Rotary International is over 100 years old and one of the most successful service organizations in the world, but people still ask the question, "What is Rotary?"
Rotarians are learning to have a good elevator speech at the ready. Michael shares versions of his elevator speech and how he explains Rotary International in this video.
[Note from Michael: I'm no longer single, thanks to the lovely Rene Pothetes, President-Elect of the Rotary Club of Troy Michigan. I'm keeping this video public until I can record a new version.]
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An elevator speech is the first ten seconds or fifteen words of an interaction. It's what a Rotarian might say when asked the popular question, "What's that pin for?" or "What is Rotary?"
Another common question for Rotarians is "What is Rotary?"
Lifetime Rotarian and motivational speaker, Michael Angelo Caruso, gives a darn good answer.
See what he says when someone points at the Rotary pin in his lapel and says, "What's Rotary?"
This video was recorded at the historic Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.
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Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace around the world.
It is a non-political, non-religious organization open to all people regardless of race, color, religion, gender, or political preference. There are 35,000+ member clubs worldwide and 1.2 million Rotarians.
Rotarians usually gather weekly for breakfast, lunch, dinner or other meetup to fulfill their first guiding principle to develop friendships as an opportunity for service.
The Rotarian's primary motto is "Service Above Self. Rotarians also believe that "One Profits Most Who Serves Best."
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Want more marketing tips to grow your club, raise more money and get attention for Rotary?
Join Michael Angelo Caruso’s "Get the Word Out Now" group on Facebook.
Rotary International is the largest and best international service organization in the world. Its stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace around the world.
It is a non-political, non-religious organization open to all people regardless of race, color, religion, gender, or political preference. There are 35,000+ member clubs worldwide and 1.2 million Rotarians.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with Rotary to eradicate polio. We’re “this close” to getting the job done and it will mark only the second time in history that a disease has been kicked off planet Earth.
Rotary clubs usually gather weekly for breakfast, lunch, or dinner to fulfill their first guiding principle to develop friendships as an opportunity for service.
The Rotarian's primary motto is "Service Above Self. Rotarians also believe that "One Profits Most Who Serves Best."
Join Michael Angelo Caruso’s “Get the Word Out Now” Facebook group for marketing tips.
Michael Angelo Caruso is a lifetime Rotarian. He currently belongs to the Troy Rotary Club of Michigan in District 6380.
Michael’s first experience with Rotary was through a Group Study Exchange (GSE) to South Africa in 1995. The GSE program is now known as Vocational Training Teams (VTT).
He was club President in 2013-14 and served as District Governor in 2016-17 and Zone 29 Public Image Chair in 2019-21.
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