SPEAKER NAME: Kathy Hutchison

BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION:
The Beat - Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Program
Stroum Jewish Community Center
Mercer Island

EMAIL: / PHONE: 206-232-7115 x273

DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM:
I can present on multiple topics related to exercise, but I'm particularly interestedin presenting information on heart disease. I have a lecture called "Do Your Part - Take Care of Your Heart" that has worked well in this type of enviroment.

Kathy Hutchison is the Wellness and Rehabilitation Director for the Stroum Jewish Community Center where she runs the cardiac prevention and rehabilitation program called The Beat. She received her M.S. in Exercise Physiology from California State University at Hayward and her BS in Biology from University of California at Santa Barbara and is an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Health/Fitness Instructor. Kathy has worked in cardiac rehabilitation for nine years, first at the YMCA of San Francisco and now at multiple locations in the Puget Sound. She has also worked to provide Wellness Programming for the members of the YMCA and SJCC that include lecture series, and a health , fitness and wellfare fair. Currently she lives in Ballard with her husband and two dogs.

SPEAKER NAME: Walt Bennett

BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION:
Village Tutors
718 Griffin Ave. #6
Enumclaw, WA 98022

EMAIL: / PHONE: 360.825.2591 ext. 3281

DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM:
This dynamic and engaging Presentation highlights a community based program providing free tutoring in all subjects for all students. Village Tutors, piloted in Enumclaw with the Enumclaw Rotary as the Enumclaw + Black Diamond Tutoring Program, is being codensed into a 'franchise' resource package and will soon be available to Rotary clubs and communities throughout the district to start in their own communities.

SPEAKER NAME: Mike Peringer

BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION:
www.urbanartworks.org
Good Kids the Story of Artworks
2732 Third Avenue South,
Seattle, WA 98134

EMAIL: / PHONE: 206.292.7449

DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM:
In Good Kids, community leader Mike Peringer, presents an integrated, principal-centered approach for creating social change. Based on the true story of ArtWorks, Good Kids charts the amazing results that occur when community leaders and juvenile justice centers work together to re-incorporate at-risk youth back into the community.

In Good Kids, Mr. Peringer discusses what it took to get the program going, shares its success stories as well as failures and inspires others to act by providing key advice on how to implement similar programs in your community. Interspersed throughout the book are inspirational stories, many written by youth and inspired by the kids that benefited from ArtWorks. These stories offer a glimpse into the actual experiences of many of the affected youth. Good Kids calls all of us to roll up our sleeves, and make a difference in our communities.

Michael Peringer was born in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington. After attending Law School and Graduate School at the University, he entered the business world. He started ArtWorks as a result of a grant to the SODO (South of Downtown) Business Association, an organization he founded. Mike’s civic efforts have garnered him several awards, including the Jefferson Award and the Seattle Police Department’s Citizen Appreciation Award. He published Lifeline to the Yukon, a history of the Yukon River and has authored numerous articles.

He is married, the father of five and has seven grandchildren. He lives near downtown Seattle.

ROTARY PROGRAM UNIVERSITY

Training Program for Rotary Club Program Chairs & Their Committees & An Ongoing Sharing of Best Practices for Great Rotary Programs
by David Endicott, Rotary District 5030, Seattle & Surrounding Areas

April 19, 2008 ~ Several months ago, DGE Jesse asked me to develop my idea of having a kind of “program for programs” as a training session for club program chairs. When I discussed it a few weeks ago with DGN Nancy, she agreed and hoped it can be extended into her year.

It starts with the realization that Rotary does very little to prepare incoming program chairs to do their jobs of booking speakers for their clubs (what many consider the glue that holds clubs together week-in and week-out). When you look at any Rotary website, including RI’s, and try to find something about “programs,” you quickly realize that in Rotary-speak, “programs” means activities or on-the-ground service projects. In the past, there have been some lists of speakers sent around from time to time in District 5030. And I’ve distributed my own lists of speakers, including the topics I’ve heard them speak about and their direct contact information. And I’ve held a couple of break-out sessions at District Assemblies to talk with program committee members about this. But little has been done in any organized fashion to help program chairs and program committees do their jobs better.

The idea behind Rotary District 5030’s “Rotary Program University” is to help program chairs/committees understand what Rotary programs should be about: service to the club; service to club members; service to the broader community in which the club is located; and a powerful membership development and club PR tool. Rotary Program University will examine speaker selection; topic selection; pre-meeting speaker orientation, i.e., don’t ask for contributions, etc.; speaker evaluation; best practices; what your options are in event of a last-minute speaker cancellation (EVERY program chair I talk with LOVES this topic); decision-making in program committees and who REALLY makes the final decision; the relative values of being speaker-driven and being topic-driven; leadership succession in club program committees; varying ways to organize program responsibility (one year-long chair vs month-by-month program chairs and other variations); utilizing programs to foster better/broader/deeper discussion in the local community about important community topics; inviting non-Rotarian local community leaders in to hear specific speakers/topics in which they may be interested; cataloguing programs for future use; and other ideas.

I am assembling Rotary Program University for larger clubs, and Ken Noreen, Shoreline Breakfast Rotary, on behalf of smaller clubs. Other Program Chairs have expressed interest, too. In our opinion, EVERY Rotary District should be doing this. And, to the best of my knowledge, none are. I believe that Jesse and Nancy intend that we can develop the model here in 5030 that can then be shared with other Rotary Districts.

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Rotary Program University Course #1 - Weekly Programs
Weekly_Programs.doc

 

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David Endicott served two consecutive Presidents (Nancy Lucks and Bill Center) as Program Chair of the Rotary Club of Seattle. He has been Vice Chair for Programs three previous years and has served on the Program Committee for 11 of his 12 years in Seattle Rotary.