Crowdsourcing in Rotary: Rotary Ideas

ideas.rotary.org Zuhal Sharp, Rotary Service Programs Specialist Rotary Service Connections

Crowdsourcing: helps a project or idea collect resources from hundreds or thousands of people

What is Crowdsourcing

Where to find Rotary Ideas on My Rotary

Rotary Ideas homepage: ideas.rotary.org

How to sign in

Question

Can Rotarians and

Rotaractors sign in to Rotary

Ideas using Google or

Facebook?

Rotary Ideas

Who can post projects on Rotary Ideas

• Club Presidents

• Club Secretaries

• Club Executive Secretaries

• Club Treasurers

• Club Membership Chairs

• Club Foundation Chairs

• Rotaract Advisor

• Rotaract Club President

Add project details page

Browse Projects

Project page

After you create a project

• Promote your project on social media and to your email list on a regular basis.

• Ask your contacts to promote it to their network.

• Follow up with contributors.

• Re-post the project if it expires without meeting its goals.

Stats

• More than 190 projects were created on Rotary Ideas since launch.

• Rotary Ideas has more than 12,000 registered users.

• More than 500 new registered users sign in to Rotary Ideas each month.

Resources

Check out the course on the Learning Center called “Developing and Promoting Your Service Project” where you can learn how to use Rotary’s online tools to support your service projects, including how to use Rotary Ideas to seek resources for projects or to make contributions to existing projects.

Questions?

social@rotary.org

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