Speed Project Fair
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Are you interested in helping the Rotary family meet local community needs through international partnerships? Is your club or district seeking an international project to support? The speed project fair will feature Rotary projects of different sizes in need of support. Meet project coordinators, explore partnerships, and maybe even get inspired to host or attend a project fair in your region.
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Speed Project Fair
- 1. 2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION SPEED PROJECT FAIR
- 2. BRAD HOWARD Brad Howard RI Director, 2015-17
- 3. • PROJECT FAIR OVERVIEW • SPEED PROJECT FAIR • WRAP-UP AGENDA
- 5. A Perfect Expression Of Rotary’s Brand joins leaders exchange ideas take action Project Fair Definition
- 6. • Regional events • Bring together Rotarians from around the world • Support local humanitarian projects – foster intercultural exchange – build fellowship – learn about the local region – support development through partnership PROJECT FAIR OVERVIEW
- 7. • Workshops, round table discussions, service projects • Excursions, cultural events, and more PROJECT FAIR OVERVIEW - continued
- 8. Multi-Club Workshop 9-11 September 2016 | Palermo, Italy www.rotary-mcw.com/ West Africa 19-26 October | Port Harcourt, Nigeria District 4400, Ecuador 11-13 November | Cuenca, Ecuador Central America (Uniendo America) 26 – 28 January 2017 | San Salvador, El Salvador www.uniendoamericaprojectfair.org Districts 4271 – 4281, Colombia 3-5 February 2017 | Cartagena, Colombia 2016-17 PROJECT FAIRS
- 9. PROJECT FAIRS | SERVICE AND FELLOWSHIP
- 11. • Project Presenters to Assigned Tables • Session Participants to Table Number Given to You. • Presenter will Present Project and Participants Will ask Questions • Five Total Minute • Move to next table at the buzzer • Repeat Speed Project Fair Rules
- 12. • How was the project need identified? (Was a community assessment conducted? Was the local community involved in the assessment?) • If the project will be applying for a TRF global grant, does the project align with one of Rotary’s six areas of focus? • Will the project be overseen by Rotarians? • Does the project incorporate elements of sustainability and capacity building such as trainings or other elements that can help the project live on long after funding has been exhausted? • Has monitoring and evaluation been incorporated into the project plan to ensure the project is on target to reach the intended outcome? • How will the host club/district communicate updates and progress with international project partners? SUGGESTED DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- 13. • Arun Prakash Gupta| Rotary Club of Bikaner (India) • Sarah Oliver | Rotary District 6440 (USA) • Ellen Haggerty | Rotary Club of Guatemala Este (Guatemala) • Ron Appuhn | Rotary District 4170 (Mexico) • Bonifacio Jr. C. Melicor | Rotary Club of Pagadian (Philippines) • Jeremy Wright | Rotary Club of Sydney Cove (Fiji) • Nigel Frank Othembi | Rotary Club of Kampala North (Uganda) • Bhupendra Jain | Rotary District 3053 (India) SPEED PROJECT FAIR PRESENTERS
- 14. Multi-Club Workshop 9-11 September 2016 | Palermo, Italy West Africa 19-26 October | Port Harcourt, Nigeria District 4400, Ecuador 11-13 November | Cuenca, Ecuador Central America (Uniendo America) 26 – 28 January 2017 | San Salvador, El Salvador Districts 4271 – 4281, Colombia 3-5 February 2017 | Cartagena, Colombia WRAP-UP
- 15. Multi-Club Workshop 9-11 September 2016 | Palermo, Italy West Africa 19-26 October | Port Harcourt, Nigeria District 4400, Ecuador 11-13 November | Cuenca, Ecuador Central America (Uniendo America) 26 – 28 January 2017 | San Salvador, El Salvador Districts 4271 – 4281, Colombia 3-5 February 2017 | Cartagena, Colombia WRAP-UP
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Editor's Notes
- Ellina: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Speed Project Fair session. Thank you for taking your time to want to learn more about Project Fairs and to be a part of this session. We hope that this will be a highly engaged and active session and that you will believe that it was worth your time.
- Ellina: I’d like to begin by introducing our session moderator, RI Director Brad Howard. Brad serves as a member of your board of Directors, and represents Zones 25 & 26, which are the west coast of North America. Brad was one of the cofounders of the West Africa Project Fair, has been a long-time supporter of project fairs and has attended the a number of the regional events. He currently sits on the West Africa Project Fair Host Organizing Committee and is actively involved in the project fair concept both domestically and internationally. A big thank you to Director Howard for his many years of supporting the project fair initiative and for making time to moderate today’s session.
- Brad: Thank you, Ellina, and thank you everyone for joining us at today’s Speed Project Fair session. Before we get to the interactive part of the session, I’d like to take about 10 minutes to talk to you about project fairs. Afterwards, we’ll have about 75 minutes to experience a very accelerated and condensed version of a project fair. We’ll regroup for the final five minutes before concluding the session.
- Brad: By a show of hands, how of you are familiar with project fairs? O.K., so now, how many of you have personally attended a project fair either as one of the clubs selling projects or one of those buying project? (If there are previous participants, ask them which event they have attended). And how many of you are Project Fair organizers?
