3x to Success - An Entrepreneur’s Journey
Meeting for the week of March 22, 2021 - March 28, 2021
This Meeting at a Glance:
Program: 3x to Success - An Entrepreneur’s Journey
Speaker: Mitty Chang
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Welcome to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley!
Here’s a message from our Club President.
Welcome, everyone, to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley!
Rotary is a group of diverse individuals coming together to impact communities, locally and globally, by effecting positive change through service and philanthropy. Rotary also provides a framework for personal and business relationships, networking and fellowship.
We are glad you are here, and we are excited to share insights, innovative efforts, and good news from Rotarians around the world.
This week is our first Club Assembly. This is a very important meeting for all members to hear about what is going on in the eClub. The Board of Directors and Committee Chairs will be giving reports and updates. Join us on Saturday, March 27th at 13h PT.
Yours in Rotary service,
Raquel D’Garay-Juncal
President, Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley
president@siliconvalleyrotary.com
Guests, we are happy to have you join us this week!
As we see it, our flexibility as an online, asynchronous club allows a special type of service to Rotarians around the world: we make it easier for anyone to strive for and maintain 100% attendance. That keeps you engaged with Rotary's events and ideas, and provides a moment of inspiration for devoting your creativity, talents, and resources to good causes.
You are certainly not required to pay anything in order to attend our meetings. However, if you would like to make a small contribution to our service efforts, you are welcome to do so in our secure Happy Dollars section down the page. This could be what you normally pay at your own club's meetings for lunch, for example. Any amount is welcome, but first and foremost, we're happy you've joined us, and hope you will share with others who we are and what we do to help inspire Service Above Self.
And don't forget to fill out our attendance form so you get an email you can pass on to your club's secretary!
The Four Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships.
Of the things we think, say or do
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Weekly Funny with Shags.
We believe laughter is an important part of life, and we should all make time to laugh a little. This segment of our meeting is meant to tickle you just enough. These funnies are curated by member Steven "Shags" Shagrin !
Computer Problems
I told my boss, “Sorry I’m late. I was having computer issues.”
"Hard drive?" he asked.
"No, the commute was fine. It’s my laptop."
Weekly Inspiration
Every week we start our meetings with a short video highlighting innovation, inspiration, entrepreneurship, or social change.
This week, we'll remind ourselves how service can change the lives of young people. A big thanks to Member Cal Mann for sharing - he worked with the Interact club featured in this story!
World of Rotary
Every week we will focus on a particular story that tells of our organization and the work of Rotarians in the world.
Through a Rotarian's Lens
Sometimes a photo can capture an amazing moment. In this section Member Keith Marsh shares his incredible photography!
If you'd like to submit a photo for this section please contact Keith.
I met my astrophotography student Zac in Nicasio to show him how to photograph star trails. This cow pasture was away from traffic lights and allowed us to shoot toward the North Star (Polaris). Some clouds started coming in so we cut the shoot short. The lone cow on the hillside was an unexpected bonus.
Learn Something New
This section is curated by members Shags Shagrin and aims to teach our members and guests something new, fun, and useful! If you have any ideas on a fun trick or skill you'd like to share please contact Shags.
Zoom Fatigue???
YES!! Zoom Fatigue! It's a real thing, for sure. Having been a Zoomer for quite some time, and using other platforms for video conferencing since they were first available, I fell into the chasm of Zoom Fatigue. If you have too, here's a link to an article on how to manage it. May it serve you well!
https://news.stanford.edu/2021/02/23/four-causes-zoom-fatigue-solutions/
Service Report
Tell us about service you’ve done recently in your community.
Click here to fill out The Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley Service Survey
Being A More Engaged Rotarian - March 2021 Challenge
Dear eClub,
March is already upon us! For this month's challenge, we will be partnering with Miry’s List and helping sponsor the Mohammadzai Family from Afghanistan! They arrived to the U.S. in Mar. 2020 and resettled in Sacramento. They are Mom, Dad and 6 kids: 2 boys & 4 girls. They are all learning English and their most urgent needs are laptops and household items.
