4. Encourage Rotaractors to
mentor Interactors
Invite Interactors to help with
your service projects—and
volunteer at theirs, too!
Connect Interactors with other
Rotary opportunities
Help graduating Interactors
find university or community-
based Rotaract clubs
5. Plan joint events, like a
networking night, or
develop a service project
together
Recruit Rotaractors for
RYLA or New Generations
Exchange
Assign Rotarian mentors
to Rotaractors
Invite Rotaractors to
present their successes to
your club
6. More Resources for Rotarians
Tips, resources, website banners, videos,
downloadable resources, and colorful promotion
cards to share with Rotarians in your districts
www.rotary.org/alumni
7. Turn New Generations into the Next
Generation of Rotarians
http://vimeo.com/rotary
8.
9. First date: Tell me about yourself! Why did you
join Rotaract? Why did you volunteer at this
event? Why did you come to our networking
night at the pub?
{Is there anything in between these two
conversations?}
Proposal: Would you like to join Rotary?
19. Connect online with
social media & webinars
Getting
Sign up for the New
support Generations e-newsletter
from RI
Email or call us
20. Contact Us
Email Social Media
rotaract@rotary.org Like Rotaract &
interact@rotary.org Interact
ryla@rotary.org
youthexchange@rotary.org Follow @rotaract
Watch Interact
videos
Join the Youth
Hinweis der Redaktion
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Rotary International has official structured programs for youth and young adults ages 12-30. Interact and Rotaract are service club opportunities, based in schools, universities, or communities, but young people can also participate in Rotary Youth Exchange—including New Generations Exchange—and RYLA throughout these years. As you can see, there are no “gaps” between these programs. Students can join Interact at 12—participate in Rotary Youth Exchange as a secondary school student—join a university-based Rotaract club that participates in RYLA—and, as a young professional, join a community-based Rotaract club and then a Rotary club. If all programs are active in your district, you have the best chance of keeping NG participants engaged from age 12 to adulthood.
06/07/12 Each year, thousands of young men and women participate in Rotary’s New Generations programs, which enable them to develop new skills, serve their communities, and foster international understanding. However, once young people complete their Rotary Youth Exchange, return from a RYLA event, or “outgrow” their Interact or Rotaract club, they can lose their connection to Rotary. What can YOU do to ensure that these motivated, dynamic young people stay engaged and involved in the Family of Rotary? There is a lot that you can do at the club level to introduce program participants to their next meaningful Rotary experience! The next slides cover tips for Rotarians for each program.
06/07/12 Interact is often a young person’s first Rotary experience. Rotarians can make sure that it is not their last Rotary experience by telling them about other opportunities like Rotary Youth Exchange, RYLA, and Rotaract. Rotary clubs can help Rotaract and Interact clubs connect. They can invite Interactors to attend Rotary club meetings and to help out at service projects. Rotarians can send representatives to Interact club meeting, turn out Rotarian volunteers for Interact service projects, and find leadership opportunities for Interactors at the district level. When Interactors turn 18, they may move to another city—or another district—for university or work. Celebrate this next step on their Rotary journey, and help connect them with a Rotaract club at their university or in their new community.
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06/07/12 As a Rotarian, you can help foster an environment in your district and around your club where Rotarians and New Generations participants work together as friends, colleagues, and partners in service. Set a goal for three joint activities over the year which may include a social event, a service project, or a professional development opportunity. Create mentorship relationships between individual Rotarians and Rotaractors. Do a joint service project with Interactors. And plan a social event that is interesting to Rotarians and New Generations participants alike. Remember, RYLA is the most flexible and adaptable of our programs, and it’s a great way to energize incoming leaders—connect young people who have participated in different programs—and celebrate the end of a university term or a school year. Tips, resources, website banners, videos, downloadable resources, and colorful promotion cards to share with Rotarians in your districts can be found at the link on this site. One of the cards has specific tips for staying connected with former program participants! In the next weeks, RI will be launching a survey that, for the first time, will gather information from both TRF Alumni, such as Peace Fellows, and former RI program participants such as YEX students in the same place. Also, Rotaract Member Access.
06/07/12 Video that supports this effort to create connections between NG programs and between NG programs and Rotary.
The structured programs of New Generations are not the only way to ensure that New Generations participants become Rotarians. You can develop opportunities locally, at the club or district level, that provide experiences for young people that develop them into qualified members as they get to know Rotary and your club’s Rotarians. A 32-year old former Rotaractor may not be ready for the responsibilities of Rotary membership, but he or she may want to volunteer at a Rotary service project, come to a professional networking night, join a team for a 5K charity run, bring his/her family to a picnic at the park, or participate in other district opportunities. Think about what comes between Rotaract and an invitation to Rotary club membership. Join our Facebook page Come to our social event Be a part of our professional networking night Help out at our service event Join or help start a community-based Rotaract club Participate in New Generations Exchange (18-25) Join a Rotary Fellowship or Rotarian Action Group Speak to our Rotary club about your experience at the Rotaract Preconvention or RYLA Join our Rotary club!
06/07/12 Community-based Rotaract clubs can play a vital role in your district. They can bring New Generations and Rotary Foundation alumni together. They can carry out service projects locally and globally. They can prepare young professionals for membership in Rotary. A community-based Rotaract club is made up of young adults, ages 18 to 30, in a city, community, or region. Since community-based clubs draw on a greater range of ages and backgrounds than university-based clubs, they have a more active, stable, and diverse membership. These capable and energetic young professionals can take on more challenging service projects, fundraisers, and events. They can work as true partners in service with Rotarians. In addition, these community-based clubs offer their members a Rotary-like experience even as they develop Rotaractors into qualified members. Community-based Rotaract clubs can provide that missing piece between your district’s youth activities and its membership development goals
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06/07/12 NG Promo Video Webinars—promote last year’s and teaser for this year’s TBD webinars Interact 50 th some ideas for celebrating at the local and district level District mailings Three preconventions—YEO, Rotaract, and RYLA in Lisbon