Speaker: Rushton Hurley
Date: Nov 23, 2009
Our Internet Communication Chair, Rushton Hurley, travels around the United States helping teachers to use multimedia and online tools to help better engage their students in their learning. This week, he takes a shot at teaching us how to tell the stories of what we do as we serve our communities using a digital tool that you probably already have on your computer.
Speaker: Budi Soehardi
Date: Nov 16, 2009
Our speaker is Budi Soehardi, a Rotarian who with his family has built an orphanage in Timor. His story is one of ten one can read in this year's CNN Heroes: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact. From these ten one will be chosen for the Hero of the Year after voting ends this Thursday. His story is powerful, and all the more so when one understands that his pilot's salary has been the principal source of support for the orphanage. This month, however, he is losing his job as a result of airline budget cuts, but believes that like so much of the experience with the orphanage, things will work out. We always ask our guests to contribute the cost of a meal toward our club's projects, but today, we ask for something more: please consider supporting Budi with your vote at the CNN website (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/).
Speaker: Dr. Francine Hardaway
Date: Nov 09, 2009
This week's meeting is by one of our own, Dr. Francine Hardaway. She describes herself as one who has been a member of Rotary, "on and off," for over a decade, but joined our club in June of 2008. Francine is well-known for the work she does to promote young businesses, and has special insights on the possibilities of entrepreneurship. As an entrepreneur, she built the largest marketing/public relations firm in Phoenix, Arizona before leaving it to join Intel, and now is a founding partner of Stealthmode (http://www.stealthmode.com/), including writing a widely-read blog on its web site. Francine was an Entrepreneurial Fellow at the Berger Center of the Eller School of Business, University of Arizona and has taught entrepreneurship at several Arizona colleges. She makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona and Half Moon Bay, California. Today you will read about her work to make entrepreneurship an avenue for young people with formidable challenges. Enjoy the program!
Speaker: Tom Hofeller
Date: Nov 02, 2009
Dr. Tom Hofeller developed the early reapportionment by computer system in the early '70s in Southern California, was co-founder of the Rose Institute at what is now Claremont McKenna College and along with his teaching and research careers worked on many campaign strategy committees, especially for Republican candidates. In 1982 he joined the Republican National Committee (RNC) in Washington D.C. as MIS director and later Redistricting Director, has assisted the U.S. House Committee on House Oversight with respect to Subcommittee on the census and became staff director of the Subcommittee in 1998. After spending 4 years in again with the RNC as Redistricting Director he was appointed by the Bush Administration to work at the Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency. He currently is a consultant on redistricting for the RNC in Washington D.C.
Speaker: Dale Ferrario
Date: Oct 26, 2009
FreshBrain - Fostering Creativity This week's speaker is Dale Ferrario, president of FreshBrain. His is a company seeking to provide more engaging, hands-on learning opportunities for teenagers everywhere. In the presentation, you will learn how technological tools can help kids connect to their learning and possibilities in powerful and novel ways, including a couple of examples of what students have done in the FreshBrain online environment. I heartily recommend you click on the picture that launches the video about the Boy Scouts - it's an amazing piece! As always, please take time to leave a comment as you finish the meeting. Does this effort remind you of a class you once had in school? What was it in your youth that helped you see that you were capable of more? Also, as always, we invite you to donate the cost of a meal at a traditional club after you finish the meeting. These funds help our eClub with its various service projects around the world. Thanks for joining us this week!
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