The program speaker at the July 26 Rotary Club of Edina meeting was Don Smithmier, CEO of GoKart Labs and The Big Know. He spoke about "We Are All Digital Start-ups Now."
Members who had Perfect Attendance in the 2017–2018 Rotary year were honored at the meeting. From one year to 27 years—we had 60 members achieve Perfect Attendance in 2017–2018! Congratulations to everyone for their commitment to Rotary!
Sonny and Cher...er, Jody Kern and Kip Peterson...told us a little more about the 2018 Edina Rotary Foundation Fundraiser & Gala, "Rotary's Got Talent." Get ready to show off your hidden talents, Rotarians!
Click on the link below for more about the meeting...
Members who had Perfect Attendance in the 2017–2018 Rotary year were honored at the meeting. From one year to 27 years—we had 60 members achieve Perfect Attendance in 2017–2018! Congratulations to everyone for their commitment to Rotary!
Sonny and Cher...er, Jody Kern and Kip Peterson...told us a little more about the 2018 Edina Rotary Foundation Fundraiser & Gala, "Rotary's Got Talent." Get ready to show off your hidden talents, Rotarians!
Click on the link below for more about the meeting...
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OPENING COMMENT: video of Wooj ByunFRONT DESK: Wayne Harmon/Jen Garske
GREETERS: Shelly Loberg/Tom Bach
HOSTS: Jon Barnett/Joe Arends
PHOTOS: Rick Carlson/Marty Kupper
INVOCATION/PLEDGE/FOUR-WAY TEST: Will Steinke
GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: Hannelore Brucker
GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: Hannelore Brucker
GUESTS:
- Kevin Koepke hosted Lakshmi Dody
- Gary Pedersen hosted Scott Severson
- Bob Solheim hosted Mark Gasner
- David Clynes hosted Max Rymer
- Elizabeth Anderson hosted JiSoo Baek
- Margaret Johnson of the Edina Morningside Rotary Club
- Hannelore Brucker gave us greetings from Julie Kisseka, a Uganda Rotarian
GALA ANNOUNCEMENT: "You Got Me Babe"—Fundraiser Co-Chairs Jody Kern and Kip Peterson
ROTARACT ANNOUNCEMENT: Sam Thompson
CAMP ENTERPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT: Stefan Smith
PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS: President John Flynn called all members with Perfect Attendance to the front, highlighting:
ROTARACT ANNOUNCEMENT: Sam Thompson
CAMP ENTERPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT: Stefan Smith
PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS: President John Flynn called all members with Perfect Attendance to the front, highlighting:
- Steve Slyce—15 years
- Terry Stevens—20 years
- Scott MacDonald—22 years
- Tim Murphy—22 years
- Ron Erhardt—24 years
- Skip Thomas—24 years
- King Jon Barnett—27 years
INTRODUCE THE SPEAKER: Mark Jessen
PROGRAM: Don Smithmier, CEO of GoKart Labs
In ALL businesses everything changed in 2016….mobile access and devices drove massive change to new “age of the customer." Prior to 2016, customers were used to tolerating pain. Start-ups have changed those expectations.
GoKart Lab believes: in the age of the customer, you don’t win on price, placement or product, but you will with better experiences. We are urged to remove the frictions in all of our businesses.
GoKart Labs believes to grow businesses, you need to dream big, implement small, invent now.
THANKING THE SPEAKER: Brad Pearson
PRESIDENT FLYNN CLOSING REMARKS: quoting Paul Harris “I believe we can change the world one life at a time."
PRESIDENT FLYNN CLOSING REMARKS: quoting Paul Harris “I believe we can change the world one life at a time."
