M-T1-YS-07 · A 90-day try-out

A club plan for Student Innovation Challenge

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-YS-07 · Student Innovation Challenge
Theme: Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme YS: Youth & Schools
Source material: Existing checked Theme 1 guide
Linked playbook entry: M-T1-YS-07 · Student Innovation Challenge

1. Is this worth trying here?

What we hope will change: Gives student teams a fair, supported way to prototype solutions to a local problem, valuing learning and evidence over polished pitching.

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 Student Innovation Challenge
Step	What we will do	Who could lead it
1	Co-write the challenge brief with affected people and define out-of-scope areas.	Challenge owner
2	Open equitable team registration through participating institutions.	Education liaison
3	Run a problem-framing clinic and assign conflict-free mentors.	Learning lead
4	Hold a safe prototype test and evidence-based showcase.	Technical lead
5	Judge transparently, return feedback and agree any next-stage rights in writing.	Panel chair

3. Checks before we start

Things our club needs to check
Question	What it means for us	Who will check	Done?
Students retain agreed rights; no sponsor or club may appropriate an idea by default.
Do not expose personal or community data in challenge datasets or demonstrations.
HIGH — student IP, judging conflicts, data use and physical or digital prototype safety require explicit rules before launch.

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
Eligible teams completing a tested prototype.

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.

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Who can say yes?

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

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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.

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Are the facts and permissions right?

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

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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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Event and session plan

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Roles, roster and handover

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Implementation and budget plan

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Communications and content planner

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