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'''Participants''': Bogo, Nadia, Agatha, Asaf | |||
'''Definition of event: ''' | |||
Definition of event: | |||
Physical event | * Physical event | ||
Online event | * Online event | ||
Recurring events (meetups) or multiple-mini-events (travelling event), distributed events | * Recurring events (meetups) or multiple-mini-events (travelling event), distributed events | ||
Audience / Type: | |||
Common value | '''Audience / Type''': | ||
Exposure to ideas | |||
Inspiration | * Common value | ||
Empowerment to participate as consequence of attending | ** Exposure to ideas | ||
For existing community | ** Inspiration | ||
Building trust and good faith where only shared values are already guaranteed | ** Empowerment to participate as consequence of attending | ||
Outreach, friend-finding | * For existing community | ||
Finding partners, supporters, networking | ** Building trust and good faith where only shared values are already guaranteed | ||
Sometimes hard to define/express the profile of people you want to attract, but forming an event around your values can attract the right kind of people | * Outreach, friend-finding | ||
For different community | ** Finding partners, supporters, networking | ||
** Sometimes hard to ''define/express'' the profile of people you want to attract, but forming an ''event'' around your values can attract the right kind of people | |||
Workshop or barn-raising | * For different community | ||
** | |||
* Workshop or barn-raising | |||
** | |||
'''Tools:''' | |||
* Pre-event: | |||
** Informing people about the event – attracting attendees | |||
** Get out of the do-it-yourself haze and respect your own time -- Enlist local networks (chamber of commerce, local press (free documentation!), CouchSurfers, social networks) | |||
* post-event: follow-up on opportunities created. | |||
** Own the follow-up | |||
** Record “sparks” on poster (voluntarily), have organizers follow-up | |||
*** Organizers follow-up two months later (reminding, updating peers and inspiring) | |||
*** Match-make and align Sparklez | |||
*** Organizers can inter-network if sparks got stuck (“can anyone think of funding sources for this great spark by these great folks?”) | |||
*** Generalize need for tools | |||
<center>'''Global movements, local communities'''</center> | |||
* Easier to join a global movement, harder to start/join/grow a local community | |||
* How to connect local relevance to global identity/ambitions | |||
** There’s a dual identity – local community member, and participants in global movement | |||
* Global movement and aligned non-branded local groups | |||
* | |||
Questions: | Questions: | ||
What can a global movement gain from a local event? | |||
* What can a global movement gain from a local event? | |||
Legitimacy | ** “global” is an abstract aggregation; “Stories are local!” | ||
Local events can be cultivated into shining examples to be used as reference | ** Legitimacy – can’t represent your concerns and mission without supporting stories | ||
Local events inspire other local events | ** Local events can be cultivated into shining examples to be used as reference | ||
Provide a venue and opportunity to get work done, to resolve something within the community, outside HQ | ** Local events inspire other local events – motivate peers | ||
Sources of grassroots innovation, later exportable globally | ** Provide a venue and opportunity to get work done, to resolve something within the community, outside HQ | ||
Local partnerships not available/practicable on a global level, later exportable | ** Sources of grassroots innovation, later exportable globally | ||
Serendipitous, person-to-person chemistry, can create partnerships not visible and therefore not attempted on global level | ** Local partnerships not available/practicable on a global level, later exportable | ||
Easier to mix-and-match and create ad-hoc alliances for events | ** Serendipitous, person-to-person chemistry, can create partnerships not visible and therefore not attempted on global level | ||
What can a local community gain from affiliation with a global movement | ** Easier to mix-and-match and create ad-hoc alliances for events | ||
Branding | * What can a local community gain from affiliation with a global movement | ||
Prestige and credibility | ** Branding | ||
Sense of identity | *** Prestige and credibility | ||
Resources (funding, swag, speakers, contacts) | *** Sense of identity | ||
Know-how | ** Resources (funding, swag, speakers, contacts) | ||
Borrow context from global initiatives | ** Know-how | ||
Credibility through parallel activities worldwide | ** Borrow context from global initiatives | ||
