcomed and want to continue participating long-term.
This document provides tips for writing newsworthy articles, including knowing your audience, editor, and publication. It advises determining who your target audience is and why you are targeting them. You should understand what motivates your audience and how to connect with them. It also suggests building relationships with editors by providing advance notice of events and following submission guidelines. Finally, it outlines key elements of a good news story such as an attention-grabbing headline, summarizing the key details, using quotes, and including a call to action.
This document provides tips for Rotaract clubs to get their stories published, including knowing your audience, editor, and publication. It advises to build relationships with journalists, submit stories well in advance of deadlines, and write catchy headlines with a clear summary and call to action in 200 words or less. The goal is to promote club activities, recruit members, and gain support through media coverage.
Social media allows for rapid sharing of information worldwide without relying on a single person to upload content. It provides avenues for Rotarians to interact with friends and others who share similar interests, share their Rotary story, and connect with the global Rotary family through discussion groups and finding project partners. Social media is also a way to promote Rotary clubs, programs, and projects to the public and share information in real time, such as during disasters.
Hand out to help Rotary & Rotaract Clubs determine what their goals and strategies are for their online presences. Prepared for the Rotary in WA Facebook Seminar held on 12 February 2012.
This document provides tips for gaining more "Likers" and followers on social media for a Rotary club page. It recommends engaging with others on social media by liking and commenting on related pages, interacting with other Rotary groups, and sharing Rotary-related posts and discussions on personal social media profiles to generate interest in one's club page. It also stresses the importance of posting engaging updates regularly to one's own club page without over-spamming others.
Notes from a day-long training seminar which covers the effective use of social media, from developing a strategy, to looking at how to use a variety of social networking platforms, and where to get help!
Social networking can be used by Rotarians to connect with others who share similar interests, source potential members and volunteers, and promote Rotary activities. Rotarians over age 45 make up a significant portion of users on sites like Facebook. The document provides tips on how Rotarians can personalize networking profiles to represent Rotary, create pages and events for their clubs, and use privacy settings to control what information is visible. Assistance is available through the Rotarians on Social Networks Fellowship online.
An introduction to Joudry Sound Therapy, a therapeutic listening program based on the work of Dr Tomatis which has proved beneficial for tinnitus, hearing loss and learning and behavioural problems.
Rotary International has been instrumental in the global effort to eradicate polio. In 1978, they established the Health, Hunger and Humanity program with a primary goal of eradicating poliomyelitis worldwide. By the 1980s, polio immunization grants were approved for several countries. In 1988, over 600 million children were immunized across 97 countries, reducing polio cases to around 350,000. National Immunization Days introduced in the 1990s saw mass immunization campaigns that helped eliminate polio in countries like the Philippines and China. While progress was made, polio remained in countries like India. Recent campaigns in India have involved immunizing over 200 million children across thousands of vaccination booths.
A brief introduction to the Rotaract program, aimed at Rotarians. Written from an Australian perspective, it looks at what the program is about, how it came to be, and where Rotaract is at today both globally and in Australia. It also discusses how Rotaract and Rotary can work together as partners-in-service.
An MDIO is a formal structure recognized by Rotary International that facilitates communication and information sharing between Rotaract clubs in multiple districts. It has no decision-making authority except regarding its own activities. Benefits of an MDIO include official communication channels between districts, pooling of resources, and formal recognition by RI. To form an MDIO, a working party develops guidelines and bylaws which are approved by clubs and district governors in the participating districts before submitting the application to RI for approval.
This document provides tips for creating a welcoming Rotaract club. It suggests that clubs should make new members feel welcomed from their first meeting through ongoing orientation and mentoring. A welcoming club has members who are cheerful, interested in others, willing to share knowledge, and open about themselves. The document also lists specific ideas clubs can implement such as assigning buddies, celebrating members, conducting engaging meetings, communicating regularly, and ensuring all members have roles. The overall goal is to create an atmosphere where members feel welcomed and want to continue participating long-term.
This document provides tips for writing newsworthy articles, including knowing your audience, editor, and publication. It advises determining who your target audience is and why you are targeting them. You should understand what motivates your audience and how to connect with them. It also suggests building relationships with editors by providing advance notice of events and following submission guidelines. Finally, it outlines key elements of a good news story such as an attention-grabbing headline, summarizing the key details, using quotes, and including a call to action.
This document provides tips for Rotaract clubs to get their stories published, including knowing your audience, editor, and publication. It advises to build relationships with journalists, submit stories well in advance of deadlines, and write catchy headlines with a clear summary and call to action in 200 words or less. The goal is to promote club activities, recruit members, and gain support through media coverage.
Social media allows for rapid sharing of information worldwide without relying on a single person to upload content. It provides avenues for Rotarians to interact with friends and others who share similar interests, share their Rotary story, and connect with the global Rotary family through discussion groups and finding project partners. Social media is also a way to promote Rotary clubs, programs, and projects to the public and share information in real time, such as during disasters.
Hand out to help Rotary & Rotaract Clubs determine what their goals and strategies are for their online presences. Prepared for the Rotary in WA Facebook Seminar held on 12 February 2012.
This document provides tips for gaining more "Likers" and followers on social media for a Rotary club page. It recommends engaging with others on social media by liking and commenting on related pages, interacting with other Rotary groups, and sharing Rotary-related posts and discussions on personal social media profiles to generate interest in one's club page. It also stresses the importance of posting engaging updates regularly to one's own club page without over-spamming others.
Notes from a day-long training seminar which covers the effective use of social media, from developing a strategy, to looking at how to use a variety of social networking platforms, and where to get help!
Social networking can be used by Rotarians to connect with others who share similar interests, source potential members and volunteers, and promote Rotary activities. Rotarians over age 45 make up a significant portion of users on sites like Facebook. The document provides tips on how Rotarians can personalize networking profiles to represent Rotary, create pages and events for their clubs, and use privacy settings to control what information is visible. Assistance is available through the Rotarians on Social Networks Fellowship online.
An introduction to Joudry Sound Therapy, a therapeutic listening program based on the work of Dr Tomatis which has proved beneficial for tinnitus, hearing loss and learning and behavioural problems.
Rotary International has been instrumental in the global effort to eradicate polio. In 1978, they established the Health, Hunger and Humanity program with a primary goal of eradicating poliomyelitis worldwide. By the 1980s, polio immunization grants were approved for several countries. In 1988, over 600 million children were immunized across 97 countries, reducing polio cases to around 350,000. National Immunization Days introduced in the 1990s saw mass immunization campaigns that helped eliminate polio in countries like the Philippines and China. While progress was made, polio remained in countries like India. Recent campaigns in India have involved immunizing over 200 million children across thousands of vaccination booths.
A brief introduction to the Rotaract program, aimed at Rotarians. Written from an Australian perspective, it looks at what the program is about, how it came to be, and where Rotaract is at today both globally and in Australia. It also discusses how Rotaract and Rotary can work together as partners-in-service.