The Action Plan is designed to guide us in a structured way toward fulfilling our vision. Each of the four priorities has specific objectives that offer us a sustainable approach to supporting healthy clubs and a strong organization, providing positive and engaging experiences for members and participants, and creating lasting change in the world. Remember these objectives when you think about long-term planning and how to improve the club experience, address challenges, act on opportunities, or build on your ideas.
What increasing our impact means to us
We define, track, and analyze data from service projects to measure our outcomes, improve the quality of our programs, and create lasting change.
This priority focuses on using measurement and data to develop and implement projects and show the positive, lasting change that members make. On a global scale, Rotary is committed to finishing the fight to eradicate polio. Through that effort, we’ve built invaluable partnerships, increased our capacity to make change, and developed expertise that we can use to support work in our areas of focus. This can also help improve club projects, ensure that our service responds to community needs, and engage people motivated by data in more activities.
Why are we doing this?
Our current and potential partners, participants, and donors want to engage with, join, and support organizations that clearly show the measurable impact of their work and that seek new and better ways to solve problems. Collecting and analyzing data helps us improve all our programs and projects as well as identify, replicate, and expand the ones with the most potential to create lasting change. The facts and details that clubs and districts learn through their measurement efforts also help them tell compelling stories about how Rotary makes a difference. Sharing these stories can attract like-minded leaders to clubs or new partnerships and can build a stronger and more diverse network of people to collaborate with on bigger projects.
What does this mean for me? How can I take action?
Thinking about increasing our impact can be a way to help your club or district find solutions to challenges, address opportunities, and strengthen your purpose. Use materials (such as community assessments, handbooks, and Learning Center courses) that focus on impact to:
Deepen your connection with the community and create more meaningful and collaborative service projects
Engage people who are motivated by data to ask community members what needs the club could help address
Understand which projects and activities are making the biggest difference for your members, participants, and community
Develop or update your club’s strategic plan using the Strategic Planning Guide to assess and focus your club’s priorities and goals
