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Rotary Learning Center Courses

Please note that the links below will require you to FIRST login to MyRotary in order to access the content.

Learn everywhere and anytime with Rotary’s Learning Center. Take courses, find resources, connect with an online community, and track your progress.

DOWNLOAD THE LEARNING CENTER COURSE CATALOG PDF VERSION.  updated October 2024

CLUB LEADERSHIP COURSES

CLUB LEADERSHIP COURSES LANGUAGES STATUS

Club Administration Committee Basics
Learn about your role and plan for your year as a club administration committee member.
·         Getting Started With the Learning Center*
·         Get Ready: Club Administration Committee
·         Working with Your Club Leadership Team
·         Managing Club Business
·         Rotary’s Action Plan and You
·         Minimizing Risk
·         Rotary Club Central Resources*
·         Protecting Personal Data

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Club Membership Committee Basics
Learn about your role and plan for your year as a club administration committee member.

  • Getting Started With the Learning Center*
  • Get Ready: Club Membership Committee
  • Working with Your Club Leadership Team
  • Leading Effective Committees
  • Is Your Club Healthy?
  • Creating an Inclusive Club Culture
  • Best Practices for Engaging Members
  • Strategies for Attracting New Members
  • Online Membership Leads
  • Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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 *Updated

Club President Basics
Learn about your role and begin planning for your year as president.

  • Getting Started With the Learning Center*
  • Get Ready: Club President
  • Managing Club Business
  • Working with Your Club Leadership Team
  • Minimizing Risk
  • Rotary’s Action Plan and You
  • Best Practices for Engaging Members
  • Rotary Club Central Resources*
  • Online Membership Leads
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
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Club President Intermediate
Now that you know the basics of your role, learn how to make your club more vibrant, attract and engage members, represent, and promote your club, and lead change.

  • Is Your Club Healthy?
  • Vibrant Clubs in Action
  • Creating an Inclusive Club Culture
  • Promoting Your Club as People of Action
  • Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment
  • Protecting Personal Data
  • Rotary’s Change Model
  • Protecting Youth Program Participants
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Club Public Image Committee Basics
Learn about your role and plan for your year as a club public image committee member.

  • Getting Started With the Learning Center*
  • Get Ready: Club Public Image Committee
  • Working with Your Club Leadership Team
  • Leading Effective Committees
  • Our Logo: Representing Rotary
  • Promoting Your Club as People of Action
  • Public Relations and Your Club
  • Rotary’s Action Plan and You
  • Promoting Rotary on Social Media
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Club Rotary Foundation Committee Basics
Learn about your role and plan for your year as a club Foundation committee member.

  • Getting Started With the Learning Center*
  • Get Ready: Club Rotary Foundation Committee
  • Working with Your Club Leadership Team
  • Leading Effective Committees
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
  • The Power of Giving
  • Fundraising Basics
  • Rotary Club Central Resources*
  • Protecting Personal Data
  • Rotary’s Action Plan and You
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Club Secretary Basics
Learn about your role and plan for your year as secretary.

  • Getting Started With the Learning Center*
  • Get Ready: Club Secretary
  • Managing Club Business
  • Working with Your Club Leadership Team
  • Online Membership Leads
  • Rotary Club Central Resources*
  • Protecting Personal Data
  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment
  • Minimizing Risk
 EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, SV, ZH, BG  *Updated
Club Service Projects Committee Basics
Learn about your role and plan for your year as a club service projects committee member.

  • Getting Started With the Learning Center*
  • Get Ready: Service Projects Committee
  • Working with Your Club Leadership Team
  • Minimizing Risk
  • Leading Effective Committees
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
  • Our Logo: Representing Rotary
  • Rotary’s Action Plan and You
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Club Treasurer Basics
Learn about your role and plan for your year as treasurer.

  • Getting Started With the Learning Center*
  • Get Ready: Club Treasurer
  • Managing Club Business
  • Working with Your Club Leadership Team
  • Minimizing Risk
  • Protecting Personal Data
  • Rotary Club Central Resources*
  • Rotary’s Action Plan and You
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Leading Effective Committees

Manage your committee effectively by learning how to set goals, motivate other members, plan productive meetings, delegate tasks, and cultivate leaders.

