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Case study: organising space - powering a community of practice at UNISON, by Monica Hirst, Strategic Organising, Planner, UNISON. UNISON are building a learning community, enabling activists and staff to connect, learn, research and share organising knowledge, best practices and experience. Monica discusses the community's launch through to implementation, encouraging hearts and minds.

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A new Community for

activists and staff

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About us at UNISON

Monica Hirst – Strategic Organising Planner

Strategic organising and recruitment unit

UNISON Centre

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Why do we need the Organising Space?

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Why do we need the Organising Space?

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The Organising Space is..

• Open to all activists and staff

• Employed, Branch employed staff, Activists and New Representatives

• Dynamic

• Partly self-moderating

• Experiential learning

• Creative• Networking

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DevelopmentFrom our paper prototype….

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Launch

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Development…to the Organising Space

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Save your experiences

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Share your experiences in your Community

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Ask your Community a question

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Check out ever-growing curated content

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Find great content from the community

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View the latest, most popular content...and score points

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Getting the message out there

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The Initial Feedback

• Stephanie from Bath

“I foresee a long long evening tonight playing with this tool”

• Ryan from Glasgow

“Really impressed with the Organising Space! The recruitment bit will come in very handy. I'm looking forward to getting more involved in the discussions too. Cheers!”

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User feedback

• Steph from Wales

“Thanks very much for this, feel really UNISON'dup now!”

• Moira from Hereford

“I think I have just found my UNISON bible”

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The Next Steps

• New developments

• Events – Training and active courses

• January – next launch

• Target of 1,000 users by February 2015

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Join the community