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2. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL – 24/7 HELP – MY ROTARY
Showcase & Ideas
Learning Reference
Brand Center
May I ask how many of you know about My Rotary and how many of you have already created a My Rotary account?
The reason why I am asking is because My Rotary is a real treasure chest full of useful information and tools. And Rotary’s online resources and tools are available to you 24/7.
On this slide you can see some of the tools where we think that they are especially useful to you as club president or club officer because you as reported club officer have an extended access to My Rotary. All or maybe only some of these tools may sound not familiar to you. But I am sure that a the end of this presentation you will know them all.
[Click] For instance, our Showcase and Ideas tools will help you to learn more about what other clubs are doing well in terms of successful projects, and help you to highlight the successes of your district.
[Click] My Rotary also often contains the most up to date information available to District Officers- and this information is demonstrated in a number of reports that can help to make your job easier. These reports include membership numbers, giving to the Rotary Foundation, and many others- all of this information can be valuable heading into your Official Visits, and to paint a picture of the overall health of your district and it’s clubs.
[Click] The Brand Center is a great resource for helping District Governors to ensure that clubs and the district are properly using Rotary’s marks to create a cohesive story of success throughout the district.
[Click] Rotary Club Central. The consistent use of My Rotary in your districts give you access to, and helps you create, a historical footprint of where you district has been and where it’s heading. This comparative data will allow you to identify areas for improvement, help you see how the district is progressing, and create an overall picture of what was accomplished during your year.
[Click] And lastly, My Rotary is an administrative powerhouse for the district. It’s where you’ll find the means to submit a great deal of information about your district, and will help you to manage the day to day operations of being a District Governor.
[Click] We will talk more during the presentation about how you can best make use of these tools at your disposal. [Click]
Rotary Club Central
Club Administration

3. PLAN STRATEGICALLY
Your office officially starts on 1 July 2017 but you may have already begun planning your year ahead.
Lets’ take a look at some tools, guidelines and opportunities to help you make the most of your time over the next year.

4. Have you set goals for your year?
PLAN STRATEGICALLY ?
Have you set goals for your year?
Set goals which are reachable and achievable.
Being able to see an end-goal that is reachable and realistic can be very compelling and invigorating. 
Goals bring focus to a group, they help you decide which activities or challenges to focus on and they provide direction.

5. PLAN STRATEGICALLY - MEMBERSHIP
Coordinated Institutional Focus
Club Capacity Building
Member Engagement
Member Attraction
Help align your goals with Rotary’s membership strategy which aligns with the RI Strategic Plan :
Coordinated Institutional Focus
Enhance membership inititatives evaluation and membership reporting / measurement, including regional membership strategies.
Club Capacity Building
Strengthen district and club membership and increase understanding of Rotary and promote use of Rotary resources.
Member Attraction
Improve Rotary’s overall age, gender, ethnic and vocational diversity based on the existing qualifications of membership.
Member Engagement
Improve awareness of Rotary clubs in communities

6. PLAN STRATEGICALLY – WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?
We could sponsor more Rotaract clubs.
We could donate more to the Rotary Foundation.
Why don’t we publish our achievements?
We should recruit more members.
Evaluate your clubs by asking which goals you would like to set for the coming year, as I said previously, these goals should be reachable and achievable.

7. PLAN STRATEGICALLY - ROTARY CLUB CENTRAL
Lead your club effectively
ROTARY CLUB CENTRAL
POINTS THE WAY
Set goals in Rotary Club Central
Use the reports available in Rotary Club Central
Enter and manage your progress to goal in Rotary Club Central.
This tool helps you assess and eventually celebrate your success.

8. PLAN STRATEGICALLY – DID YOU KNOW…?
How many clubs have set goals?
You will know how many clubs in this district, have set goals.
Fun fact:
50% of Rotary Clubs worldwide set at least one goal in

9. Continuity Transparency Tracking Reporting
MY ROTARY – ROTARY CLUB CENTRAL
Continuity
Transparency
Tracking
Reporting
You will find Rotary Club Central in My Rotary under Manage, Take Action or Member Center.
Rotary Club Central:
Fosters continuity in leadership
Creates transparency
Enables clubs to track their progress
Showcases important work that Rotary clubs do worldwide
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You will find RCC by following this path