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Managing Club Business

As a club president, secretary, or treasurer, you’re responsible for managing your Rotary or Rotaract club effectively and efficiently. Learn about how to amend your bylaws, report members, and manage club finances.

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Rotary Club Central Resources

Ready to set some goals? Check out the resources we have to help you manage your goals and service activities.

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Vibrant Clubs in Action _

Learn from clubs around the world that are taking intentional action to engage members — creating distinctive experiences, conducting meaningful projects, and trying new ideas that make them more vibrant, active, and visible in their communities.

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Working with Your Club Leadership Team

Learn how you can work with other club leaders to plan activities, structure committees, engage members, and set and achieve goals for your club.

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DISTRICT LEADERSHIP COURSES

DISTRICT LEADERSHIP COURSES LANGUAGES STATUS
Assistant Governor Basics
Learn about your responsibilities, how to prepare for your role, and working with your team to meet clubs’ needs.

  • Getting Started With the Learning Center*
  • Get Ready: Assistant Governor
  • Working With Your District Team
  • Supporting Your Clubs
  • Maximizing Governor Visits
  • Rotary’s Action Plan and You
  • Rotary Club Central Resources*
  • Online Membership Leads
  • Protecting Personal Data
  • Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment
  • Rotary’s Change Model
  • Essentials of Understanding Conflict
 EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH  *Updated
District Alumni Committee Intermediate
As part of the alumni committee, you’ll develop relationships with alumni and strategies for engaging them in Rotary. This learning plan will assist you in your role.

  • Get Ready: District Alumni Committee
  • Protecting Youth Program Participants
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District Committee Basics
Get training for your role as a district committee chair. These courses are relevant to any district committee. For information on a specific committee, search courses for “Get Ready District.”

  • Getting Started With the Learning Center*
  • Working With Your District Team
  • Leading Effective Committees
  • Rotary’s Action Plan and You
  • Protecting Personal Data
  • Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment
  • Rotary’s Change Model
  • Essentials of Understanding Conflict
 EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH  *Updated
District Finance Committee Intermediate
The district finance committee and the governor have an important role in helping the district run smoothly and staying financially strong. Learn best practices for managing district funds, governor expenses, and protecting the district against risk.

  • Managing District Finances
  • Minimizing Risk
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District Governor Advanced
As the governor, you set the direction for your district and its officers to follow to help clubs succeed. As you prepare to start your term, these courses will help you manage the challenges you may face.

  • Uncovering Unconscious Bias
  • Microaggressions
  • Essentials of Understanding Conflict
  • Fundraising Basics
  • he Power of Giving
  • Building Rotary’s Public Image
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District Governor Basics
Ready to get started on your path to becoming a governor? These courses – designed to supplement your governor-nominee training – will help you prepare. Learn about your role and responsibilities, how your district team can be successful, how to run your district events, and more. These courses are best completed before your governor-nominee training.

  • Get Ready: District Governor-nominee
  • Working With Your District Team
  • Your District Events
  • Rotary’s Action Plan and You
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
  • The Rotary Brand
  • Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment
  • Protecting Personal Data

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District Governor Intermediate
Your governor-elect year is all about planning and learning about your role. These courses, along with your in-person governor- elect training, will help you prepare for a successful term. Learn best practices for working with your team, effective club visits, managing your district, and more. These courses are best completed before your governors-elect training seminar.

  • Get Ready: District Governor-elect
  • Maximizing Governor Visits
  • Managing District Finances
  • Managing Grants and Foundation Funding
  • Minimizing Risk
  • District Elections and Council Representatives
  • Online Membership Leads
  • Starting a Club
  • Our Logo: Representing Rotary
  • Protecting Youth Program Participants for Governors
  • Rotary’s Change Model

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District Interact Committee Intermediate
The District Interact committee oversees all Interact activities in the district. Learn how to empower Interactors in your district, grow and promote the program, and implement Rotary’s youth protection policies.

  • Get Ready: District Interact Committee
  • Getting Started: Service-Learning for Advisers
  • Supporting Participants: Service-Learning for Advisers
  • Protecting Youth Program Participants

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District International Service Committee Intermediate
Learn how to connect Rotary and Rotaract clubs to mentors in the areas of focus, increase your understanding of grant management, and promote your role to clubs.

