District Training Assembly
Welcome to District Training Assembly! Click on the sessions below and join us via ZOOM for 3 days of training, collaboration and FUN!
If you’ve never attended a District Training Assembly, now is your chance! This year’s District Training Assembly will be 100% virtual, and FREE for all!
- 15 Classes to choose from, you pick your 3 favorites!
- Join fun networking events, including cooking, wine tasting, and trivia.
- Hear guest speakers incoming Rotary International President Holger Knaack, PRI Director Brad Howard, and PRI Vice President Jennifer Jones
- …and more!
View the schedule below, customize your agenda, and register for your sessions.
Customize your DTA experience and engagement and choose the sessions based on your role or club goals.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
June 11th – 6:00 pm
PLENARY 1-Opening of the District 6990 Training AssemblyJune 11th – 6:15 pm
DG Peter Verbeeck is excited to meet with you and your classmates in a final preparation before you start your life-changing year.
June 11th – 6:15 pm
Club Secretaries for 2020-2021June 11th – 6:15 pm
Club Treasurers for 2020-2021June 11th – 6:15 pm
Assistant Governors for 2020-2021June 11th – 7:30 pm
Friday, June 12, 2020
June 12th – 6:00 pm
Join us for a fun-filled virtual Social led by our DGE Peter Verbeeck. DGE Peter welcomes our special guest Past Rotary International Vice President, Jennifer Jones!
June 12th – 7:00 pm
District Social: Wine Not!June 12th – 7:00 pm
District Social: Cooking with CristianoCALL IN: 646-558-8656 OR 301-715-8592 Meeting ID: 865 3134 1961 OR Click HERE to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86531341961
June 12th – 7:00 pm
Join PDG Jonathon Usher who is a comedy magician and performs in more than 180 shows per year at parties, functions, conferences and events all over New Zealand and Australia. Jonathon has been in Rotary since 1997 and has served as Past President, District Governor, District GSE Chair, and director of ShelterBox New Zealand.
June 12th – 7:00 pm
June 12th – 7:00 pm
Love to listen to music? Play music? Sing-a-long? Our own RC Miami President, Norby Rudel, musician extraordinaire, will be hosting a music jam for all you talented folks. Don’t think you can sing? Don’t worry about it! This is all about chilling with your friends and listening to good entertainment. Get your guitar tuned, sing some scales – but get ready for a great musical evening. We have a surprise guest from out of town as well!
Saturday, June 13, 2020
June 13th – 8:00 am
PLENARY 3: Rotary International President Elect Holger KnaackSession 1: 10:00am to 10:50am (Choose one)
June 13th – 10:00 am
ENGAGEMENT: Let’s Set Your Rotary Club on Fire! – Bob ArnoldJoin Rotarian Bob Arnold as he talks about how to excite, motivate, cajole, interest and satisfy your members and put more ROTARY in your Rotary Club. If you’ve never heard Bob present, you’ll walk away energized and jazzed for making your Rotary Club the best Rotary Club in the district!!
June 13th – 10:00 am
CALL IN: 646-558-8656 OR 301-715-8592 Meeting ID: 840 3279 3138 OR CLICK HERE TO JOIN https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84032793138
June 13th – 10:00 am
Cyndi will lead a discussion focusing on the engagement of our current members who are the key to the foundation and growth of our clubs. And yet, often we end up ‘taking them for granted’. This will be a session on how to make sure that each and every one of your club members feels a part of your club.
June 13th – 10:00 am
ADAPTABILITY: Creative Ways to Engage your club during pandemic-LaShonda DelivukWhile we have been distanced physically, we don’t have to be distanced socially. Rotary is a membership organization with a passion for service. Let’s engage our existing members, ignite our passion, and get creative with how we serve our local community and the world.
June 13th – 10:00 am
ROI: Polio-Update and help with pandemic-Nancy Barbee/John Nanni
Ever wondered about participating in a National Immunization Day? This session will give you an inside look at the similarities between Polio and COVID-19, as well as the current status of Polio in the world. John, a polio survivor, will give you his 3 P’s of polio and why we MUST eradicate this terrible disease.
