Getting the most from Discussion Groups, Rotary Ideas, and Rotary ShowcaseProject Lifecycle KitChelsea Mertz and Rebecca Hirschfeld 14 March 2017

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Welcome to the webinar

Chelsea MertzCommunity SpecialistRotary Service Connections

Rebecca HirschfeldSocial Business Tools Specialist

Rotary Service Connections

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You will learn about the Project Lifecycle Kit:

• How to use Discussion Groups as a service project resource

• How to crowdsource using Rotary Ideas

• How to share your project’s story with Rotary Showcase

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You will:

• Discover new ways to connect with Rotarians

• Learn about a new online tool to help you find partners and gain the resources your project needs

• Share your story with the Rotary community quickly and easily

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REMINDER:

All attendees will receive a link to the slides and a recording of today’s session via email within 48 hours.

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Project Lifecycle Kit Fact

Use of the online tools that comprise the Project Lifecycle Kit (Discussion Groups, Rotary Ideas, and Rotary Showcase) have gone up 200% over the last 2 Rotary Years.

From 2015-2017 Adoption Data

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POLL

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Discussion Groups

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Discussion Groups

You can join Open Groups by clicking the JOIN button

You can sort groups by Newest Post, Oldest Post, Newest or Oldest Group

You can search for groups by

keyword, category and/or language

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Discussion Groups

Once you are a member of a group

you can post in existing discussions

You can also start new discussions

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Discussion Groups

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Rotary Ideas

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Rotary Ideas

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Rotary Ideas

Ideas.rotary.org

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Rotary Ideas

Creating a project:• Only club officers and Rotaract Presidents can create a

project• Promoting your project is paramount to its success

Contributing to a project:• Open to the public • Log in through My Rotary, Facebook, or Google• It is up to the creator to contact donors

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Rotary Ideas

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Rotary Ideas

Browse projects by keyword, club, contribution type, category, or

language

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Rotary Showcase

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Rotary Showcase

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Rotary Showcase

• The Showcase’s Impact Tracker shows the aggregate worldwide impact of Rotary Clubs

As of 15 February 2017… and climbing

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POLL

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Give us Your Feedback

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Questions?

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Thank you!

Register for upcoming webinars and access recordings of past webinars at www.rotary.org/webinars

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REMINDER:

All attendees will receive a link to the slides and a recording of today’s session via email within 48 hours.