  • Get Ready: District International Service Committee
  • Areas of Focus
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
  • Advising Planners of Rotary Grants
  • Grant Management Overview
  • Becoming an Effective Facilitator

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District Learning Committee Intermediate
As a district learning facilitator, you help leaders grow and give members the skills to excel in Rotary and beyond. Learn more about your role and responsibilities and gain the knowledge you need to manage learning events effectively.

  • Get Ready: District Learning Committee
  • Your District Events
  • An Introduction to Adult Learning
  • Managing a Learning Session
  • Becoming an Effective Facilitator
  • Conducting Online Learning Events

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District Membership Committee Intermediate
Learn about your role on the district membership committee and explore your key responsibilities around developing new clubs, managing online member leads, and more.

  • Get Ready: District Membership Committee
  • Starting a Club
  • Nurturing New Clubs
  • Online Membership Leads
  • Is Your Club Healthy?

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District Public Image Committee Intermediate
Learn more about the concepts behind Rotary’s brand identity and the importance of promoting and communicating our brand and core messages in a consistent way.

  • Get Ready: District Public Image Committee
  • The Rotary Brand
  • Building Rotary’s Public Image
  • Our Logo: Representing Rotary
  • Promoting Your Club as People of Action
  • Using Rotary’s Trademarks

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District Rotaract Committee Intermediate
Learn more about your role working with Rotaract clubs, how to best support them, and train them.

  • Get Ready: District Rotaract Committee
  • Managing a Learning Session
  • Conducting Online Learning Events
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
  • Using Rotary’s Trademarks

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District Rotary Foundation Committee Intermediate
As a member of the district Rotary Foundation committee, you help plan, coordinate, and evaluate Foundation activities. Learn about your role and how to raise funds for the Foundation, manage grant activities, recruit and recognize donors, and steward district funds properly.

  • Get Ready: District Rotary Foundation Committee
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
  • Managing Grants and Foundation Funding
  • Fundraising Basics
  • All About Rotary Peace Fellowships
  • Our Logo: Representing Rotary
  • The Power of Giving

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Get Ready: District RYLA Committee

Learn how your committee can create, promote, and support your district’s Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program. You’ll also find resources about RYLA and Rotary’s youth protection policies.

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Minimizing Risk

As a club or district leader, learn what you need to know to reduce risk and use insurance to protect yourself, others, and the club or district.

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President’s Representative Basics
These courses will help you prepare for your role as a president’s representative to a district conference.

  • Getting Started With the Learning Center*
  • Develop a Speech
  • Deliver a Speech
  • Committing to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Uncovering Unconscious Bias
  • The Rotary Brand
  • Our Logo: Representing Rotary
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
  • Rotary’s Action Plan and You
  • Strategies for Attracting New Members
  • Best Practices for Engaging Members
  • Promoting Your Club as People of Action

 EN, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT

 *Updated

Rotary Action Group Basics
Rotary Action Groups connect Rotary members and friends around a shared area of expertise and allow them to use their skills to support clubs and districts with international service projects. These courses help Rotary Action Group officers and board members succeed as leaders of a global Rotary Action Group.

  • Getting Started with the Learning Center*
  • Get Ready: Rotary Action Group Leader
  • Protecting Personal Data
  • Rotary’s Change Model
  • Essentials of Understanding Conflict
  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment
  • Protecting Youth Program Participants

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 *Updated

Rotary Fellowships Basics
Rotary Fellowships help Rotary members and friends build a global community around shared hobbies, passions, professions, and identities. These courses help Rotary Fellowships officers and board members succeed as leaders of a global Rotary Fellowship.

  • Getting Started with the Learning Center*
  • Protecting Personal Data
  • Rotary’s Change Model
  • Essentials of Understanding Conflict
  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment
  • Protecting Youth Program Participants

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 *Updated

Working With Your District Team

Whether you’re a returning member of the district team or a new one, take this course to learn what the district team does and how you can work together to support clubs.

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Your District Events

This course is for district governors, assistant governors, district trainers, and district training and conference committee members. Learn about the major events that you’ll organize and how working together can make those events more successful.

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FUNDRAISING COURSES

FUNDRAISING COURSES

LANGUAGES

STATUS

Fundraising Basics

Learn best practices, techniques, and concepts to help you in your fundraising efforts.

