FACILITATED RAC CLUB OF DILIMAN'S TEAMBUILDING / PLANNING

ROTARACT CLUB OF DILIMAN'S TEAMBUILDING / PLANNING / DRR'S VISIT
Villa Virginia Resort, Taktak, Antipolo City
May 24-25, 2008

A marathon day! Truly it was a marathon for RAC Diliman for having conducted teambuilding, planning and DRRs' visit in one schedule and venue. Nice concept of integrating all activities in one event.

Basic event structure that made it successful:

1. Pre-planning
I guess, the worst thing with club planning is not to come-up with concrete calendar for the whole year after the event. The day was fruitful because of pre-planning ahead of the event. The group had agreed possible proposed projects.

2. Orientation on Strategic Planning
a. SWOT Analysis and SMART tools really helped.

3. Planning
a. I handled this using the RI Calendar with balance through Rotary and Rotaract events and schedules considerations both at the RI, District and club levels. After, categorizing according to avenues of service, priority and unique projects of the club were given emphasis and placed first in the calendar for the whole year

4. Teambuilding

Full support of the sponsoring Rotary Club of Diliman was visible. There was great inputs from Rotary Club Trainer with knowledge about Rotaract procedures.

Matched with the expert resource speaker and facilitators were the responsive and smart members.

On a personal note, I was a bit restless and tired though I didn’t put all my energy for the training. I guess, I’m not used to “overnights” anymore after trying to relax and “hide away” my schedule from Rotaract events to revitalize my health.