President Burton reflects on his call to ‘Engage Rotary, Change Lives’
Ron Burton has made the world his office.
Over the past year, the Rotary International president has traveled more than half-a-million miles across 50 countries, to inspire and motivate Rotary’s 1.2 million members. Although many encouraged him to use cheaper, virtual alternatives, he believes it takes face-to-face engagement.
«I was the first president to have a Google Hangout and have done Facebook chats,» Burton says, reflecting on his term, which ends at midnight 30 June. «But I asked Rotarians this year to Engage Rotary, Change Lives, so I needed to live that as well, by sitting at…