EN, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT

No change

The Power of Giving 

Our donors’ impact to the Foundation is vital. Learn about the Foundations funds and programs that benefit from your donations.

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 No change

GENERAL

GENERAL LANGUAGES STATUS

All About Rotary Peace Fellowships

This course will provide a general program overview of the Rotary Peace Fellowship, including information about the Rotary Peace Centers, qualification requirements, eligibility restrictions, and the application cycle.

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Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Learn more about Rotary’s DEI statement, what DEI means, and how you can put it into practice to create positive experiences.

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Getting Started with Learning Topics

Learn how to use the learning topics feature of the Learning Center. These social learning features include the ability to add relevant documents and resources to topics, the ability to ask questions, and create favorite lists.

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Getting Started with the Learning Center

Watch this video to make the most of the Learning Center.

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How to Propose Enactments and Resolutions

Find out how to write and submit legislation to the Council on Legislation and Council on Resolutions.

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Nominating an RI Director

Learn about the process of nominating the next director from your zone and how you can help make the best choice.

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Preventing and Addressing Harassment

Take this course to learn how you can create a harassment-free environment in your club.

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Protecting Personal Data

Learn how to identify and protect the personal data of Rotary participants.

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Protecting Youth Program Participants

This module will help you to apply and address youth policies in your club or district.

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Rotary Basics

The course was designed for new members, but it can also be a great refresher for other members or even nonmembers who simply want to know what Rotary all is about.

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Rotary Foundation Basics

Take this course to learn more about The Rotary Foundation, its programs, grants, and funds.

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Rotary’s Action Plan and You

Learn how Rotary’s Action Plan can help your club increase its impact, expand its reach, better engage its members, and keep adapting to a changing world.

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The Importance of Eradicating Polio

Eradicating polio is Rotary’s top humanitarian priority. Since Rotary and our partners formed the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, the incidence of wild polio cases has decreased by 99.9%. But polio anywhere in the world puts children everywhere at risk. Learn about why it’s so important that we maintain our efforts to end polio and how you can take action.

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LEARNING FACILITATOR COURSES

LEARNING FACILITATOR COURSES

LANGUAGES

STATUS

An Introduction to Adult Learning

Learn the fundamental theories of adult learning and use these in your facilitation delivery to enhance your participants’ learning experience.

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Becoming an Effective Facilitator

Learn about the value of facilitation and how effective facilitators can guide people to achieve their goals.

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Conducting Online Learning Events

In today’s world, our colleagues, project partners, and program participants may be spread around the world. Offering learning events online can bridge these physical distances, accommodate busy schedules, and create more inclusive, accessible learning environments.

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District Learning Facilitator Seminar Leader’s Guide

This guide will help you prepare district learning facilitators for their role in planning Rotary learning events for incoming club leaders. The sessions will help district learning facilitators create their curriculum, plan their learning events, and prepare their facilitators. You can also tailor the sessions to your participants’ needs as you plan this zone-level seminar.

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District Team Learning Seminar Leader’s Guide

This course contains materials for learning facilitators to download and use to conduct the District Team Learning Seminar. The purpose of this event is to inspire and prepare assistant governors and district committee chairs for the Rotary year ahead.

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District Training Assembly: A Seminar for Incoming Club Leaders

This course has downloadable materials for district training assembly organizers and facilitators. The purposes of this seminar are to prepare incoming club leaders for their roles and to build club leadership teams. The seminar also gives the district leadership team the opportunity to motivate and build their relationships with club leaders.

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District Vibrant Club Workshop Leader’s Guide

This course contains materials for learning facilitators to download and use to conduct the District Vibrant Club Workshop. The purpose of this workshop is to inspire members to support and engage in activities that are in line with Rotary’s Action Plan. It contains a zip file with session guides and worksheets.

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Facilitator Basics
Understand how to effectively manage learning events, whether they are in person, virtual, or hybrid. These courses are recommended for anyone who facilitates learning sessions.

