Rotary Resources

Here are a variety of Rotary and ROTI resources for you to download and use. You may also like to check out Rotary International's YouTube Channel for official videos from RI.

If you would like to keep a copy of a video available on YouTube, save2pc is a free tool which enables you to download videos from Google or YouTube and save them to your own computer in a format such as .avi or .mpg

Rotary Training

File Type File Description File Size
PowerPoint Group Study Exchange: An overview of GSE, including requirements and desirable attributes of the Team leader and team members. Most of the slides are generic, but the last few need to be customised for your district. Please leave a reference somewhere to Ron Nethercutt as the author of the presentation. 220 KB
PowerPoint Membership Development: This is a good basic presentation on what needs to be done to build you club's membership development program. It can easily be modified to work for your club or district. 137 KB
PowerPoint Rotaract 101: An overview of the Rotaract program, aimed at Rotarians, including what is expected of a sponsoring Rotary Club, and examples of Rotaract projects around the world. This was presented at a workshop at the Salt Lake City RI Convention. 4.45 MB
PowerPoint Rotaract Quiz: Created for training Rotaractors in an Italian district, this powerpoint can be adapted to quiz Rotaractors or Rotarians anywhere about their knowledge of both Rotary and Rotaract 5.50 MB
PDF ROTI Institute Booklet: A collection of the articles that have been published by the ROTI Institute. It is an excellent reference work for Club or District Officers and for Bulletin Editors or Webmasters who may be looking for material. 393 KB
PowerPoint The Rotary Foundation: A brief but eye-catching presentation on the Rotary Foundation. The presentation would make a nice addition to a Rotary Information session. 948 KB
PowerPoint The "Cyber" Fireside Chat: designed to present an overview about your Rotary club to new members. 1.06 MB

Rotary History

In 1933, Paul Harris gave a speech at the 24th annual Rotary International Convention. There was no video of this event, so Don Kemplen has animated pictures of Paul Harris and Ches Perry to present the speech in a visual context. [See also the YouTube page for this video]

File Type File Description File Size
MP3 Audio Paul Harris Speech: given at the 1933 convention in Boston 4.5 MB
PowerPoint A Century of Growth: created in August 2004 4.5 MB

ROTI Resources

File Type File Description File Size
PowerPoint ROTI PowerPoint presentation for the Osaka convention. 915 KB
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