What could this idea change?
Visitors can explore sourced local history, uncertainty, current relevance and future action through a coherent route with correction and contribution pathways.
M-T1-CP-29 · Theme 1
Rotary Public Exhibition
Build sustained public understanding through a verified, accessible narrative that connects local history, present contribution and future opportunity without becoming a cabinet of club memorabilia.
Where this idea came from
- Playbook entry
- M-T1-CP-29 · Rotary Public Exhibition
- Theme
- Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme CP: Community Presence
- Source material
- Existing checked Theme 1 guide
- Linked playbook entry
- M-T1-CP-29 · Rotary Public Exhibition
Could this work in our club?
- Visitors to a library, gallery, civic, shopping or partner venue willing to engage with a deeper local story. Use when the subject warrants a deeper narrative than one to three display panels can provide.
Before you start
- Narrative outline and evidence owners approved before visual design.
- Concise captions, current project fact-check, companion content and correction route.
- Venue agreement, floor plan, lighting, circulation, seating, security and object conditions.
- Human-readable response route, optional governed QR and a method for verifying contributed stories before use.
At the end: Fulfil current-project and information requests, assess contributed material through the verification process, return loans, close condition and venue records, retire temporary destinations and preserve the authoritative source-and-rights package for any future edition.
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.
Exhibition Design Guide — club worksheet
Use this worksheet to prepare clear messages and check the facts, permissions and approval before sharing them.
Open worksheetEvent 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 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.
Open worksheet