  • An Introduction to Adult Learning
  • Becoming an Effective Facilitator
  • Managing a Learning Session
  • Conducting Online Learning Events
  • Hybrid Meetings

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Facilitator Orientation Seminar Leaders Guide

This course contains materials for facilitators to download and use to conduct Facilitator Orientation. The purpose of this seminar is to prepare facilitators to lead informative and fun sessions. It is intended to reinforce and further develop their skills and to help you communicate your expectations for learning events. It contains a zip file with session guides and worksheets.

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GNLS and GELS Leader’s Guide

Learning facilitators can use and adapt these materials to conduct the governors-nominee learning seminar (GNLS) and the governors-elect learning seminar (GELS), which prepare participants to lead their districts by discussing common issues, effective strategies, and best practices.

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Grant Management Seminar Leader’s Guide

This guide has session outlines and worksheets that that you can use or adapt to conduct your grant management seminar. The event is aimed at preparing grant committee members and other Rotary members who want to take part in grant-funded projects.

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Managing a Learning Session5

Learn techniques for preparing your learning environment and managing it effectively.

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President-elect Training Seminar Leader’s Guide

This course contains materials for learning facilitators to download and use to conduct the Presidents-elect Training Seminar. The purpose of this event is to inspire and prepare presidents for the Rotary year ahead. It contains a zip file with session guides and worksheets.

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MEMBERSHIP COURSES

MEMBERSHIP COURSES

LANGUAGES

STATUS

Best Practices for Engaging Members 

Take this course to learn strategies for engaging people at all stages of membership.

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Creating an Inclusive Club Culture 

Creating a club culture that is welcoming to everyone starts with having conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Discussing these topics takes time and isn’t always easy. This course will help your club hold these discussions, assess its policies and practices, and make changes to create a more inclusive culture.

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Diversify Your Club

In this course, you’ll find strategies for diversifying your club and building relationships with new groups.

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Is Your Club Healthy?

Help your club stay valuable to your members and to your community by using regular checkups to assess what’s working and address what’s not. This course helps you identify opportunities for growth and sustainability, offers strategies to remedy outdated practices, and advises you on how to manage change.

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New Member Basics
Welcome to Rotary! These courses are designed to help you take full advantage of your membership in either a Rotary club or a Rotaract club.

  • Getting Started with The Learning Center*
  • Rotary Basics
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
  • Rotary’s Action Plan and You
  • Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • The Importance of Eradicating Polio*

 EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

 *Updated

Nurturing New Clubs

New club supporters can learn their roles for helping new clubs achieve success. This course provides best practices for guiding new clubs during their formative years.

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 Updated

Online Membership Leads

This course will help you learn how membership leads work, how to use them to get new members, and how to offer candidates a positive experience with Rotary.

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Starting a Club

Learn about the process of starting a Rotary, Rotaract, or satellite club; get tips for talking to prospective members; and find out how you can maximize your new club’s success. This course is for both Rotary and Rotaract members and those who want to become members.

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Strategies for Attracting New Members

Learn how to improve the club experience to make it attractive to visitors.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

LANGUAGES

STATUS

Building Consensus

This Toastmasters course focuses on developing the skills needed to demonstrate effective, inclusive leadership. The topics advanced in this course include creating an inclusive environment, listening skills, and decision making.

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Collaboration

This Toastmasters course focuses on understanding and developing leadership and collaboration skills. The topics introduced in this course will cover building trust, increasing empathy, and recognizing the strengths of others.

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Communication Skills
Build your skills by reviewing the principles of good communication in four courses developed through an alliance between Rotary and Toastmasters International.

  • Develop a Speech
  • Deliver a Speech
  • Inspirational Speech
  • Interpersonal Communication and Networking

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Deliver a Speech

This Toastmasters course focuses on the basics of delivering a speech. The content focuses specifically on the use of body language and the effective use of vocal variety.

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Develop a Speech

This Toastmasters course focuses on developing speech content possible based on topic, audience, and goal. It outlines how to prepare and organize a speech so that a member can focus on delivery rather than what to say next.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Basics
Learn about Rotary’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Look at your own biases, learn about microaggressions, and find out how to resolve conflict.

  • Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment
  • Uncovering Unconscious Bias
  • Microaggressions

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Intermediate
Design a plan to create and maintain an inclusive club and understand the power in connecting with diverse communities. Learn how to lead change to diversify your club in a way that promotes equity and builds consensus.

