Looking for training opportunities? You'll find them in this month's Training Talk.
Training Talk
October, 2020
Training Rotary leaders around the world
Reshaping Rotary’s future with online learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a challenge to the way Rotarians meet and provide training. But it has also provided an opportunity for Rotary to adapt and innovate.
We’ve seen that district and club leaders have turned to the Learning Center for resources and materials to help convert in-person training events to virtual learning sessions. Between April and June 2020, the number of people using the Learning Center rose from 2,800 per month to 10,000.
Some highlights of how the Learning Center has grown from its August 2018 relaunch to June 2020 include:
Members took more than five times as many courses in June 2020 as they did in August 2018.
The zones with the highest course completion rates are in Asia, Africa, and South America.
Our most popular courses are Getting Started With the Learning Center, Rotary Club Central Resources, and Protecting Personal Data.
In districts that receive Learning Center reports, an average of 9.3% of members use the Learning Center — four percentage points higher than districts that don’t receive reports. If you’re a governor, district trainer, district membership chair, or district Rotary Foundation committee chair, take the Access to Learning Center Reports course to get access to reports.
The Learning Center is ready to support your online learning future!
Featured breakout session recordings from the 2020 Rotary Virtual Convention
You can still access featured breakout sessions from the virtual convention on convention.rotary.org in Chinese, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Learn about new club types, digital trends, disruptive innovations, and engaging families in Rotary. Click the session title to access the recording. The recordings play best using the Chrome browser. You can find presentation materials that accompany the featured breakout sessions in the Learning Center.
Toastmaster courses to build your public speaking skills
Thanks to our friends at Toastmasters International, Rotarians and Rotaractors now have access to eight communication and leadership courses in the Learning Center. These courses are designed to improve your skills and increase your knowledge through online lessons, assignments, and peer evaluation — exactly what you need to become a better communicator, public speaker, and leader. Enroll today at rotary.org/learn.
Rotarians and Rotaractors are using many training platforms to conduct virtual training events. These platforms can manage registration, general and breakout sessions, virtual booths, and networking groups.
