Building Community in the Civic Space by Betsey Merkel

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Building Collaborative Communities in the Civic Space

Accelerating innovationin Open Source Economic DevelopmentUpdated February 2014

Created by Betsey Merkel, Co-Founder & DirectorThe Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open)

Cleveland, Ohio USA 44103http://www.i-open.org
http://www.i-open.org/


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Civic Spaces Collaborative Communities

Social Media Your Next Steps


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I-Open teaches communities how to build open,

neutral spaces for new conversationsWhere new habits of thinking and acting

together are encouragedWe call this the Civic Space. It includes

EveryoneThis is the first step toward building prosperity


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We practice new behaviors driven byprinciples to facilitate collaboration


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Collaborative communities are formed bypeople who share common interests, looking fornew opportunities, lost hope, or who may just becurious


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This is what Collaborative Communitieslook like...


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Collaborative Communities are

face to face...

February 7, 2008 Midtown Brews with Meet The Bloggers: Ohios

Energy Portfolio: Economic Development in Your Backyard

June 10, 2008 Midtown Brews with Meet The Bloggers: The

Youngstown Business Incubator : A Global Model of Quality,

Connected Business Innovation


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...and Collaborative Communities areonline

Build collaborative communities online using integrated Web 2.0 tool sets


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Collaborative Communities can be regional...

Examples of I-Open Collaborative Communitiesbased in Northeast Ohio


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Northeast Ohio is home to several national models of

online Collaborative Communities

REALNEO (above) and the Lakewood Observer (right)


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...and Collaborative Communities can be national

I-Open Collaborative Communities launched at national gatherings connect participants

once they return home to stay connected and enable follow up to new opportunities


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Examples of

I-Opens

CollaborativeCommunitiesbased in

Northeast Ohiowith a globalreach (2010)

Midtown Brews

technology, creative andenergy

WENetworkwomen and leadership

enterpriseDemocracy in Action

citizen-governmentnetworks

World of Workworkforce development

Map the Messpolitical transparency

I-Open Educationskills training

Learning Linkscitizen stories

Open ConversationsLinked Communitiescommunity priorities

Defragcreative digital media


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What do collaborative communities

offer you?

Trust building Networks to break down barriers A new generation of cross disciplinary learningskills Opportunities for project building, or

enterprise collaboration Opportunities for Strategic Doing Fun and convivial relationships


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Some questions to think about: Where do you gather with others whereyou live? What does collaborating mean to you? Where do you go to experiencecommunity? What face to face and online communities

do you participate in or know about? How could a community help you and what

you are passionate about?


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Civic Spaces Collaborative Communities Social Media Your Next Steps


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Social Media tools expand online Collaborative Communities

quickly to build global networks and share and receive information

instantly...


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Web based conversations Create accountability to an unseen global audience Iterate fast moving comparisons Sustain purposeful conversations Engage co-created community interests designed to

focus on strategic issues


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Example: I-Open Education InternetTelevision channel

Live Chat

Archivedsessions

Share

Creative

Brand

Live Show


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Social Media tools allow anyone to Participate regardless of location Engage in multi-task learning by

1. chatting live with the class and others online2. review archived sessions at your convenience3. share information with colleagues


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Next Steps

Convene a conversationLearn about the Civic Space, social media, and

collaborative communities


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Collaborative Communities to explorehttp://realneo.us/

http://lakewoodobserver.com/
http://lakewoodobserver.com/http://realneo.us/http://realneo.us/http://realneo.us/http://realneo.us/http://realneo.us/http://realneo.us/


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Words of interest

civic space civic forum process

partnerships collaborative communities social media & broadcast


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Open Source Software Industry

lessonsThe overall evolutionary dynamic isreinventionReinvention enables continuousimprovementCommunities co-evolveThe success of one depends on the successof the otherFrom Community Development and Interaction in Open Source Software Development Projects andBeyond, Walt Scacchi, Institute for Software Research and Laboratory for Computer Game Cultureand Technology, School of Information and Computer Science, University of California Irvine.


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