Session 2: 11:00am to 11:50am (Choose one)
June 13th – 11:00 am
The Rotary Foundation has earned the highest rating of Charity Navigator. However, it is the generosity of Rotarians that have built the Foundation. How do we continue to demonstrate to Rotarians that their giving is important and is making a difference – both locally and globally – regardless of how big or small their giving is? Join us for this thoughtful discussion with Bryan Hulscher, Annual Giving Officer at The Rotary Foundation, and Joe Altschul, Annual Giving Chair D6990.
June 13th – 11:00 am
Geared to Club Membership Chairs – but open to everyone who has an interest in membership – this will be a practical discussion of what it takes to be an effective Chair with critical insight on how to perform the job (both pre and post-pandemic).
CALL IN: 646-558-8656 OR 301-715-8592 Meeting ID: 825 9590 2965 OR CLICK HERE TO JOIN: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82595902965
June 13th – 11:00 am
The youth are our future and Rotary has all the right programs to help develop, teach, and motivate young folks to become leaders and continue our legacy of making the world a better place. Hear from students as they share inspirational stories about the impact of RYLA.
Learn how your club can be involved in taking youth leadership training to the next level. And learn more about other youth programs you can get involved in!
June 13th – 11:00 am
Rotary was built on face to face interactions that created friendships that effected lasting change in our communities. With the challenges of today, fellowship looks very different. Does this mean that Rotary has lost one of its vital, core values, or will Rotary be able to adapt to a new way of connecting with each other and our community? Brad will explore the essential qualities of Rotary and why we should all be optimistic of Rotary’s future.
Brad served as RI Director (2015-17) representing Zones 25-26 on the west coast of the US. He has been on the front lines of the membership issue, researching, talking to folks, analyzing, and creating responses to the challenge we have with membership in North America. Join Brad for a thoughtful discussion about how we adapt to our ‘new normal’.
June 13th – 11:00 am
Join the conversation about the fantastic new Rotaract status and how Rotaractors can do greater things in Rotary as a new membership type.
Ignacio is the right person to be facilitating this discussion. A law graduate, and a Rotaractor since 2013 in Chile, he is a current member of the RI Committee “Elevate Rotaract Task Force”. He has held multiple positions at the district, multi-district, and international levels and has spoken at the Rotaract Pre-Convention, Rotary Convention, and Rotary Institutes. In addition, he has a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.
CALL IN: 646-558-8656 OR 301-715-8592 Meeting ID: 893 3144 7322 OR CLICK HERE TO JOIN: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89331447322
Session 3: 12:00pm to 12:50pm (Choose one)
June 13th – 12:00 pm
CALL IN: 646-558-8656 OR 301-715-8592 Meeting ID: 846 2977 2305 OR CLICK HERE TO JOIN: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84629772305
June 13th – 12:00 pm
ROI: Rotary’s Endowment: The Secret to Your Success – Josh Olewiler
Just as annual gifts to your favorite Rotary programs help people live better lives today, planned gifts to Rotary’s Endowment support these same life-changing programs forever. Please join us as Rotary Foundation Planned Giving Officer Josh Olewiler reveals these little-known alternative giving methods to help you maximize your long-term impact. Discover how you can personalize your Rotary legacy with gifts that have no effect on your wallet or could potentially transform your low-yielding assets into a regular income stream for yourself or a loved one.
CALL IN: 646-558-8656 OR 301-715-8592 Meeting ID: 898 243 2149 OR CLICK HERE TO JOIN: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89824392149
June 13th – 12:00 pm
Join this session to discuss the basics of building partnerships and to dream of how YOU can change lives using the Rotary Foundation’s global grant process. You will learn about empowering communities and assessing the strengths to develop a picture. You can make dreams real!!
Walter Hughes is one of the most active global grant Rotarians in the country. He has been very active in Africa improving the lives of children through education and sanitation.
June 13th – 12:00 pm
Creating new pathways into Rotary is essential to ensure our long term viability and success. Join this session to discuss an exciting new initiative that will create new and innovative clubs that allow us to attract members who we are currently not reaching.
CALL IN: 646-558-8656 OR 301-715-8592 Meeting ID: 892 0666 7014 OR CLICK HERE TO JOIN: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89206667014
June 13th – 12:00 pm
More than just a database Membership software, DaCdb is an ideal solution that offers flexibility and function in streamlining so many of your club tasks. Club Officers can especially leverage DaCdb to ‘get things done’, but it also provides great information for every member of the club. Join Mike, one of the developers and owners of DaCdb to learn more.