Featured Rotary Member Craft Talk (member TBA)

Rotary CRAFT Talk

What is a CRAFT Talk?  Each new Rotary member or transferee is asked to give a “Craft talk” after they have been in our Club for 1 – 6 months.  You were assigned a classification when you joined relating to your business and position. This is your chance to tell members about yourself and your business.  It shouldn’t be a big chore because you should already know all the answers.

Make your Craft Talk your own and truly representative of you.

Time Frame:  5-10 minutes, leave some time for questions at the end of your Talk!

Suggested topics, in no particular order:

• Reasons for joining the Tustin – Santa Ana Rotary Club
• What you like best about Rotary
• Your profession:
  • Where you work now and what you do
  • What the business sells or does
  • Why you chose your particular business or profession
  • Parts of your job you find most rewarding and most difficult.
  • Forecast employment opportunities in your field for the coming decade.
  • Advice you would give persons entering your career field.

• How your profession is being impacted by technology, government regulations, and environmental factors.
• Ethical issues you face at work, and how the Rotary 4-Way Test and the Rotary Code of Conduct helps you deal with them.
• Interesting previous job or experience

• Where you grew up
• Educational background
• Family – about your spouse, children, and pets
• Where you live/have lived
• Hobbies
• Countries visited
• Most Incredible Thing You’ve Ever Seen or Done
• Last Thing – something that no one knows about you
• Questions from the members

Some presentation hints:

• Speak clearly and in an audible tone – stick to your prepared text or outline
• Use hand movements sparingly – avoid nervous habits such as coughing or twitching.
• Maintain eye contact with your fellow Rotarians and always face your audience.
• Avoid the urge to rush though your 5-10 minute talk to “get it over with.”
• Try to relax as much as possible and put genuine emotion into your voice.
• Visuals such as PowerPoint can enliven your talk.

Finally: 

Relax and enjoy your opportunity to educate your fellow Rotarians about who you are and your vocation.