  • Rotary’s Change Model
  • Creating an Inclusive Club Culture
  • Diversify Your Club
  • Building Consensus

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Essentials of Understanding Conflict

In this course, you will learn the essentials of how to understand, manage, and resolve conflict.

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Forgiveness, Societal Healing, and Rotary
Forgiveness is an essential component of creating environments of peace. These courses will provide members with resources to help reflect on the key concepts and practices of forgiveness at an individual level as well as a societal level, enabling us to incorporate them into our relationships and communities.

  • Introduction to Forgiveness and Societal Healing
  • Interpersonal Forgiveness
  • Societal Healing
  • Forgiveness, Societal Healing, and Rotary

 EN

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Hybrid Meetings

2020-21 RI President Holger Knaack introduces a tutorial hosted by Jim Margraff of the Rotary Club of Lamorinda Sunrise, California, USA, and The Global Impact Group on how to conduct a club meeting with in-person and virtual attendance.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

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Inspirational Speech

This Toastmasters course focuses on recognizing how to engage, persuade, or inspire an audience. The content focuses on the specific knowledge needed to succeed in persuasive speaking and motivational speaking.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

 No change

Interpersonal Communication and Networking

This Toastmasters course focuses on building and maintaining professional relationships and networks. The topics introduced in this project include creating beneficial relationships, maintaining and building a network, and recognizing other points of view.

 EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

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Leadership Basics

This Toastmasters course focuses on fundamental leadership skills. The specific goals of the course are to introduce the ideas of motivating others, leadership integrity, and team inclusiveness.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

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Leadership Skills
Learn more about how to lead by reviewing the principles of effective leadership in four courses developed through an alliance between Rotary and Toastmasters International.

  • Leadership Basics
  • Leading a Team
  • Collaboration
  • Building Consensus

EN, ES, FR, IT, JA, PT

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Leading a Team

This Toastmasters course focus on leading a small team. The topics introduced in this course will cover creating a positive environment, goal setting, and delegation.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

 

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Mentoring Basics5

In this course you will learn the role, responsibilities and benefits of being a mentor to an adult professional.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT

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Microaggressions

This course will help you understand the impact of microaggressions and learn how to respond to them in ways that uphold Rotary’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, SV, ZH

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Resiliency
These courses are for members interested in resiliency and peacebuilding. These courses were originally designed for Rotary Peace Fellows and have been adjusted for members.

  • Resiliency
  • Safety and Security
  • Dealing With Trauma
  • Self-care

 EN

 No change

Rotary’s Change Model

Learn the basics of how to manage change, including how to succeed in leading it, how to assess people’s readiness to make changes, how to plan for change, and how to respond to any resistance.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

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Uncovering Unconscious Bias

All of us have unconscious biases that affect our decisions and interactions. Uncovering these biases and learning how to counteract them can help us create more inclusive communities and avoid unintentionally harming others.

EN, ES, FR, IT, JA, PT, ZH

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PUBLIC IMAGE COURSES

PUBLIC IMAGE COURSES

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Building Rotary’s Public Image 

Explore the importance of Rotary’s public image and your role in not just raising awareness of Rotary but also helping people actually understand us.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, BG

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Our Logo: Representing Rotary

Learn how to customize your logo so you can link your Rotary, Rotaract, or Interact club, or your district or zone, to the good that Rotary does around the world.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

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Promoting Rotary on Social Media

Social media offers a powerful way to promote Rotary and your club to people who are already involved, as well as to partner organizations, possible donors, and prospective members. Learn the basics of using various social media platforms and how to create posts that will connect with people.

 EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT

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Promoting Your Club as People of Action

Learn how to present your club members as people of action, which helps build awareness of Rotary and the impact you make. You’ll learn how to tell a compelling people of action story, create powerful visuals, and use the public image materials to show how your club is taking action to make the world a better place.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, BG

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Public Relations and Your Club

Learn strategies for getting your club noticed, increasing awareness of its projects and initiatives, and publicizing its impact.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, BG

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The Rotary Brand

This course will help you understand Rotary’s brand; the benefits of a consistent, recognizable brand; and how you can strengthen Rotary by being a brand champion.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, BG

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Using Rotary’s Trademarks

Learn how your club, district, or other Rotary entity, such as a Rotary Action Group or Rotary Fellowship, can use Rotary names and trademarks correctly. You’ll also learn how to use these in alignment with Rotary’s vision and brand to promote your events and service projects and build recognition in your community.

 EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

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SCHOLAR AND SERVICE COURSES

SCHOLAR AND SERVICE COURSES

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Areas of Focus5_

Learn more about Rotary’s Areas of Focus and how they inform and support the service done by Rotarians worldwide.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, IS

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Cadre Adviser Basics
The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers provides expertise to Rotarians who are planning or implementing Rotary grant projects. These courses show Cadre advisers how to complete useful community assessments, plan sustainable projects, audit them, and evaluate their impact.

  • Grant Management Overview
  • Planning for Sustainable Impact
  • Conducting a Community Assessment
  • Project Planning
  • Scholarships
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Financial Management
  • Reporting
  • Protecting Youth Program Participants
  • Club Qualification
  • Advising Planners of Rotary Grants
  • Conducting a Site Visit

 EN, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

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Cadre Adviser Intermediate
Learn how to conduct specific site visits and find tools to assist you in gathering information.

  • Grant Model Evaluation Overview
  • Sustainability Site Visits

 EN

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Grant Management Recertification 2024-25

Interested in applying for a global grant and you have already completed the ten course series Grant Management Seminar? This course can serve as part of the required training on grants in order to qualify your club to apply for global grants. Check with your district on their specific requirements around training.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, SV, ZH

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Grant Management Seminar
These courses will look at a grant from start to finish. It’s best to take these courses before you start thinking about the type of global grant activity you want to do.

  • Grant Management Overview
  • Planning for Sustainability
  • Conducting a Community Assessment
  • Project Planning
  • Scholarships
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Global Grant Financial Management
  • Measuring and Reporting Our Impact*
  • Protecting Youth Program Participants
  • Club Qualification

 EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, SV, ZH

 *Updated

Increase Your Impact
Learn from experts how to increase the impact of your local and international service projects by implementing successful activities on a larger scale and designing programs that achieve results.

  • Scaling Impact for Transformative Change
  • What is a Theory of Change?
  • Using a Theory of Change

 EN, ES, FR, JA, KO, PT

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Orientation for Global Grant Scholars
Are you ready to make a difference in the world? These courses will send you on your way. This learning plan will help you prepare for your upcoming study experience. You’ll learn more about Rotary, what to do before you leave, strategies for a successful stay, and how to handle issues while you’re traveling and when you return home.

  • Rotary Basics
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
  • Orientation for Global Grant Scholars
  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment
  • Staying Involved with Rotary

  EN, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT

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Orientation for Vocational Training Teams
Are you ready to make a difference in the world? These courses will send you on your way. This learning plan will help you prepare for your upcoming travel experience. You’ll learn more about Rotary, what to do before you leave, strategies for a successful trip, and how to handle issues while you’re traveling and when you return home.

  • Rotary Basics
  • Rotary Foundation Basics
  • Orientation for Vocational Training Teams
  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment
  • Staying Involved with Rotary

 EN, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT

 No change

Service Learning for Advisers
Service-learning combines community service with learning objectives that empower young people to develop real-world leadership skills. These courses will introduce you to service-learning and teach you how it can be used to successfully empower participants. These courses are best completed before you begin supporting participants through service-learning.

  • Getting Started: Service-Learning for Advisers
  • Supporting Participants: Service-Learning for Advisers
  • Youth Guide for Service-Learning
  • Protecting Youth Program Participants

 EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

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Youth Guide to Service Learning

This course is for youth participants. Find out how to make an impact through service-learning, which combines community service with learning objectives that empower young people to develop real-world leadership skills.

EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH

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Code Language Code Language Code Language Code Language Code Language
EN English JA 日本語/Japanese AR Arabic KN Kannada RU Russian
DE Deutsch/German KO 한국어/Korean BG Bulgarian LI Lithuanian SE Serbian
ES Español/Spanish PT Português/Portuguese CZ Czech NL Dutch TA Tamil
FR Français/French SV Svenska/Swedish HU Hungarian PL Polish TH Thai
IT Italiano/Italian ZH 中文/Chinese IS Icelandic RO Romanian UK Ukrainian