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Aug 06, 2024 - Dec 20, 2024
Rotary Club of Hawthorn Schedule of Club Meetings and Special Events August to December 2024
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'Empowering the Next Generation of Girls: Every Girl Deserves a Champion', By ZOOM
Nov 26, 2024
'Getrude Matshe is an international speaker, celebrated author, and philanthropy consultant renowned for her dynamic energy and inspirational presence. A three-time TEDx speaker and Rooney International Scholar, Getrude is also the president of the South West USA e-club Rotary. With a vibrant passion for empowering individuals to achieve their full potential, she has founded numerous successful companies and authored several books, now serving as a book writing coach. Her professional journey began in Norway in 1989, and she has an extensive background in IT as a systems analyst, support manager, and project manager. After immigrating to New Zealand in 2001, she established eight successful businesses across various industries, including diversity and inclusion, talent agency, medical recruitment, and property investment. Getrude is also deeply involved in philanthropy, supporting organizations like the Africa Alive Education Foundation and Walk on the Wild Side Tours, which aid HIV orphans in Zimbabwe. She has been featured on numerous platforms, including CNN iReport and the Huffington Post, and has spoken at significant events like the UN Annual Summit on the Status of Women. M.C.: Anne Scott Photo Credit: supplied by Gertrude Matshe |
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Nov 26, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
'EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF GIRLS: EVERY GIRL DESERVES A CHAMPION', BY ZOOM Getrude Matshe is an international speaker, celebrated author, and philanthropy consultant renowned for her dynamic energy and inspirational presence. A three-time TEDx speaker and Rooney International Scholar, Getrude is also the president of the South West USA e-club Rotary. With a vibrant passion for empowering individuals to achieve their full potential, she has founded numerous successful companies and authored several books, now serving as a book writing coach. Her professional journey began in Norway in 1989, and she has an extensive background in IT as a systems analyst, support manager, and project manager. After immigrating to New Zealand in 2001, she established eight successful businesses across various industries, including diversity and inclusion, talent agency, medical recruitment, and property investment. Getrude is also deeply involved in philanthropy, supporting organizations like the Africa Alive Education Foundation and Walk on the Wild Side Tours, which aid HIV orphans in Zimbabwe. She has been featured on numerous platforms, including CNN iReport and the Huffington Post, and has spoken at significant events like the UN Annual Summit on the Status of Women.
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Stimulating New Connections: Investigating a Potential New Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease
Dec 03, 2024
Professor Hoy is a leading clinical researcher and has been awarded three sequential NHMRC Fellowships; an NHMRC excellence award (Top Ranked CDF); and a 2017 Victorian Telstra Business Women’s Award. Her vision is to transform the existing therapeutic landscape for cognitive disorders by developing, for the first time, truly effective therapies. Over the last 15 years, Professor Hoy has built an internationally unique program of clinical research investigating non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of cognitive impairment. Her research has investigated novel therapeutic targets for cognitive impairment in disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, Huntington’s disease, head injury, and schizophrenia. Building on this work, she has led a number of world-first brain stimulation clinical trials, including trials for the treatment and prevention of dementia. Prof Hoy’s depth and breadth of experience in the field of non-invasive brain stimulation is largely unparalleled, having worked with a variety of stimulation methods, diverse patient populations, and a wide range of research methodologies. Professor Hoy’s reputation as a leading clinical brain stimulation researcher is internationally recognised.
Photo: provided by Bionics Institute
M.C. Tilak Dissanayake |
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Dec 03, 2024 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
This week the guest speaker is Professor Kate Hoy, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Senior Reseach Scientist at the Bionics Institute
Title: Stimulating new connections: investigating a potential new treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Professor Hoy is a leading clinical researcher and has been awarded three sequential NHMRC Fellowships; an NHMRC excellence award (Top Ranked CDF); and a 2017 Victorian Telstra Business Women’s Award. Her vision is to transform the existing therapeutic landscape for cognitive disorders by developing, for the first time, truly effective therapies. Over the last 15 years, Professor Hoy has built an internationally unique program of clinical research investigating non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of cognitive impairment. Her research has investigated novel therapeutic targets for cognitive impairment in disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, Huntington’s disease, head injury, and schizophrenia. Building on this work, she has led a number of world-first brain stimulation clinical trials, including trials for the treatment and prevention of dementia. Prof Hoy’s depth and breadth of experience in the field of non-invasive brain stimulation is largely unparalleled, having worked with a variety of stimulation methods, diverse patient populations, and a wide range of research methodologies. Professor Hoy’s reputation as a leading clinical brain stimulation researcher is internationally recognised. Photo: provided by Bionics Institute
M.C. : Tilak Dissanayake
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'Standish', At Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, Last Meeting For The Year
Dec 17, 2024
Frederick Charles Standish was the Chief Commissioner of Police in Victoria from 1858 to 1880. Why did he come to the colony of Victoria in 1852? What did he do in his early years in Victoria? What were his major interests? His story tells us much about life during the gold rush period and in the era of Marvellous Melbourne. And what was his fate? How is he remembered today? All will be revealed at this club meeting!
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