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− | 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 | ||
+ | ** | ||
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+ | '''Tools:''' | ||
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+ | * 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 | ||
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+ | <center>'''Global movements, local communities'''</center> | ||
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+ | * 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 | ||
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Questions: | Questions: | ||
− | What can a global movement gain from a local event? | + | |
− | + | * What can a global movement gain from a local event? | |
− | Legitimacy | + | ** ‚Äúglobal‚Äù is an abstract aggregation; ‚ÄúStories are local!‚Äù |
− | Local events can be cultivated into shining examples to be used as reference | + | ** Legitimacy ‚Äì can‚Äôt 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 ‚Äì 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