Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work
Meeting for the week of August 02, 2021 - August 08, 2021
This Meeting at a Glance:
Program: Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work
Speaker: Jennifer Abrams
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Welcome to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley!
Here’s a message from our Club President.
Welcome to this week’s meeting of the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley.
August is Membership Month, so I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all our members for being part of our club and for all the hard work that you do to make our communities, and the world, a better place.
To our guests, particularly those that have visited us several times, if you are considering becoming a Rotarian, now is a great time to apply for membership! If this is something that you are considering, please reach out or leave a message at the end of this meeting.
Being a Rotarian provides you with a wide range of experiences and some of the benefits include friendship and fellowship; opportunities for personal and professional development; and the chance to Serve to Change lives locally and abroad. It's always fascinating to hear about the different journeys people have had with Rotary and it would be great to hear from each of you what being a Rotarian means to you, so please let us know by leaving a comment at the end of the meeting.
Brett Sham
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 !
Parking Lot Encounter
Wayne was returning home from a business trip, bags in hand, and slowly making his way to his vehicle in the crowded airport garage. Suddenly a large dark car screeched to a stop in front of Wayne, and the driver pointed menacingly at him. "Get in," the driver ordered. "I'll take you to your car."
Startled, Wayne took a step backward. "Ah...no thanks," he answered. "I can get there myself."
"No!" the man barked back as he threw open his passenger side door. "Get in!"
Wayne's eyes now darted around the garage, hoping to find a security guard.
Just then, the driver's face softened. "Please," he said, "I've been driving up and down for two hours. I can't find a space to park, and I want yours."
Weekly Inspiration
Every week we start our meetings with a short video highlighting innovation, inspiration, entrepreneurship, or social change.
What around you is so common that you don't notice it? It might be something designed to be noticed for safety reasons, and yet, people might not pay it any attention. If so, perhaps thinking outside the box is what's needed. This news story about a crosswalk at an elementary school might inspire us to think more creatively, as well.
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.
For years, I tried to find the best location to photograph the Milky Way over Mt Shasta. On my third attend, I found a spot just off the highway. The lighting of the snow capped peak was enhanced by "alpine glow" from a dramatic sunset.
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.
OK, FOLKS! It's now time to learn "how things are made"! I hope you enjoy these finds!!
First up: Bubble Gummmmmmm...
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
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.
Anonymous? made a Other Amount donation.
Rotary programs online give me hope during COVID-19, demonstrating how our fellowship works to make all lives better, on a global scale, no matter what obstacles we face. Please make my donation to RESV Club operations.
Monique Ziesenhenne made a $25 donation.
So happy to be here! Evidently, I didn't attend last week, though in my mind, I thought I had...must have been the copy of The Rotarian that I read! Please contribute to Club General Fund.
Rory Olsen made a $20 donation.
We've made up for the drought with rain in some quantity every day. My cats are spending lots of time with me to get over the rain.
Rory Olsen made a $20 donation.
Great week. Mostly sunshine and warm weather. Please apply my gift to Polio Plus.
MONIQUE ZIESENHENNE made a $20 donation.
Please apply to Club General Fund!
Christopher Major made a $20 donation.
Very happy the 4th Annual Dove Chess Academy Youth Championships will be held via Uganda online, August 28th 2021
Program: Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work
Speaker: Jennifer Abrams
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!
At this moment when things are ever-shifting and uncertain, it is critically important that we strive to develop ourselves as bigger human beings. What can we do to be bigger and better versions of ourselves as collaborative team members and as leaders? This talk, based on Jennifer's new book, Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work, will introduce us to adult developmental theory and to five focused ways we can develop ourselves at work.
Formerly a high school English teacher and a new teacher coach in Palo Alto Unified School District (Palo Alto, CA, USA), Jennifer Abrams is currently a communications consultant who works with educators and others on new teacher and employee support, being generationally savvy, effective collaboration skills, having hard conversations and creating identity safe workplaces.
Jennifer's publications include Having Hard Conversations, The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicate, Collaborate & Create Community, Hard Conversations Unpacked - the Whos, Whens and What Ifs, and Swimming in the Deep End: Four Foundational Skills for Leading Successful School Initiatives. Her newest book is Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work.
Jennifer has been invited to the keynote, facilitate and coach worldwide from the USA to Africa, from Asia to Europe, from Australia to South America, and she is honored to have been named one of the "18 Women All K-12 Educators Should Know," by Education Week's Finding Common Ground blog.
Members and guests, please welcome Jennifer Abrams!
Learn more about Jennifer's work
her website: http://www.jenniferabrams.com
information on the book and workshop: https://jenniferabrams.com/spotlight/
on Twitter: @jenniferabrams
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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