North Central Presidents-Elect Training SEminar (NCPETS)
Expands and Takes the Opportunity to Improve
Expands and Takes the Opportunity to Improve
NCPETS is an annual multi-district training event for incoming Rotary Club Presidents-Elect and Presidents-Nominee. It is currently composed of Rotary International (RI) Districts 5950 (Minnesota); 5960 (Minnesota and Wisconsin); 5970 (Iowa); and 6000 (Iowa). RI District 5610 (South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska) will join NCPETS this year.
The 2020 NCPETS Team, lead by Executive Chair and Past District Governor Tim Murphy (from RI District 5950), is taking the opportunity to review it working documents and plan its future. Since last March, the team has been working to design and implement the best program it has hosted to date. It has reworked its Bylaws, Manual of Policies and Procedures and conducted a survey of last year’s participants.
Working from last year’s Presidents-Elect-Nominees/this year’s Presidents-Elects’ comments, the Team has chosen speakers and is drafting curriculum to address the most pressing concerns of next year’s attendees. The top four areas that our audience wants help with, in order of importance to them, are: (i) growing membership; (ii) practicing public speaking; (iii) dealing with their members’ fear of change and ensuring that change will not cause loss in club membership; and (iv) learning where is Rotary headed?
The NCPETS team has secured the following speakers for their 2020 event:
- RI Director Suzie Howe, Zones 25A-B and 29 (2020-22);
- RI Director Stephanie A. Urchick, Zones 33 & 34 (2019-21);
- RI General Manager and Chief Strategic Officer Tom Thorfinnson; and
- Past District Governor and Zone Rotary Public Image Coordinator Michael Angelo Caruso.
To make sure all of the all areas of the event were covered, The NCPETS Executive Committee formed a number of sub-teams for registration, House of Friendship, hospitality, facilities, education/curriculum, hosts/ambassadors and technology. Each of the 2020-21 District Governors of the participating districts (shown and listed below) chose a member, from his district, for each of the sub-teams.
The event will be held from March 12-14, 2020, at the Mayo Civic Center, in Rochester Minnesota. It will be sure to inspire attendees and energize them for their year as their club’s President!
The current agenda for the event is:
Thursday, March 12th:
4:00-5:30 p.m. - My Rotary
4:00-5:30 p.m. - Fundraising Roundtable
4:00-5:30 p.m. - Recruitment Roundtable
5:30 p.m. - Welcome to Rochester Reception
7:00 p.m. - Dine around Rochester at Restaurants
with local Rotarian hosts
4:00-5:30 p.m. - Recruitment Roundtable
5:30 p.m. - Welcome to Rochester Reception
7:00 p.m. - Dine around Rochester at Restaurants
with local Rotarian hosts
Friday, March 13th:
7:15 a.m. - General Session Opening Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - District PE Training Session
Noon - General Session Luncheon
2:15 p.m. - Multi-District Breakout Sessions
5:15 p.m. - Reception
6:30 p.m. - General Session Dinner
Saturday, March 14th:
7:00 a.m. - General Session Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - Multi-District Breakout Sessions
11:15 a.m. - District Wrap-Up Session
12:15 p.m. - Conference Concludes