Here is their registry: tiny.cc/RECSVMIRY
If you remember, Miry gave a wonderful presentation to the eClub back in 2019. Watch it here!
Please post the following graphic on your social media as well to encourage others to join us!
Don't forget to post your engagement on Slack or Disqus if you can!
Our Events & Projects
We hold our meetings online, but we do regular service projects and social events in the Silicon Valley! The section is updated every week with our upcoming events. We welcome guests to all of the events and service projects listed here.
Upcoming Events:
All times are Pacific Time! (San Francisco time)
District 5170 Events
All times are Pacific Time! (San Francisco time)
More events coming soon! All events are open to guests, unless otherwise mentioned. Feel free to join us! If you ever have questions, please email inquiries@siliconvalleyrotary.com
Happy Dollars: Do Good by Sharing Something Good
Each week we ask our members to share stories with the club and toss in a few dollars to support our efforts. The primary goal of this section is to provide a fun way of getting to know each fellow members and guests, while giving back to a good cause.
Happy dollars is an opportunity to share something positive that has happened in your life whether it is personal or business. Think of it as your opportunity to brag a little, but also put a little bit into a karma jar. The money donated through happy dollars is put to charitable use, and the message that you leave for happy dollars will be posted in our online meeting the following week for the entire week for folks to see! (Pending that it’s appropriate!)
Here are the happy dollars contributions from last week!
This section is usually updated in the early hours of Saturday, so contributions made over the weekend may not be listed here.
Rory Olsen made a $20 donation.
Great springtime week. All is well. Please apply my gift to Polio Plus.
Nice, enjoyable week. Please apply it to Polio Plus.
Program: 3x to Success - An Entrepreneur’s Journey
Speaker: Mitty Chang
Every week we bring to you a new program on innovation, entrepreneurship, and education, and how those contribute to service to others.
The Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley seeks to explore perspectives on service from across the world. The views of the speakers in our programs are their own, and unless stated otherwise, are not necessarily reflective of the views of our eClub nor Rotary International.
If you have an idea for a cool speaker, please feel free to reach out to them directly or submit THIS FORM so our Program Committee can contact them!
Celebrate World Rotaract Week with a joint meeting recording between the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley and the Rotaract Club of Cupertino, with speaker Mitty Chang. As a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and member of Rotary programs for over 16 years, Mitty shares lessons learned through his life starting businesses and being involved in Interact, Rotaract, and Rotary.
Charter Member and Past President Mitty Chang is an entrepreneur, business owner, professional speaker, world traveller, Rotarian, and Rotaractor. Mitty founded his first company at age 13 and joined the Rotary family as an Interactor when he was 14 years old. Mitty has started two Rotaract Clubs and Big West Rotaract MDIO and was part of the team that founded the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley. Mitty has served as Rotaract Club President, Rotary Club President, Past Chair of the Rotary International Rotaract and Interact Committee, Assistant Rotary Coordinator, Assistant Public Image Coordinator, and many other leadership roles within the Rotary family.
Mitty has spoken to Rotarians around the world at District Conferences, International Conventions, International Assembly, Zone Institutes, and everywhere in between on membership best practices and on how to attract young professionals into Rotary. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mitty is currently the CEO and President at Candeavor, an award-winning digital agency that provides web development and digital marketing services to companies throughout the country. In his free time, Mitty loves food adventures and travel.
Members and guests, please welcome Mitty Chang!
Upcoming Program Recording Schedule
All of our guest speakers and programs are recorded live online over Zoom video conference. We welcome members and guests to join us in one of these upcoming recordings. Recordings are approximately 30 minutes long and are subject to change without notice.
Our online video conference room link for these recordings is always http://zoom.siliconvalleyrotary.com/. You are welcome to join us! Please note the timezone listed for all recordings is US Pacific Time (San Francisco, California, USA).
If you can’t join the live recording, please send your questions for an upcoming speaker to programs@siliconvalleyrotary.com.
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