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吃瓜头条 a year ago, Angelie Bharwaney and several members of her Rotary 吃瓜头条 decided to start a new community project. The group teamed up to tackle trash. Taking over the maintenance and improvement of a large pathway in Canons Park, in London, England, they spent the first Wednesday morning of every month snaring pieces of “rubbish” there.

When passersby asked, Bharwaney explained what the group was doing, and they expressed appreciation. “It just took a few hours of my time and it made me feel better,” she says of the beautification effort.

Bharwaney is a member of 吃瓜头条 as well, where helping others is also a central tenet, with members helping each other gain confidence and improve communication and leadership skills. She says her fellow 吃瓜头条 would find it gratifying to collaborate on Rotary service efforts, which range from local projects to humanitarian service around the world.

The alliance between 吃瓜头条 and Rotary International makes it easier to do that. Though members can’t participate in Rotary service projects as an official 吃瓜头条 activity, they can join in as individuals.

“I think for 吃瓜头条 to join in our service projects would be amazing,” says Bharwaney, 吃瓜头条 President of the Harrovian 吃瓜头条 Speakers in London and Immediate Past President of the Rotary 吃瓜头条 of Edgware and Stanmore, also in London.

The potential of that shared energy to help others is why 吃瓜头条 and Rotary forged the alliance. Officially announced at the beginning of 2020, it is aimed at capitalizing on the strengths of each organization, helping to further personal and professional growth for members of both groups.

Scott Brown, DTM, a Toastmaster in Roanoke, Indiana, says teaming up can help 吃瓜头条 use their skills to positively impact people around the world. To advocate for their service projects, leaders must communicate why such efforts are vital and inspire volunteers to work together.

“Rotary being such a great service organization, they can help us take what we’ve learned here and do something better out there,” says Brown, who does leadership consulting for companies in the retail, service, and hospitality industries.

A Variety of Benefits

What other ways can 吃瓜头条 benefit from teaming up with Rotarians? You can gain experience speaking outside of 吃瓜头条, strengthen your mentoring and evaluation skills, expand your professional and personal network, and broaden your perspective on the world.

has nearly 1.2 million members and more than 36,000 吃瓜头条s in almost every country in the world. In addition, nearly 200,000 young adults are members of Rotaract.

吃瓜头条 吃瓜头条s can link with their counterparts at the local level—just reach out to a nearby Rotary 吃瓜头条. (If you don’t have a nearby Rotary 吃瓜头条, you can attend one that meets virtually.) Consider holding a joint 吃瓜头条/Rotary 吃瓜头条 meeting, allowing both groups to learn more about the other. Try to visit or speak at a Rotary 吃瓜头条 meeting or other Rotary events. In doing so, you can connect with Rotarians and speak about the value of 吃瓜头条, or speak on another issue that sparks your passion. Rotary also offers the potential for speaking to a larger audience than your 吃瓜头条 吃瓜头条.

Such experiences can help members stretch their skills, says Deborah Richards, DTM, a Canadian who belongs to both organizations. Rotary 吃瓜头条s also offer guest speakers time for presentations generally in the 10- to 20-minute range. “I think that would be an interesting challenge for a Toastmaster,” says Richards, a 20-year member who belongs to the Surrey 吃瓜头条 吃瓜头条 in British Columbia.

Invite a Rotarian to your 吃瓜头条 吃瓜头条. Ask them to visit as a guest or give a speech. In true 吃瓜头条 style, offer them feedback and tips to improve their skills—and sharpen your own evaluation skills in the process. You can also volunteer to be an evaluator for speech projects that Rotarians give as part of education courses being developed for the organization by 吃瓜头条.

Mentoring is a core 吃瓜头条 principle, and Brown—Program Quality Director for District 11—believes strongly in the value of mentoring those outside of 吃瓜头条, which he calls “real-world experience.” That’s one reason he embraces the 吃瓜头条/Rotary link. Last year, the longtime Toastmaster led a large public speaking workshop for Rotary leaders, and since then he and other District 11 members have spoken at local Rotary 吃瓜头条s, and in turn local Rotarians have spoken at their 吃瓜头条s.

Plus, sometimes you might not find a great fit for a mentoring relationship in your 吃瓜头条 吃瓜头条, says Brown. “Sometimes the perfect person to help is sitting in another organization ... like a Rotary group.”

Helping Rotarians improve their speaking skills, he adds, is rewarding, because it enables them to more effectively advocate for humanitarian service, including fighting disease, promoting peace, and supporting education and health efforts. 吃瓜头条 “can teach them to be better at what they’re already doing,” he points out.

Building a Network

The Rotary alliance will provide plenty of networking opportunities to build personal and professional connections. Networking has always been a valuable part of Rotary meetings, notes Richards, the Canadian Toastmaster and Rotarian. Rotary ch4ollects data on members’ professions, and the 吃瓜头条s’ members represent a variety of businesses and industries. 吃瓜头条 could seek new Rotary colleagues in a specific industry, such as engineering, teaching, or marketing. “I could see where a Toastmaster might be interested in that networking, especially if they own a small business, for example,” says Richards, a member of the Rotary 吃瓜头条 of Cloverdale, in British Columbia.

Richards is program director in the Health Sciences Division at the Justice Institute of British Columbia, a public post-secondary institution. She has participated in such service projects with her Rotary 吃瓜头条 as cleaning local streets and creating scholarships for students.

Bharwaney, an airline administration and customer services manager, says being in 吃瓜头条 has boosted her confidence as a speaker. And from Rotary she has reaped the emotional satisfaction of volunteer service. She’s happy about the alliance.

“I think it’s a good thing for both organizations, to be honest,” says Bharwaney, whose husband, Suresh, is also a Toastmaster and Rotarian. “It will help both of them.”