Breakout Session Presented at the Rotary International Convention in Lisbon on Wednesday 26 June, 2013.

1. 2013 RI CONVENTION
Re-energize Your Rotary Club with the
Family of Rotary
Moderator: Peter Kyle
Panelist: Emily Wood
Panelist: Marcos Ricardo Klitzke
Panelist: James Lovatt

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Re-energize Your Rotary Club with
the Family of Rotary
District Governor-elect Peter Kyle
D-7620, USA

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1976 - present
Rotarian
1988
Chairman, RYLA
Conference, District
9920
2010
Rotary Foundation
Global Alumni
Service to Humanity
Awardee
2011 - 2012
Chair, RI Alumni
Advisory Committee
1973 - 1974
Rotary Foundation
Ambassadorial
Scholar
(LLM, University of
Virginia, USA)
MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROTARY FAMILY

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2012 - 2013
Alternate RI
Representative to the
World Bank
2012 - 2013
Vice Chair,
Rotarians For
Family Health and
Aids Prevention
Action Group
2012 - 2013
Board Member of
the Water &
Sanitation Rotarian
Action Group
(WASRAG)
2012 - 2013
Moderator of this
session!
2012 - 2013
District Governor-elect
D-7620
(Washington, DC and
Central Maryland)
MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROTARY FAMILY

5. 2013 RI CONVENTION
1. How can clubs encourage
transition from Interact to
Rotaract and from Rotaract to
Rotary?
2. Should clubs convert
Rotaract Clubs to Rotary Clubs?
3. How can clubs get
Rotaractors involved in RYLA?
4. Should Rotarians around the
world replicate the RYLA North
America event?
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
How can you Re-energize
your Rotary Club with the
Family of Rotary?

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Re-energize Your Rotary Club with the
Family of Rotary
Emily Wood
Rotaractor, District 9630, Australia

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THE ROTARY FAMILY

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• Interactor (2000–2003)
MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROTARY FAMILY

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• Rotaractor (2007–current)
– Charter President, Rotaract Club of South-West
Brisbane, District 9630
– District Rotaract Representative
MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROTARY FAMILY

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• Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar (2009–2010)
– Master of Arts in International Public Relations, Cardiff
University, Wales
– Dissertation: Enhancing Rotaract: Increasing brand
recognition and recruitment success through public relations
MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROTARY FAMILY

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• Rotary District 9630 Public Relations Committee (2010–current)
• RI Rotaract and Interact Committee (2011–2013)
MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROTARY FAMILY

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BENEFITS OF BEING A ROTARACTOR

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HOW ROTARYAND ROTARACT CLUBS CAN BEST WORK TOGETHER

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Re-energize your Rotary Club with the
Family of Rotary
By RI RYLA Committee Member
Marcos Ricardo Klitzke

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About me
GSE Team Leader 2009-2010
• GSE District Chair, 2010-2011
Current RYLA D4650 Chair
• RI RYLA Committee Member
RI RYLA Lisbon Pre-convention Coordinator
• RI RYLA Coordinator - Sydney 2014

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Rotary youth programs
Rotary Youth
Programs
Rotary kids
Interact
Rotary Youth
Exchange
Rotaract
Rotary Youth
Leadership
Awards
(RYLA)
Group Study
Exchange
(GSE)

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Guidelines
Coordinate activities enabling
Rotarians to interact with our youth.

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Interacting with our youth

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Interacting with our youth
Encouraging
youth exchange
Coordinating a
RYLA program
Receiving a Group
Study Exchange
(GSE) team
Following Interact
meetings
Attending
Rotaract meetings

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Encouraging youth exchange

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Coordinating a RYLA program

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Receiving a GSE team

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Following Interact meetings

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Attending Rotaract meetings

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Encouraging new
leaders to participate in
the New Generations
programs
Working on social
responsibility projects
Showing the community
ALL Rotary International
possibilities
Make Rotary a „desire object‟
Showing the
community your
skills

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Working on social responsibility projects

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Showing the community your skills

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Working ALL Rotary possibilities

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Encouraging new leaders to get involved in youth programs

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How to attract youth
Using new media like social media, to
disseminate the results of projects
undertaken by the club
Using RYLA to identify new leaders to
attend Rotary International
Encouraging your community to join
Rotary

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Success cases
Success
cases
Support and
strengthen
INTERACT and
ROTARACT clubs
by conducting
RYLA programs
Encourage ALL
GSE Team
members to join
Rotary after
exchange
program
Provide Matching
Grant through
Youth Exchange
programs

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Resources
More information about Rotary’s New Generations Programs
can be found at http://www.rotary.org

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Re-energize Your Rotary Club with the
Family of Rotary
James Lovatt
Rotaractor, District 1060, United Kingdom
Staff – Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland (RIBI)

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MY ROTARACT CLUB – WESTMINSTER
• Membership demographics
• Number of members
• Our programs
• Relationship with sponsoring Rotary club

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• Rotaractor (2010–current)
– Treasurer & V.P. (2010-11), Club President (2011-12)
– District Rotaract Representative (2011-13)
– Multi District Information Organisation (MDIO) (2011-current)
– Chairman of Rotaract in Great Britain & Ireland MDIO (2013-14)
MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROTARY FAMILY

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• Honorary Rotarian (2011-12)
• Honorary Rotarian (2013-14)
• RIBI Rotaract Committee member (2012-14)
MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROTARY FAMILY

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• RIBI Staff - Online Marketing Administrator (Jan
2013–)
– Website management: www.ribi.org
– Strategic development of social media initiatives
* Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) is the association of Rotary clubs within
England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland, comprising 53,000 members in 1,820 clubs.
MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROTARY FAMILY

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ROTARY – GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) is the
association of Rotary clubs within England, Ireland, Wales and
Scotland, comprising 53,000 members in 1,820 clubs.
Rotaract in Great Britain & Ireland (RGBI) comprises of
approximately 1,000 members in 56 chartered Rotaract clubs.
A ratio of 1:53 …compared to globally 1:6.
Joined up Rotary?

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BENEFITS OF BEING A ROTARACTOR

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EXPERIENCE WITHIN ROTARY
Sponsor Club A
• 40 members (and rising)
• 35 - 45 average age
• 35% former Rotaractors
• Regular joint meetings
• Representative at every club
meeting
• Clear Rotaract strategy –
joined up Rotary (sharing)
• Membership demographics?
Sponsor Club B
• 40 members (and falling)
• 65 - 75 average age
• 5% former Rotaractors
• One annual joint event
• Didn’t even know they
were the sponsor club!
• No strategy with youth or
young professionals
• Membership demographics?

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“WE‟RE FOR COMMUNITIES” CAMPAIGN

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QUESTIONS?

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THANK YOU
FOR ATTENDING TODAY’S SESSION