We have collected some best practices from across our eight districts. Please feel free to utilize these resources for your club and district events.
Guide to Hybrid Club Meetings
As some clubs want to return to in-person meetings, it becomes vitally important to not lose any of the new members we have gained (or regained) during this pandemic, because Zoom calls were a practical way for them to participate in our meetings, whereas an in person attendance may not be acceptable to them. This could be for various reasons, such as different risk tolerance, being in a higher-risk group due to age or health conditions, geographic distribution, or simply less of a desire to spend 1 ½ hours to have breakfast or lunch together and more focus on service.
We want to make sure that our clubs are inclusive and do not alienate those new members, and the best way to achieve that seems to be the approach to Hybrid Club Meetings.
Guide to Running Zoom Webinars
Running a successful Zoom webinar requires a bit of preparation as well as knowledge of some specific Zoom features and settings that are critical for a positive user experience! In this document we have tried to summarize our experience from running several medium to large-scale online events throughout 2020, starting with a Three-club 100-year celebration that included RI President Mark Maloney to a Rotary Foundation fundraiser, to the Zone 28 & 32 Online Summit, in addition to several smaller district events.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
As a global network that strives to build a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change, Rotary values diversity and celebrates the contributions of people of all backgrounds, regardless of their age, ethnicity, race, color, abilities, religion, socioeconomic status, culture, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Rotary will cultivate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture in which people from underrepresented groups have greater opportunities to participate as members and leaders.
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in Rotary District 7930 is happy to share our collection of DEI resources, webinar recordings, and our governor’s DEI citation for Rotary Clubs with you.
Entering Club Goals into Rotary Club Central
A video tutorial about entering your Club Goals and their respective achievements into Rotary Club Central to help you achieve the Presidential Citation for your Rotary year.
Submitting a District Grant via ClubRunner
A video tutorial about submitting a district grant to the district foundation committee via the grants module in ClubRunner
Raise for Rotary Tutorial
A video tutorial about creating your personal fundraising page on Raise for Rotary as part of the NEPETS2021 team.
Social Media & Youth Exchange
A video about best practices for using social media tools in the context of Rotary Youth Exchange, which also includes sections about social media use for clubs and districts. This was originally presented at the 2020 Youth Exchange Officers Post-Convention to the Rotary International Online Convention in June 2020.
Zoom Closed Captioning Instructions
Learn how to change account settings in Zoom to enable Closed captioning for your future Zoom meetings and webinars, which will make it easier for people to enjoy your digital events who may be hearing impaired, as well as for those for whom English is not their first language
Keeping your Zoom client up-to-date
To take maximum advantage of all that NEPETS has to offer and have the best visual experience, please ensure that you follow these instructions to update your Zoom client software before the start of NEPETS.
Best Practices for Virtual Training
Clubs and districts are hosting virtual events more than ever before. Online training makes it possible for people to meet and learn from anywhere in the world.
Use this guide to help you plan and conduct online training events that achieve your goals.