Summary of insights: | ** Credibility through parallel activities worldwide | ||
Joining a global movement is easier than building a local community | |||
Global gives local: branding (prestige, credibility, sense of identity); resources (funding, swag, speakers, contacts); know-how; current contexts from parallel, global activities | '''Summary of insights:''' | ||
Local gives global: stories are local!; legitimacy (actual work); motivate weaker peers; opportunity for f2f work outside HQ; sources of exportable innovation; local partnerships or ad-hoc alliances not visible/available at HQ; | |||
Major tool: | * Joining a global movement is easier than building a local community | ||
Step-by-step | * Global gives local: branding (prestige, credibility, sense of identity); resources (funding, swag, speakers, contacts); know-how; current contexts from parallel, global activities | ||
Tutorials | * Local gives global: stories are local!; legitimacy (actual work); motivate weaker peers; opportunity for f2f work outside HQ; sources of exportable innovation; local partnerships or ad-hoc alliances not visible/available at HQ; | ||
Formulas | * Major tool: Globally coordinated, locally consumed movement recipe book for success: | ||
** Step-by-step | |||
** Tutorials | |||
** Formulas | |||
* | |||
Latest revision as of 14:09, 29 March 2011
Participants: Bogo, Nadia, Agatha, Asaf
Definition of event:
- Physical event
- Online event
- Recurring events (meetups) or multiple-mini-events (travelling event), distributed events
Audience / Type:
- Common value
- Exposure to ideas
- Inspiration
- Empowerment to participate as consequence of attending
- For existing community
- Building trust and good faith where only shared values are already guaranteed
- Outreach, friend-finding
- Finding partners, supporters, networking
- Sometimes hard to define/express the profile of people you want to attract, but forming an event around your values can attract the right kind of people
- For different community
- Workshop or barn-raising
Tools:
- Pre-event:
- Informing people about the event – attracting attendees
- Get out of the do-it-yourself haze and respect your own time -- Enlist local networks (chamber of commerce, local press (free documentation!), CouchSurfers, social networks)
- post-event: follow-up on opportunities created.
- Own the follow-up
- Record “sparks” on poster (voluntarily), have organizers follow-up
- Organizers follow-up two months later (reminding, updating peers and inspiring)
- Match-make and align Sparklez
- Organizers can inter-network if sparks got stuck (“can anyone think of funding sources for this great spark by these great folks?”)
- Generalize need for tools
- Easier to join a global movement, harder to start/join/grow a local community
- How to connect local relevance to global identity/ambitions
- There’s a dual identity – local community member, and participants in global movement
- Global movement and aligned non-branded local groups
Questions:
- What can a global movement gain from a local event?
- “global” is an abstract aggregation; “Stories are local!”
- Legitimacy – can’t represent your concerns and mission without supporting stories
- Local events can be cultivated into shining examples to be used as reference
- Local events inspire other local events – motivate peers
- Provide a venue and opportunity to get work done, to resolve something within the community, outside HQ
- Sources of grassroots innovation, later exportable globally
- Local partnerships not available/practicable on a global level, later exportable
- Serendipitous, person-to-person chemistry, can create partnerships not visible and therefore not attempted on global level
- Easier to mix-and-match and create ad-hoc alliances for events
- What can a local community gain from affiliation with a global movement
- Branding
- Prestige and credibility
- Sense of identity
- Resources (funding, swag, speakers, contacts)
- Know-how
- Borrow context from global initiatives
- Credibility through parallel activities worldwide
- Branding
Summary of insights:
- Joining a global movement is easier than building a local community
- Global gives local: branding (prestige, credibility, sense of identity); resources (funding, swag, speakers, contacts); know-how; current contexts from parallel, global activities
- Local gives global: stories are local!; legitimacy (actual work); motivate weaker peers; opportunity for f2f work outside HQ; sources of exportable innovation; local partnerships or ad-hoc alliances not visible/available at HQ;
- Major tool: Globally coordinated, locally consumed movement recipe book for success:
- Step-by-step
- Tutorials
- Formulas