1. Rotary Ideas
Rotary’s crowdsourcing platform: ideas.rotary.org

2. What is Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing: helps a project or idea collect resources from hundreds or thousands of people

3. Where to find Rotary Ideas on My Rotary
Sign it to My Rotary, then click on Rotary Ideas.

4. Rotary Ideas homepage: ideas.rotary.org
Or go directly to ideas.rotary.org

5. How to sign in
Non Rotarians can sign in using Google or Facebook, or a limited My Rotary account, in order to contribute.
Rotarians and Rotaractors have to sign in using My Rotary so their membership status and club affiliation can be recognized by Ideas.

6. Rotary Ideas
Once signed in using My Rotary, you will see the Start a Project link if you have one of the roles allowed to create projects. If you don’t see it, it means that you don’t currently hold a club officer role that allows you to create projects. Rotary International plans to make posting accessible for all club members in the future.

7. 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
These are the roles that can post projects to Rotary Ideas.

8. Add project details page
Add project details and select requested resources.

9. Browse Projects
Select Browse Projects to see all active projects listed, or use the search options to narrow down the results.

10. Project page
Project listing page

11. 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.
Learning Center link:

12. Questions? Contact 847.424.5327 social@rotary.org
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