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New Member Networking Event December 10

Posted on December 14, 2015 by jaynecoster | Leave a comment

–submitted by Haley Saalsaa; photos by Dave Ewanowski

Club President Ellsworth Brown and Haley Saalsaa

On the morning of December 10 25 of us got together for a new member event at the Blackhawk Country club. We were welcomed with fresh hot pastries accompanied by coffee and orange juice.

From left: Jorge Hidalgo, Mike Casey, Larry Collins & Carol Goedken

We took the first thirty minutes to talk amongst ourselves and then the fun really began. Jason Beren orchestrated a Bingo game deriving answers from surveys we had all previously taken. It was a unique networking event and fun to try something new. Often times networking is the same and discussions become routine. The bingo game allowed us to find out unique things about our fellow Rotarians that we may not have known before. For example, did you know that our president Ellsworth Brown played cymbals in high-school? He could put on quite a show incorporating CO2 for special effects OR that TJ Blitz is a trained stage actor?

From Left: Sandy Morales, TJ Blitz, Craig Bartlett & Tom Popp

From left: Mary Borland, Ellsworth Brown, Nick Curran

These are the types of things that likely would not have come into conversation if we weren’t playing an exciting game of Bingo! Jason threw a great event and I look forward to this spring for more events to come.

Rotary Business LinkUp Meeting on August 9

Posted on August 13, 2012 by jaynecoster | 1 comment

-submitted by Dave Ewanowski

From left: Steve Musser, Deb Raupp, Bill Montei, Dave Ewanowski and Paul Olsen

Fifteen Rotarians and guests met at the Madison Club on Thursday, August 9^th for an informative “Business LinkUp” session. Members learned more about each other’s businesses and organizations as they discussed stimulating topics posed by moderators Derrick Van Mell and Roger Phelps. Questions included “What is the value of a great idea?” and “What was your greatest risk?” In addition, Rob Ringeisen spoke about his business (Tom James clothiers) and Dave Ewanowski, founding partner at KEE Architecture, highlighted recent work of the firm. More LinkUp sessions are planned for the future. Stay tuned…

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Posted in 2. Meetings, 5. Members, Social Media, Speed Rotary, Uncategorized

Tagged Fellowship, Membership, Rotary, Rotary Club of Madison

Speed Rotary – Rockstar Networking

Posted on June 7, 2012 by jaynecoster | 2 comments

Submitted by Rotarian Linda Baldwin

Who knows networking? Rotarians. We displayed our prowess on May 30 with a fast round of Speed Rotary.

For the 2^nd time this year, Rotarians spent five minutes each with five different Rotarians learning a little bit more about their lives. Speed Rotary sped along, and those five-minute conversations seemed over in an instant.

Overheard and tweeted…
“Old dogs can learn new tricks…when they are taught them by younger dogs.”

“Having your legacy go on after you are gone involves bringing in new blood.”

“Take your wife to your favorite places in the world before it’s too late.” “LinkedIn has all these bells and whistles I could really use.”

“As a guest, I was totally impressed that Rotarians would take this time to get to know one another.”
“Different generations talked today – someone asked me how old I was!”

“People are job hunting….subtly.”
“Caught up with some old friends.”
“Made a return phone call in person.”
“Met a techie who doesn’t tweet.”

Try it – tweeting that is, go to twitter.com, find #speedrotary and comment about today. Then touch tweet.

Rotarians – what an interesting bunch.

Mary Gaffney-Ward & Dora Zuniga

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Posted in 2. Meetings, 4. Fellowship Groups, Social Media, Speed Rotary, Uncategorized

Tagged Fellowship, Networking, New Members, Rotary Club of Madison, Social Media, Speed Rotary

Inaugural Rotary Tri-Quest May 20

Posted on May 31, 2012 by jaynecoster | 1 comment

Volunteers began arriving at The Legend at Bergamont at 5:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 20^th, to begin the registration and course set-up for our Rotary Club of Madison’s Inaugural Tri-Quest Event. We had over 50 Rotary volunteers to help throughout the day, and the location and staff at Bergamont were superb.

By 7:00 am, many participants were on site—some were on the golf course and others getting ready for the 8:00 am 5K Run. The 31K Bicycle Race started by 9:15 a.m. and we also had an afternoon golf event.

Weather cooperated in general, although many of our participants would tell you that it was a little warmer than they preferred and the wind presented more of a challenge for parts of the course.

Registrations totaled 129 for our event, and this was a good level for our first time around. We will provide news on the total amount raised for our Madison Rotary Foundation Synergy Fund in the coming weeks but expect it to be at the $25,000 level.

Congratulations to the following winners:
Corporate/Relay Division
Mens’s               Group Health Cooperative
Women’s          Sun Prairie Rotary
Coed                  CUNA Mutual
Individual Division
Men’s                 Dave Nelson
Women’s          Karen Mittelstadt
Two-Person Team
Men’s                 John Ratkovich & Tim Schertz
Coed                   Paul & Debbie Zampelli
Four-Person Team
Men’s                  McGladrey
Individual Medalists
Run- 1^st place Men’s              David Schneekloth (Smith& Gesteland)
Run- 1^st place Women’s       Jennifer Norr (CUNA Mutual)
Bike- 1^st place Men’s             Jon Furlow (CUNA Mutual)
Bike- 1^st place Women’s      Glenda Hodge (M3 Insurance)
Golf-1^st place Men’s               Rob Peters (CUNA Mutual)
Golf 1^st place Women’s         Carrie Wall (Rotary Team #2)

Dave Nelson

From left: Tri-Quest Committee Chair Scott Haumersen, Steve Goldberg (CUNA Mutual) and Larry Zanoni (Group Health Cooperative)

For additional photos in a slideshow format visit:
Rotary Tri-Quest

Thanks to everyone—sponsors, participants, volunteers and those staffing the event—for helping us to make our 1^st annual Rotary Tri-Quest event a huge success.