Things Claire shared on Community Building

Fourteen (14) of Rotarians and guests came along on a cold Tuesday autumn evening at the Belgian Beer Cafe in Southbank on 14th May 2019 to welcome back Claire Halliday who spoke at our club about two (2) years ago on her books (Things My Father Taught Me & Things My Mother Taught Me).

Claire presented her topic on Community Building for Better Business and the believe of how the power of networking and community-building online can enrich organisations like Rotary. With her experience since launching a Facebook community for women writers in Australia, she explained that it helps writers at all levels to connect and learn from each other in a supportive online environment. With Rotary's online footprint ever expanding, it is important to ensure safety and assurance remains intact and everyone can benefit from such presence.

In addition to the evening, we had Kerry Gerraty from Upbeat Arts who helped us practise on a number of songs for the upcoming 20th Charter Anniversary of our club. It was a delightful Rotary meeting for sure!

We like to acknowledge the visiting Rotarians and guests that came:

• Guest Speaker
  • Claire Halliday
     
• Rotary Club of Brighton North
  • Past Assistant Governor (Batman Cluster) Kate Strain
     
• Guests           
  • Racquel Shroff (Global Education Solutions)         
  • Kerry Gerraty (Upbeat Arts)