10. 1 July & 1 January Update your club and membership data
MY ROTARY – CLUB ADMINISTRATION
1 July & 1 January
Update your club and membership data
Report your officers for
I would like to bring the section Club Administration to your attention.
In Club Administration, you will see a list of links to tools, information and reports.
These tools enable you to add / remove / edit membership records
Update your club’s meeting details, and change your club’s permanent mailing address and contact info.
Here you can also download your club’s invoice.
Find Frequently Asked Questions about Club & District Administration, and a number of official forms you may need as a club: for example if your club is sponsoring a new interact club or if your club wants to change its name.
Why are the dates 1 July and 1 January important?
Your club invoice is calculated based on the number of active members reported through My Rotary / integrated database as of 1 July and 1 January.
Therefore, you should update the club and membership data regularly but not later than 1 July and 1 January.
You should also make sure that the officers of your club are reported to Rotary International. Only then they will have extended access rights in My Rotary and will receive useful information from Rotary from time to time.

11. ENSURE PROJECT SUCCESS

12. Has your club completed a project in the past 12 months?
CLUB PROJECTS ?
Has your club completed a project in the past 12 months?
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13. CLUB PROJECTS
DISCUSSION GROUPS, ROTARY IDEAS, AND ROTARY SHOWCASE
Discover which resources Rotary offers to you to facilitate your project work!
PROJECT LIFECYCLE KIT
Please raise your hand if your club has currently a project or had a project in the last 12 months.
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I can see from the number of hands that club projects are important to you.
Let’s have a look at tools offered by Rotary International which might be helpful to you.
You can access our Project Lifecycle Kit by logging in to This kit contains resources which can contribute to the success of any service project.
Let’s take a look at the tools.
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14. CLUB PROJECTS
Discussion Groups – the perfect way to find the information you need at any point in the life cycle of a project. Sign in to My Rotary and connect with other Rotary members by joining an existing group, or start a new one. Find others who share your interests, connect with project partners, and tap in to Rotary’s diversity of global perspectives.
Ideas – helps you achieve the club service goals entered in Rotary Club Central. Rotary’s crowdsourcing platform, Rotary ideas allows Rotarians and Rotaract members to find what they need to make their project a success: project partners, sources of funding, volunteers, in-kind donations. Non-Rotarians can also access Rotary Ideas to make a contribution.
Rotary Showcase – Once your project is complete, share your success story with Rotarians and non-Rotarians around the world through Rotary Showcase. Site visitors can search projects by district, by club, by area of focus, by project type, and more.

15. CLUB PROJECTS – DID YOU KNOW…?
35,000
More than 35,000 active projects were posted to Rotary Showcase, an online site that allows Rotarians and Rotaractors to share stories of their clubs’ successful projects. This reflects Rotarian contributions of more than 12 million volunteer hours, over $380 million in cash donations, and almost $265 million in in-kind donations that fuel our efforts to improve the quality of life in communities worldwide.
(Above data taken from the Annual Report)
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16. CLUB PROJECTS – DISCUSSION GROUPS & SHOWCASE & IDEAS
Exchange your ideas regarding projects with the members of our Rotary family by joining one of our discussions groups which you will find if you follow this path via You cannot find a discussion group of your interest? – No problem, just create your own and decide whether it should be an open discussion group or only for particular members.
You will find Rotary Showcase in the Take Action section of My Rotary. It is a resource that allows Rotarians and Rotaractors to share stories of their clubs’ successful projects with people around the world. Success stories posted on Showcase can serve as an inspiration and a model for other Rotary and Rotaractor clubs, and may be featured in Rotary International blogs and newsletters.
Rotary Ideas, is not only available to share ideas but is also an innovative way of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. You can post service projects to help raise awareness and find project contributors by soliciting for funds, volunteers, resources and partnerships from Rotarians and non-Rotarians alike.  Other site visitors can browse projects in need of assistance and if they wish contribute time, money or resources through the tool.
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17. CLUB PROJECTS – SHOWCASE & IDEAS
Insert example of a local project published on Ideas/ Showcase
Nothing there?
Present a discussion group which might be of interest to your region
Please see an example of a local project in your region………
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18. CLUB PROJECTS – BRAND CENTER
There is another tool, which I would like to mention at this point  Brand Center.
The Rotary Brand Center offers everything related to Rotary’s visual identity:
Rotary as well as program logos like Rotaract or Interact; try out the function logo creator and create your own club logo.
PowerPoint presentation, business cards, images, ….
It also offers guidelines and useful publications with tips on how to adopt our Voice and Visual Identity. There is also a publication where you will find a detailed overview of all the colors, fonts, and guidelines with regard to our new visual identity. It is called «Tell Rotary’s story – Voice and Visual Identity Guidelines for Rotarians». This publication contains many examples and tips on how to adopt our look.
You will find useful material to promote your club projects in your community.

