What could this idea change?
Neighbourhood knowledge and business capability combine into small, visible improvements with local ownership.
M-T1-BV-23 · Theme 1
Business Community Roundtables
Creates place-based, mixed-sector working tables where businesses and community organisations solve practical neighbourhood issues and share responsibility for delivery.
Where this idea came from
- Playbook entry
- M-T1-BV-23 · Business Community Roundtables
- Theme
- Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme BV: Business Visibility
- Source material
- Existing checked Theme 1 guide
- Linked playbook entry
- M-T1-BV-23 · Business Community Roundtables
Could this work in our club?
- Local businesses, community organisations, council officers where relevant, residents and service providers. Use when a local issue affects both community life and business activity.
Before you start
- Place-based issue map and neutral invitation across diverse businesses and communities.
- Facilitation, language, access and attribution arrangements.
- Referral route for council, safety, legal or regulatory matters outside the table's authority.
At the end: Publish a one-page action note within three days, inspect experiments at 30 days and decide locally whether to repeat the roundtable.
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 worksheetPartnership and stakeholder map
Use this worksheet to agree what the club and any partners will each contribute, decide and protect.
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