M-T1-MP-14 · A 90-day try-out

A club plan for Magazine Feature Partnerships

Use this as a starting point. Cross out what does not fit, add what is missing and make it your club's own.

Where this idea came from

Playbook entry: M-T1-MP-14 · Magazine Feature Partnerships
Theme: Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme MP: Media & Public Relations
Source material: Existing checked Theme 1 guide
Linked playbook entry: M-T1-MP-14 · Magazine Feature Partnerships

1. Is this worth trying here?

What we hope will change: Develop occasional or recurring long-form features with a magazine whose readership aligns to a substantial Rotary or community story.

What is happening in our club or community now?What is the smallest useful version we could try? What will we leave out?

Board contactPerson leading the workPerson checking what happened

2. Our 90-day try-out

What our club will do for Magazine Feature Partnerships
Step	What we will do	Who could lead it
1	Study the magazine's sections and propose a reader-specific feature angle.	Feature partnerships lead
2	Agree commission, editorial control, fees or sponsorship and deliverables.	Publisher liaison
3	Collect reporting material with contributor consent and source records.	Feature producer
4	Review supplied facts and rights while leaving editorial judgment to the magazine.	Fact and rights editor
5	Approve only Rotary-owned reuse and track reader outcomes.	Content custodian

3. Checks before we start

Things our club needs to check
Question	What it means for us	Who will check	Done?
Label advertorial, sponsored or supplied content so readers are not misled about independence.
Do not grant rights the club does not hold in photographs, archives, quotations or participant stories.
High — advertorial ambiguity, exclusivity, contributor rights and long-form defamation exposure need documented editorial terms.

4. What changed?

What we will keep an eye on
What matters	Where we are now	What we hope to see	How we will check	Who
Editor accepts a feature concept matched to readership.

After 30 days

Is it reaching the right people? Is anything unsafe, unfair or harder than expected?

After 60 days

Make one useful change based on what people have told you.

After 90 days

Compare with where you started. Decide whether to change it, continue it or stop.

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.

We have checked this

Who can say yes?

Name the person or group that can approve the work, spending and any safety arrangements.

We have checked this

Are people protected?

Check privacy, consent and safety. Collect only the information you genuinely need.

We have checked this

Can everyone take part?

Check the language, format, place, technology and cost for barriers.

We have checked this

Are the facts and permissions right?

Check names, claims, images, quotations, partner references and Rotary branding.

We have checked this

How will we learn?

Note where things stand now, check in at 30, 60 and 90 days, and decide what to do next.

We have checked this

Worksheets for your club

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Partnership and stakeholder map

Use this worksheet to agree what the club and any partners will each contribute, decide and protect.

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Communications and content planner

Use this worksheet to prepare clear messages and check the facts, permissions and approval before sharing them.

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