19. GET CONNECTED

20. GET CONNECTED – DID YOU KNOW…?
Have you visited a club outside your district?
Did you know you can connect with over 1,2 million members from Nordkapp to Capetown.
Club activities, social events, and volunteer projects offer networking opportunities that build personal and professional connections.

21. GET CONNECTED THANKS TO MY ROTARY AT www.ROTARY.ORG
Discover all the possibilities with My Rotary offers to you to connect with the members of our Rotarian family worldwide. Rotary International’s website is offered in 8 languages.
(How do you get connected? Have you ever connected through Rotary tools, participated in a meeting of a club while abroad? How many Rotarians do you know in Nigeria? )

22. GET CONNECTED – CLUB FINDER
One way of connecting is through Club Finder. You can find clubs in almost any city, region and country through our website.
Ever wanted to stay with Rotarians during your visit to Florida, Melbourne or Dar es Salam? Go on and take a look.

23. GET CONNECTED – ROTARY CLUB LOCATOR APPLICATION
Lists clubs in the area
Provides directions
Allows you to Sync the club meeting schedule
Option to donate via SMS to PolioPlus
Saves your application settings
You can also find a club meeting wherever you are simply by using your mobile:
Search by city, state, country and meeting day
The application allows you to:
Find clubs in the area
Look up the club meeting location, day, and time
Provides maps of the selected Club
Provides directions to the club.
Lists the club president and secretary contact details and offers the ability to add these to your address book
Offers the ability to sync Club Meeting Schedule through your mobile calendar
You can donate via SMS to POLIO fund
It saves your favorite clubs and saves your application settings

24. GET CONNECTED – CONNECT FOR GOOD & OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Perhaps you have already used Rotary’s Club Finder to seek out like minded individuals? The top two reasons people join Rotary are to give back to their communities and to connect with like-minded leaders and friends. Our members stay with Rotary year after year for the same reasons. What motivated you to join Rotary? What have you set out to accomplish with your club and as a Rotarian?
Rotary’s ‘Get Connected’ publication will help you:
Get involved – develop your leadership skills and knowledge .
Connect for Community - Ask you to set out what you wish to accomplish with your club and as a Rotarian?
Go Global through Rotary – Browse projects in Showcase, attend Rotary events to exchange ideas, attend the international convention and learn with other Rotarians, give to PolioPlus and join the movement to end Polio.
Rotary’s Official Directory contains:
- Overview and pictures of general officers, committees
Action groups (literacy, dementia...)
History (Past presidents, conventions...)
Contacts for trips abroad, events, partnerships
and Fellowships which leads us to our next topic.

25. GET CONNECTED THROUGH FELLOWSHIP
Lawyers
Music
Old and Rare Books
Past District Governors
Photographers
Military Veterans
Rotary Fellowships are independent, social groups that share a common passion. Being part of a fellowship is a fun way to make friends around the world.
Why not take a look for one which may be of interest to you.

26. GET CONNECTED THROUGH ACTION GROUPS
Note to presenter – the example on the right side is of an Action Group, please choose a local group if one is available.
Rotarian Action Groups help Rotary clubs and districts plan and carry out community development and humanitarian service projects in their area of expertise. The groups are organized by Rotarians and Rotaractors who are proficient, and have a passion for service, in a particular field.
By joining a Rotarian Action Group, you can engage in meaningful service activities outside your own club, district, or country. By partnering with a Rotarian Action Group, your club or district gains the support of experts for planning and implementing a project.
You can find out more by ing:

27. LEARN MORE
Let’s take a look at our Leaning Center where you will find a host of resources such as useful courses and user guides for the tools we have just discussed (RCC, Ideas, Showcase).

28. MORE INFORMATION IN MY ROTARY
Learn by Role
Learn by Topic
About Rotary
Policies & Procedures
Document Center
Learning Center/ Webinars
You will find these resources within our Learning & Reference section in My Rotary
Perhaps you could make it your challenge for next week to visit the Learning Center or to review your club’s achievements on Rotary Club Central? If your club is not on Rotary Club Central, wouldn’t it be a great opportunity to volunteer to list the goals for this year?
Let’s take a look at some of your next steps.
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