M-T1-CL-07 · Theme 1 · Civic Leadership
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.
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.
A simple way to start
- Confirm the priority, decision boundary and evidence with participants before strategy generation. Who could lead it: Strategy Sponsor
- Surface stakeholder needs, assets, constraints and non-negotiable rights through structured exercises. Who could lead it: Lead Facilitator
- Generate and assess strategic options against community value, feasibility, equity, risk and authority. Who could lead it: Workshop Participants
- Draft the minimum coherent strategy with accepted owners, dependencies, measures and review triggers. Who could lead it: Strategy Scribe
- Validate the draft with absent stakeholders and secure formal acceptance only from authorised organisations. Who could lead it: Strategy Steward
What should we look for?
- Decision-relevant stakeholders contributing
Before we say yes
- Does it fit a real local need?
- Can people take part safely and fairly?
- Are the facts, permissions and Rotary branding right?
- Who will lead it, and when will we review it?