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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