Recommendations for Leadership Courses in the RI Learning Center
Rotary prides itself on ensuring our leaders have the resources necessary to lead our clubs, committees, districts, and more. This Learning Center is designed to offer you recommended learning modules on the Rotary International Learning Center depending on your position.
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| Mentoring Basics | This course will provide you with practical information on how to be a mentor. |
| Area Governor Basics | The Rotary learning center has a “get ready: assistant governor” learning module this module consists of four parts. To do each part completely will take at least 2 1/2 hours. Individual parts describe club relations and guidance, enhancing club performance and membership. |
| Working with Your Team |
https://learn.rotary.org/members/learn/course/638/working-with-your-district-team This course will help Rotary leaders to understand district leadership team structures and responsibilities. It also provides useful information regarding required district roles, committees, subcommittees, and qualifications and responsibilities for each of them. Additionally, this course provides detailed information for optional committees and subcommittees and responsibilities associated with them. |
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Becoming an Effective Facilitator Total Time: 30 min |
https://learn.rotary.org/members/learn/course/643/play/5222:962/becoming-an-effective-facilitator This course highlights the importance and value of facilitation and will focus on how effective facilitators can guide people to achieve their goals. This interactive course introduces a number of facilitation techniques and provides sample scenarios to help you practice facilitation skills. |
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Building Rotary’s Public Image Total Time: 15 min |
This interactive course explains the importance of Rotary’s public image and your role in not just raising awareness of Rotary but also helping people actually understand Rotary and Rotarians. |
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Best Practices for Engaging Members Total Time: 30 min. |
https://learn.rotary.org/members/learn/course/94/BestPracticesforEngagingMembers This course will help you develop strategies for engaging people at all stages of membership. |
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https://learn.rotary.org/members/learn/course/107/is-your-club-healthy Take this course to help your club stay valuable to your members and your community. |
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Total Time: 4hrs and 45 min |
Looking for ways to help your club succeed? Get advice on planning for your year, creating an engaging club experience, and working with your leadership team to help your club run smoothly. Consists of eleven separate courses, each taking 15 to 45 minutes. |
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How to Start a Community-Based Rotaract Club Total Time: Appr. 20 min
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Learn why community-based Rotaract clubs are a great addition to your community and |
| Rotary Programs for Youth Leaders |
https://learn.rotary.org/members/share/asset/view/1246 This Training Provides Useful information to President Elects about how Rotary’s programs |
| How to Run a Meeting |
This presentation will provide you with practical information on running a Rotary
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Getting Started with the Learning Center (15 min)
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This Module will help you familiarize with the Learning Center Basics |
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Total Time: 4hrs and 45 min |
Looking for ways to help your club succeed? Get advice on planning for your year, creating an engaging club experience, and working with your leadership team to help your club run smoothly. Consists of eleven separate courses, each taking 15 to 45 minutes. |
| Essentials of Understanding Conflict (30 min) | In this course, you will learn the essentials of how to understand, manage, and resolve conflict. You’ll define conflict and learn about the main types of conflict. You’ll explore conflict management styles, their applications, and begin to assess your own style. You’ll also review steps to solve conflict and think about how you can apply that to all kinds of conflicts you encounter yourself. |
| Practicing Flexibility and Innovation | A rigid club is no fun at all! If you find that your club’s rules are preventing members from getting the experience they want from Rotary, try changing them. Research shows that flexibility can help attract new members and keep current members engaged. This course includes a case study. |
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Total Time: This can be viewed in easy 20-minute increments. A total of one hour. |
The structure of Rotary consists of three parts: clubs, directors, board of trustees. All three parts together describe the functions of Rotary, individual tasks and responsibilities of the executive team, the composition of the board of trustees and directors. It also gives the reader a general sense of how the foundation is run. |
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Using DACdb to Assess Growth ad Membership Leads
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DACdb stores historic membership trends on your club’s dashboard while the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) provides a useful tool for managing information on prospective members and their status. Learn how to maximize your club’s growth potential using this tool. |
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Total Time: 15 min. |
Despite more than a century of Rotarians creating change in communities around the globe, many people don’t understand what Rotary is, how we’re different, and why they should engage with us. To thrive in the 21st century, Rotary needs a strong identity. And while every Rotarian’s experience is unique, how we tell Rotary’s story should be consistent. One of the first steps to use the Rotary brand and its symbols appropriately. This course will help you understand Rotary’s brand; the benefits of a consistent, recognizable brand; and how you can strengthen Rotary by being a brand champion.
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Training for Incoming Club Leaders
- Presidents-elect training seminar teaches incoming presidents about their role and how to work with assistant governors in setting their goals. Use the Presidents-elect Training Seminar Leaders’ Guide.
- District training assembly helps presidents-elect build on the leadership skills they obtained at their training seminar, while incoming club leaders learn their new roles. Club leadership teams refine their goals for the year. Use the District Training Assembly Leaders’ Guide.
- District membership seminar prepares club and district leaders for membership activities including attracting and engaging members.
Training for Club Leaders and Members
- District Rotary Foundation seminar educates club Rotary Foundation chairs and other members about The Rotary Foundation and how to support and promote it. Use the District Rotary Foundation Seminar Leader’s Guide and Lead Your District: Rotary Foundation Committee Manual.
- Grant management seminar trains presidents-elect or designated club appointees on how to successfully manage Rotary grants. Use the Grant Management Seminar Leaders’ Guide.
- Rotaract district leadership training informs emerging Rotaract leaders, Rotarians, and non-Rotarians about the benefits of Rotaract. Use the Guide for District Rotaract Representatives.
- District public image seminar trains club leaders on strategies they can use to improve Rotary’s public image. Use the District Public Image Seminar Guide.
- District conference gives Rotarians a chance to meet new friends, hear inspirational stories, and discuss important matters to clubs and Rotary International. Use the District Conference Manual.
Training for District Leaders
- District team training seminar prepares assistant governors and district committee leaders for their roles and provides an opportunity to work on their district goals. Use the District Team Training Seminar Leaders’ Guide and Slides.
Dear Presidents-Elect, President Nominees, and Area Governors,
Our District Education committee has put together an education plan for our Pre President-Elect Training program that will be all virtual (pre PETS). Much time and planning has gone into the selection, review, and time allocated to each module.
We have posted the levels of learning necessary for each of your positions on the site, with direct links to the Learning Center on the Rotary International website.