For Rotaractor Nic Egan, Rotary pretty much runs in his blood! 

Nic chats with RA Communications Director Laura Telford about growing up in the Rotary family, living with a Rotary Youth Exchange Student and his experiences in Rotary Youth Programs.

Also, have you heard of the Rotaract Games? Find out what they were and some of the other incredible opportunities Nic has had during his Rotaract journey. 

Introducing 100 Trees for 100 Years - A Rotaract Australia Special Project.

This project is being undertaken to mark 100 years of Rotary in Australia, and aims to see every Rotaract Club across Australia plant at least one tree (hopefully more!) in their local community. 

The project is being led by DRR for 9675 Courtney Krahe, who joins RA Vice Chair Holly Corbett for this podcast. 

Excitingly, Rotaract Australia is partnering with the Rotary Social Impact Network (RSIN) for this project - one of the newest and most innovative Rotary eClubs to hit Australia. Both Courtney and Holly are charter members of RSIN.

The first two weeks of February 2021 saw several District Rotaract Representatives from Australia taking part in the first online International Assembly.

DRR for 9640 Caitlin O'Connor and RA Communications Director Laura Telford both took part, and in this podcast episode share their learnings from this recent experience!

From what Internal Assembly even is about, to specifics about breakout groups and their favourite sessions - get the inside scoop!

Should your club have a Code of Conduct? How do you even develop one? And then, if you have to rely on it, how do you know it will actually work?

Helena Toscasa from Gateway Rotaract sits down with RA Vice Chair Holly Corbett, to talk about her club's code of conduct - which also includes a member misconduct procedure, a grievance resolution procedure, and a misconduct rubric.

Gateway Rotaract (which is based in Victoria) has also been kind enough to share their documents with the Rotaract Australia Family so that you can use their work as an example. They have also shared their incident report form and club member application form - two critical components to great club governance! These will be uploaded by the end of February to the Rotaract Australia Website, under the resources tab.

This is an episode not to be missed - well, we think that about all of our episodes but for this one it really rings true!

Former Rotaract Australia Chair Rebecca Fry sits downs with RA Vice Chair Holly Corbett to talk about personal and professional development through service.

Listen to part of Bec's Rotaract and Rotary journey, and get some actionable examples of how to maximise the opportunites afford to you through Rotaract.

And - as mentioned in the show - you can learn more about Bec's next endeavour through Quarter Life Academy which is dedicated to coaching people in their 20s and 30s to help them make the most of their live

Mathew Pham hopes to be one of the founding members of the Provisional Swan Rotract Club.

He is also the current President of the Rotary Club of Swan District in Western Australia, a club with more than 70 years of history!

If you feel like this seems like a reversal or opposite journey to most Rotaractors - this is a story you will love to hear!

In this episode, the tables are turned as RA Vice-Chair and trained journalist Holly Corbett becomes the interviewee as she and RA Governance Director Ben Hill share their Rotarct Origin Story.

Yes, the idea of an "Origin Story" kind of makes them sound like superheroes - but aren't all Rotaractors a little bit of a superhero because of the amazing things each and every one of you do??

From their biggest lessons learned, how they get through the tough days and even some favourite memories - enjoy this insight into the life of two experienced Rotaractors!

With the 2021 Rotary International Assembly a week away host Laura Telford talks to former DRR Steven Coffey about his experiences at International Assembly - the good, bad and challenging!

Steven was one of 60 Rotaractors from around the world to take part in 2020 and at one dinner even sat on a table with RI President Holger Knaack! 

Hear his Rotaract story, with a special focus on his experience at the International training event.  Steven was chair of the committee who hosted the most recent Australian Rotaract Conference in February 2020 and he shares some highlights as well. 

Fun Fact: Rotaract Australia's Chair Samantha Fewster and Rotaract Australia's Vice-Chair Holly Corbett both attended the Nationa Youth Science Forum (NYSF).

Hear how it shaped our careers and made us into the people we are today! 

Learn what was the most impactful lessons we learned and a bit of advice for future participants! 

Bronwyn Smith joined a Rotaract club when she moved to America where she lived for five years. When she came home to Perth, WA she took the reins of reviving an inactive club. 

 Hear her story, learn how to review the scope of your club and assess all the different options you can consider. 

 From the moment of thinking “yes, we wan to do revitalise this club” to becoming an active and dynamic club, learn the questions to ask yourself and how it worked for one club in Western Australia.

 Oh – and they did a lot of this during lockdown with a special focus on using Discord!