Rotary International

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INVIGORATING YOUR
PROGRAM
INSPIRE OTHERS TO GREATNESS!
BRUCE GOLDSEN, DISTRICT 6400
2018-19 RI YOUTH EXCHANGE COMMITTEE CHAIR

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Is this what your program looks like?

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Are students running to sign up for your program?

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Or does your program look more like this?

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Every year, the YEOs get older…

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…and the students stay the same

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•Recruit
•Mentor
•Encourage
•Train
•Inspire
HOW DO WE INVIGORATE RYE?

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•Provide volunteers with meaningful roles
•Improve our methods and frequency of
outreach to future students AND host
families
How do we grow?

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•Lack of succession planning
•Recruiting new volunteers and program
participants
•Getting caught in the “we’ve always
done it that way” paradigm
Some challenges are…

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Some opportunities are…
•Embracing new ideas
•Reinventing the program with the goal of
engaging students as alumni, and host
parents as Rotarians

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Leaders inspire
their committee volunteers
to greater heights!
But how?

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It helps to remember why
we do this.
Who are our “customers?”

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How can this
Preconvention help you
invigorate your program?

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Attend the breakout sessions:
• Social media
• Rotex
• Finding host families
• Training counselors
• Promoting RYE
• Improving your orientations
• Increasing program diversity

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DISCUSSION

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THANK YOU!
HAVE A GREAT
PRECONVENTION!

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WELCOME
PAUL REAGAN
TO THE STAGE

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WORKSHOP SESSION 2
13:30-14:20
B400 | Running Your District YE Program
B401 | Making RYE Accessible to All
B402 | Rotex: How can we include them in our program?
B702 | Social Media and Youth Exchange

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PLEASE ENJOY THE
LUNCH BREAK
WORKSHOP SESSION 2 WILL BEGIN AT 13:30