Thinking Huts: 3D Printed Honeycomb Campus
MEETING FOR THE WEEK OF Sept. 18, 2023
This Meeting at a Glance:
Program: Thinking Huts: 3D Printed Honeycomb Campus
Speaker: Maggie Grout
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Message from our President
Greetings Members and Friends of Rotary e-Club of Silicon Valley. As President of our Club, I want to welcome you all today.
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!
Three Questions
The cop asked, "Whose car is this? Where are you headed? What do you do?"
The miner replied, "Mine."
INSPIRATION
Every week we share a short video highlighting innovation, education, entrepreneurship, or whatever we think might inspire you to see the world in new ways.
In the years we've been providing inspirational videos in our club's weekly meetings, we've never shared a video from the Korean National Police Agency - until now. This powerful piece is about an anti-domestic violence campaign called Knock Knock, and the campaign is as brilliant as the video is gripping.
LEARN SOMETHING NEW
Inside a Wilson Football Factory
Here's how those protlate spheroids are made!
Club News
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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
SERVICE PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES
For upcoming club projects in District 5170, check out the District 5170 website. Also, if you have some time available for projects, be sure to let your local area Rotary Club know that you are available to volunteer for their upcoming projects.
D5170 2023 Ave of Service Event by Event Chair Geeta Kadambi at West Valley Community College on 9-30-23 from 9 AM to 1:30 PM. CLICK HERE to REGISTER.
Continental Breakfast-8.30 AM - 9.00 AM
9.00 AM to 9.55 AM Sessions:
Club Service - Kamal Della
International Service - John Flaniken
TRF Session - Orrin Mahoney- TRF Team
10.00 AM to 10.55 AM Sessions:
Membership Session - Camilla Boolootian
Youth Service/Interactors - Mitty Chang
Vocational Service - Padma Chari
11.00 AM to 11.50 AM Sessions:
Grants Session - Sangita Seshadri
Ambassadors of Compassion - Richard Goldstein/Eric Hannah
Youth Service - Chris Miller
Viewing of Projects - Local and International - Open throughout the learning sessions
Lunch Buffet opens at 12.00 noon with Lunch meeting starting at 12.20 PM
Rotary meeting, Keynote, and Panel Discussion from 12.20 PM to 1.30 PM
Speakers are Mr. Kim Lorenz- Rotary Liaison to World Vision, Brian Gower of World Vision, and Eric Hannah of Ambassadors of Compassion
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.
PROGRAM: Thinking Huts: 3D Printed Honeycomb Campus
SPEAKER: Maggie Grout
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 or 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!
This week we'll hear about Thinking Huts, an international NGO that 3D-prints schools. They most recently opened Madagascar's first 3D printed school Bougainvillea and are now in development for their most ambitious project yet, Honeycomb. Honeycomb is a 3D printed campus on the west coast of Madagascar serving an initial 240 students aged 4-16 from 3 neighboring villages. Primarily involved in project and construction management beyond fundraising, Thinking Huts' work evolves around thoughtful innovation and long-term social impact by creating new supply chains in often challenging regions in the developing world and training local construction teams on printer operations.
Our speaker, Maggie Grout, is the founder and CEO of Thinking Huts, an international NGO that increases access to education by leveraging architectural scale 3D printing to build schools in partnership with communities in developing countries where they are needed. Managing teams based throughout the USA, France, Italy, and Madagascar, Maggie focuses on international project management and supply chain operations in the developing world. Maggie and Thinking Huts have been featured in domestic and international media, including The Talk on CBS, the World Economic Forum, BBC World News, Forbes, Business Insider, and InStyle. She is also a TEDx speaker. Maggie graduated from CU Boulder, Leeds School of Business with a degree in Management, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship and a certificate in Social Responsibility and Ethics.
Members and guests, please welcome Maggie Grout!
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Important Announcement - “Digital Rotarian” Full Meeting Podcasts
Announcing: Our main program speakers are now available as audio podcasts in addition to YouTube videos! Each week they are available on Spotify, Google, and Apple podcasts.
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And our original podcast, featuring Some of the best of our previous speakers is still available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts
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.
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