What could this idea change?
Participants can see how their input affects priorities and leave with a realistic action framework instead of an unranked list of aspirations.
M-T1-CL-07 · Theme 1
Community Strategy Workshop
Moves a defined community priority from shared evidence to a short, owned strategy by making choices, trade-offs, authority, measures and review points explicit in the room.
Where this idea came from
- Playbook entry
- M-T1-CL-07 · Community Strategy Workshop
- Theme
- Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme CL: Civic Leadership
- Source material
- Existing checked Theme 1 guide
- Linked playbook entry
- M-T1-CL-07 · Community Strategy Workshop
Could this work in our club?
- Affected residents, community organisations, delivery partners, funders, technical advisers and authorities relevant to the priority. Use when the issue has enough evidence and stakeholder readiness to move from listening into choices.
Before you start
- A pre-work brief summarising evidence, prior engagement, constraints, existing commitments and open decisions.
- Participant and power map, facilitation plan, access supports and conflict declarations.
- A strategy template covering outcome, principles, options, actions, owners, resources, measures, risks and review.
At the end: Issue the accessible draft within seven days, run a fixed validation window and publish the accepted strategy with an explicit status for every unowned or disputed action.
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.
Communications and content planner
Use this worksheet to prepare clear messages and check the facts, permissions and approval before sharing them.
Open worksheetFacilitation and conversation guide
Use this worksheet to hold a respectful conversation, hear different views and tell people what happens next.
Open worksheetTraining and mentoring guide
Use this worksheet to prepare a practical learning or mentoring session and follow up afterwards.
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