What could this idea change?
Community organisations gain practical capability and participants contribute expertise without open-ended pro bono expectations.
M-T1-BV-24 · Theme 1
Professional Skills Exchange Night
Runs a structured give-and-get exchange where professionals offer a small, defined skill contribution and community organisations bring real capability needs.
Where this idea came from
- Playbook entry
- M-T1-BV-24 · Professional Skills Exchange Night
- Theme
- Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme BV: Business Visibility
- Source material
- Existing checked Theme 1 guide
- Linked playbook entry
- M-T1-BV-24 · Professional Skills Exchange Night
Could this work in our club?
- Professionals, skilled tradespeople, community organisations, social enterprises and career changers. Use when community organisations can describe bounded skill needs.
Before you start
- Need and offer cards specify output, time, confidentiality, software and professional limits.
- Matching process covers conflicts, accessibility and whether regulated work is excluded.
- Post-event micro-assignment agreement and closure process prepared.
At the end: Confirm assignments within three days, check scope at midpoint and close credentials plus data within one day of acceptance.
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
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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 worksheetRoles, roster and handover
Use this worksheet to decide who will do each job, who can step in and what needs to be handed over.
Open worksheetCommunications and content planner
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Open worksheetWorkflow and minimum-data register
Use this worksheet to map each step and keep only the information the club genuinely needs.
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