Welcome to the DisTec20 website. This page is the main resource for all information relating to the District 9700 Technology Training Seminar in Young on April 19th. The day starts at 10 am and goes till 4 pm. The address is Young Shire Council, 189 Boorowa Street, Young. Morning tea and lunch is included.
The training is targeted at club Presidents and Secretaries, however all Rotarians are welcomed. There is a very limited number of places available. 50 Rotarians is the maximum we can train. Since we are attempting to allocate a certain number of seats to each district, and at this time we do not know how the take up will go in each district, we are setting a cut off date of April 1st to enable us to allocate the positions equitably. So you are advised to register as soon as possible.The day is funded by district 9700, however we are reserving 25 places for Rotarians from District 9710.
We will provide training in beginning, intermediate and advanced ClubRunner. In addition to this and perhaps more important, we will be training 9710 members in the key areas of our integration into the new District 9705. The main objective is to train the Secretaries/Executive Secretaries and club IT specialists to the extent that every 9710 club brought into 9705 will be linked correctly with Rotary international.
In addition to ClubRunner training, we will be using valuable software tools that will advance your I.T. skills. A sample of the sessions include:
- Photo and graphics editing in the free powerful software program Gimp
- Video Conferencing using Zoom
- Taking photos with your smartphone and uploading to Facebook in minutes
Click below to view DisTec20 Promotional video (turn your speakers up).
DisTec19 is over and we had over 50 great students, helpers and support persons. After some teething problems with circuit breakers and computer hardware issues, the day settled into a relaxing learning experience with outstanding food from Ros and her staff. If you wanted to download some of the great showbag files, they are in the download box on your left. Email Paul if you have any followup questions or need anything else.
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On April 28, 2019 approximately 55 students and Presenters came together for the second annual District Technology Seminar. The group included 12 students from District 9710 including the District Governor Margaret Hassel. It was a fun day filled with challenges including power outages, circuit breakers, computer hardware glitches and a few other but, the end rusults were spot on. Lots of learning took place and new friends made and a great goofy photo of everyone acting silly was taken. See the photo below: |
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Class of 2017
On November 12, 2017 the inaugural District Technology Training Day was held in the Young town hall. Forty-five Rotarians registered for the training and the overall assessment average of the speakers by the attendees was 4 stars out of 5.
Below are some of the comments received from the end of the day feedback forms:
- A great event to be continued.
- Clubrunner, Word Press very interesting. Very interested to learn Zoom and Social Media. Lots of info to practise at home .
- Fabulous, informative and interesting day. Well planned and implemented. Congrats!
- Very informative in all regards. Well planned. It was wonderful to not have endure a sausage sizzle lunch!
- Thank you for allowing us to have Inter District sharing. Hands on excellent.
- Well done ALL!
- The day was pleasurable and informative.
- Enjoyed all activities. Would like a bit more time on GIMP. Great meeting new and old Rotarians. Well done, great day. Very well present. Congratulations.
Why should your club be represented at DisTec20?
- WE ARE IN A TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION
It’s an exciting and adventuresome revolution, and your club can ignore it or join it. If you join it, you will grow yourself, your club image and your club membership.
- TO POWER YOUR CLUB
Knowledge is power. At DisTec20 we will be distributing knowledge free of charge. Come and get it.
- TO GROW YOUR CLUB
DisTec20 is sponsored by Districts 9700/9710 and is open to all Rotarians from both districts. Our objective is to present the technology tools and technology options that will promote and grow your club.
