M-T1-SP-29 · A 90-day try-out

A club plan for Rotary Social Innovation 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-SP-29 · Rotary Social Innovation Partnerships
Theme: Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme SP: Strategic Partnerships
Source material: Existing checked Theme 1 guide
Linked playbook entry: M-T1-SP-29 · Rotary Social Innovation Partnerships

1. Is this worth trying here?

What we hope will change: Pair Rotary with funders, designers and service organisations to develop and test a socially useful innovation under explicit evidence and ethics gates.

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 Rotary Social Innovation Partnerships
Step	What we will do	Who could lead it
1	Validate the unmet need and proposed benefit with intended users.	Lived-experience lead
2	Select partners and document capability, incentives and IP expectations.	Partnership architect
3	Design the minimum safe pilot and decision-quality measures.	Innovation team
4	Run the stage-gated test with independent harm monitoring.	Pilot director
5	Decide stop, adapt, transfer or scale and publish the evidence basis.	Investment committee

3. Checks before we start

Things our club needs to check
Question	What it means for us	Who will check	Done?
No innovation, impact-investment or technology claim may outrun evidence from the defined user group.
Separate participant consent from access to essential services and compensate advisory contributions fairly.
High — innovation incentives can obscure participant harm, weak evidence, conflicts and intellectual-property capture.

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
Target users validate the problem and acceptable pilot.

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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Training and mentoring guide

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Partnership and stakeholder map

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Implementation and budget plan

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