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Club Name
Country	USA	District	6040
Training Audience	Club level
Type of training	Leadership Development
Best Practice	I noticed the new Leadership publication and thought it would be a good tool for the club trainer. We do one topic every month and it has been a great success.
Resources	We used the publication Leadership Development:Your guide to Starting a Program.
Results	It seems our members skills have enhanced, particulary with communication. We are getting along better and accept new ideas with ease.
Contact	Liz Lapp
Web Site		E-mail	elizabeth.lapp@rotary.org
Phone		Fax

Club Name
Country	Philippines	District	3830
Training Audience	District level
Type of training	Leadership Development, Training tips, Rotary Info, Train the trainer
Best Practice	District Trainer's Circle - a fellowship of club trainers<br>A group of club trainers that meets regularly to share training tips, develop training, and share Rotary information to help develop a comprehensive training plan for their clubs.
Resources	RI Web site (www.rotary.org), <i>Training Talk</i> e-newsletter (www.rotary.org/training/trainingtalk), <i>District Trainer's Manual</i>, and other local training resources
Results	Members of the District Trainer's Circle are better informed of Rotary, leadership development training, and training best practices essential to the development of effective clubs and Rotary's future.
Contact	PP Marge I. Lamberte
Web Site		E-mail	web@rotary.org
Phone	(632) 826-4697	Fax	(632) 8264697

Club Name
Country	Singapore	District	3310
Training Audience	District level
Type of training	Leadership Development, Training tips, Train the trainer, Incoming Officer
Best Practice	Use of PowerPoint, an overhead projector, and flipcharts can increase the effectiveness of key points of a training session.
Resources
Results	good feedback...
Contact	CHEW Ban Seng
Web Site	http://www.rotaryeclub3310.org	E-mail	web@rotary.org
Phone	65 91869763	Fax

Club Name
Country	USA	District	5520
Training Audience	Club level
Type of training	Leadership Development
Best Practice	The Institute for Leadership is a highly professional, interactive two-day event that changes the way participants think about and approach leadership. This training helps participants build insight about “being a leader” and the importance of maintaining high ethical values
Resources
Results	Enhancement of personal growth and further development of leadership skills of Rotarians, allowing them to better serve and benefit their communities, their families and their business endeavors.
Contact	Irving J. "Sonny" Brown
Web Site	http://www.instituteforleadership.info/index.htm	E-mail	N/A
Phone	915-584-5511	Fax	915-584-6315

Club Name
Country	USA	District	6960
Training Audience	Club level
Type of training	Leadership Development, Structured Programs, Membership development, Rotary Foundation
Best Practice	Sunshine Division, Rotary Leadership Institute In 2004, District 6960 held a Rotary Leadership Institute session - Part I only. Since that time, the Rotary Leadership Institute has become a permanent fixture. Our club strongly encourages (pays for and emphasizes) that all committee chairs and incoming officers participate.
Resources	None. All came from the Rotary Leadership Institute.
Results	Outstanding. The word is out that if someone wants to become a leader in our club, they must take the Rotary Leadership Parts I, II, and III.
Contact	Jim henry
Web Site	http://www.rlitraining.org	E-mail	web@rotary.org
Phone	(941) 955-8761	Fax

Club Name
Country	Malaysia	District	3310
Training Audience	District level
Type of training	Leadership Development, Training tips, Train the trainer
Best Practice	First create awareness of the issue, be authentic and be consistent, and commit to action, followed up by critical evaluation. Blow the trumpet when there is a success story to share.
Resources	First create awareness of the issue, be authentic and be consistent, and commit to action, followed up by critical evaluation. Blow the trumpet when there is a success story to share.
Results	Very good
Contact	B S Chew
Web Site	http://www.rotaryeclub3310.org/index.asp	E-mail	web@rotary.org
Phone		Fax

Club Name
Country	USA	District	7330
Training Audience	Club level
Type of training	Leadership Development, Incoming Officer
Best Practice	I drafted one page handout to outline the role and responsibilities for incoming club leaders. It outlines the protocol for everything from thanking the speaker at a weekly meeting to serving as vice president. This handout is distributed at the conclusion of a leadership training session. I kept it short so it will get read and the individual has a guide that he or she can refer to in the future.
Resources	<i>Manual of Procedure</i>, <i>Club Committee Manual</i>, club traditions, and club-specific materials
Results	Modest improvement in performance.
Contact	W E Speakman Jr
Web Site		E-mail	web@rotary.org
Phone	724-228-4465	Fax	724-228-4777

Club Name
Country	USA	District	6960
Training Audience	Club level
Type of training	Leadership Development, Structured Programs, Membership development, Rotary Foundation
Best Practice	Sunshine Division, Rotary Leadership Institute In 2004, District 6960 held a Rotary Leadership Institute session - Part I only. Since that time, the Rotary Leadership Institute has become a permanent fixture. Our club strongly encourages (pays for and emphasizes) that all committee chairs and incoming officers participate.
Resources	None. All came from the Rotary Leadership Institute.
Results	Outstanding. The word is out that if someone wants to become a leader in our club, they must take the Rotary Leadership Parts I, II, and III.
Contact	Jim henry
Web Site	http://www.rlitraining.org	E-mail	web@rotary.org
Phone	(941) 955-8761	Fax

Club Name
Country	Canada	District	5050
Training Audience	District level
Type of training	Leadership Development, Incoming Officer
Best Practice	At our District Assembly we hold a targeted session for the PNs with the DGN. We offerred that for the first time in 2006 and it was VERY well received by the parties. In 2007, the PN class requested more training earlier in their PE/planning year than what we historically offerred. That historical Training was a 1-day Pre-PETs session just after International Assembly and then our 3-day Multi-District PETS. We developed a series that we called KINDER-PETs (like kindergarten!). This consisted of a series of emails either from the DGE or the District Trainer that started in September, and were sent about every 2 or 3 weeks. The email contents were single topic introductions of ideas or specific topic training, and they were also archived on our District website.
Resources	email, District website. Rotary information like the ABCs of Rotary were a great resource for the item topics.
Results	We found we were able to hit the ground running at Pre-PETS and the pre-training ensured all the PEs had the same basic information as a starting point.
Contact	Carol Tichelman
Web Site	http://www.district5050.org	E-mail	carol@tichelman.com
Phone	604-792-8111	Fax	604-792-8104

Club Name
Country	USA	District	7450
Training Audience	District level
Type of training	Leadership Development, Training tips, Incoming Officer
Best Practice	Copying from other Districts, we changed the District Assembly from a 1/2 day Monday morning to a 3 PM to 8:30 PM Wednesday including dinner. What happened that was special was a 90 minute section from 4 PM until 5:30 PM where we had breakout sessions for the following: Membership development Public Relations and Websites Presidents-elect Vocational Service Youth Community Service International Service Rotary Foundation Our District Foundation. Through publicity, which started at the first Pre-PETS meeting in January, weekly e-mails, hard copy letters and support from the assistant governors, attendance was 210 people - double the previous year representing all but two district clubs. Over 50 Rotarians were involved in planning, leading the discussion groups, publicizing and executing the event.
Resources	Materials were prepared by the district, but the best materials were brought to the event by the various committees.
Results
Contact	Bob Lankin DG 2005-06
Web Site	http://www.Rotary7450.org	E-mail	web@rotary.org
Phone	215-887-9990	Fax	215-887-9986