- Brad: Project fairs are regional events hosted by one or more Rotary district purpose of building international friendships and fostering project collaboration Organized by local Rotarians to give clubs from a specific region of the world an opportunity to showcase their service projects in need of support. International attendees from all over the world attend these two, three, or even week-long events to meet other Rotary members, Share their culture, experience Rotary in a different community, and ultimately learn about local priorities and opportunities to support Rotarian-led projects to meet local needs.
- Brad: In addition to learning from exhibitors about projects in need of international partners, organizers may incorporate presentations, workshops, round table discussions, service projects, and project visits. include cultural elements (performances, staple dishes and traditional meals, make new friends from the host & region Often, organizers will arrange cultural excursions for visitors to immerse themselves into the local culture. I have attended many fairs and the response from both exhibitors and attendees is overwhelmingly positive. Some attend as representatives of their club or district for projects Other times, Rotarians are interested in independently supporting a few of the exhibiting projects. Many times, these visits lead to long-standing international partnerships extending years beyond the implementation of a project.
- Brad: Five project fairs are planned for the following Rotary year, to be hosted in Italy, Nigeria, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Colombia. Don’t worry about copying all this down; this PowerPoint is available through the mobile app and the project fair schedule, along with event URLS, will soon be available on the My Rotary section of the Rotary website. If you’re interested in attending one of these events, I encourage you to browse their websites and contact the local organizers to register or for more information.
- Brad: Just to give you a flavor of what a fair looks like: Top left: Polio immunization, West Africa Project Fair Bottom left: Uniendo America Project Fair Top right: District 4400 Ecuador Project Fair Bottom right: West Africa Project Fair We have time for 1 or 2 brief questions before we move on. Are there any questions about project fairs?
- Brad In just a few minutes, we’re going to begin the speed project fair portion of the session. Before we do, I am now going to describe the next part of today’s session. The speed Project Fair – organized chaos Before anyone moves, please listen to the information and instructions I will give to you.
- Brad: Project presenters to go to their assigned table number Session participants to sit at the table corresponding to the number they received when they arrived. Presenter will have five minutes to very concisely present about their project to their table and answer questions in the remaining time. After 5 minutes, you will hear the sound of this buzzer. Each presenter will rotate to the next table and I will sound the buzzer again indicating you may begin your presentation at the next table. Each presenter will again have five minutes to share about his/her project. After all 13 presenters have had a chance to share their project at each table, you will have about 10 minutes to go back and discuss the projects you may be interested in supporting.
- Brad: To help the process, I’d like to bring your attention to a half sheet of paper you should have received upon entering the session. If you don’t have a copy, please raise your hand and Ellina will bring one to you. The questions listed on this handout, and which appear on the screen, are intended to help guide your discussions today as you listen to presentations about projects seeking support. If you need guidance on framing your discussion about projects you, your club, or your district may be interested in supporting, reference these questions for ideas. We will reconvene for the last 5 minutes of this session.
- Brad: I’d like to introduce our 8 project presenters. When I call your name, please make your way to your designated table. [Go through presenters’ names] Okay, now that our presenters are set up, I’d like to ask everyone else to go to the table corresponding with the number you received. Everyone looks settled so you can begin with the first presentation. [Sound buzzer after 8 minutes and ask presenters to rotate tables. Repeat 7 times] [After 64 minutes]: now that everyone has had a chance to hear about each of the 8 exhibited projects, let’s reconvene and wrap up.
- Brad: Thank you everyone for participating in today’s speed project fair session condensed version of the annual full-sized fairs hosted by different regions around the world without the food or cultural elements. At a traditional fair, you would have either a full day, or a even a few days, to visit each project booth and learn in depth about each exhibited project. As a reminder, the 2016-17 schedule of project fairs is available on the screen. If your club or district is interested in immersing itself in international service and particularly getting involved as an international partner on global grant projects, I strongly encourage you to send a club member or an entire group representing your district to one of these events. You’ll learn about new cultures, customs, and traditions; you’ll learn about the passionate work of fellow Rotarians working to address communities challenges; you’ll attend TRF, RI, and project-related workshops to expand your project development knowledge; you’ll enable the implementation of crucial projects; and you’ll build life-long friendships with incredible fellow Rotarians who may not speak your language fluently, and may not work in the same industry but who share your passion for service and Rotary.
- Thank you everyone for participating in today’s speed project fair session Condensed version of the annual full-sized fairs hosted by different regions around the world without the food or cultural elements. At a traditional fair, you would have either a full day, or a even a few days, to visit each project booth and learn in depth about each exhibited project. Here is the 2016-17 schedule of project fairs If your club or district is interested – I strongly encourage you to go or send team. You get: To learn about new cultures, customs, and traditions; You will learn about the passionate work of fellow Rotarians working to address communities challenges; you’ll attend TRF, RI, and project-related workshops to expand your project development knowledge; you’ll enable the implementation of crucial projects; you’ll build life-long friendships with incredible fellow Rotarians who may not speak your language fluently, and may not work in the same industry but who share your passion for service and Rotary.