What could this idea change?
Audiences hear competing approaches and gain practical benchmarks rather than a sequence of corporate presentations.
M-T1-BV-15 · Theme 1
Industry Leadership Panels
Compares how leaders from one or more industries are responding to a defined workforce or community challenge, with claims tested and commitments captured.
Where this idea came from
- Playbook entry
- M-T1-BV-15 · Industry Leadership Panels
- Theme
- Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme BV: Business Visibility
- Source material
- Existing checked Theme 1 guide
- Linked playbook entry
- M-T1-BV-15 · Industry Leadership Panels
Could this work in our club?
- Industry leaders, workers, educators, students, community partners and policy stakeholders. Use when a current challenge has material differences in industry response.
Before you start
- Panel balance includes workforce or affected-community perspective.
- Questions, evidence sources, conflicts and promotional limits briefed.
- Fact-correction process and post-event resource owner.
At the end: Publish sources and corrections within three working days; check each public commitment once at 60 days.
Before your club says yes
Does the idea fit?
Talk with the people it is meant to serve and check that the need is real.
Who can say yes?
Name the person or group that can approve the work, spending and any safety arrangements.
Are people protected?
Check privacy, consent and safety. Collect only the information you genuinely need.
Can everyone take part?
Check the language, format, place, technology and cost for barriers.
Are the facts and permissions right?
Check names, claims, images, quotations, partner references and Rotary branding.
How will we learn?
Note where things stand now, check in at 30, 60 and 90 days, and decide what to do next.
Worksheets for your club
Open them online, print them or change them to suit the way your club works.
Event and session plan
Use this worksheet to plan who the session is for, when it will happen, how people can take part and what happens afterwards.
Open worksheetCommunications and content planner
Use this worksheet to prepare clear messages and check the facts, permissions and approval before sharing them.
Open worksheetWorkflow and minimum-data register
Use this worksheet to map each step and keep only the information the club genuinely needs.
Open worksheetFacilitation and conversation guide
Use this worksheet to hold a respectful conversation, hear different views and tell people what happens next.
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