Building Networks for Good
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Building networks for good
Building Networks for Good
@leesean / @purpose
Purpose builds movements and new power models to tackle the world's biggest problems.
User Experience
Strategic Storytelling
Community Management
Movement Building
Community Centered
Design
"what happens when people are given the tools to do things together, without needing traditional organizational structures"
Make joining easy Create personal value Subdivide the community
What can we learn from misfits and pirates?
UX Urban eXperiment
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/26/france.artnews
http://www.wired.com/2012/01/ff_ux/
Movement > Organization
Local / Global
MiLES (Made in the Lower East Side)
MiLES (Made in the Lower East Side)
MiLES (Made in the Lower East Side)
MiLES (Made in the Lower East Side)
MiLES (Made in the Lower East Side)
Movement > Organization
The Night Heron
by Sextant.Works
“The Night Heron” photo by Yoni Brook
“The Night Heron” photo by Yoni Brook
“The Night Heron” photo by Yoni Brook
“The Night Heron” photo by Yoni Brook
“The Night Heron” photo by Yoni Brook
“The Night Heron” photo by Yoni Brook
“The Night Heron” photo by Yoni Brook
Informality
Independence
Share“Source Code”
Expand Org Chart
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Building Networks for Good
@leesean / @purpose / @foossa_com
Some Awesome Projects
• http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/nyc
• http://gabriellalevine.com/SNEEL
• http://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2014/nov/04/
dreary-coast-brooklyn
• http://urbanmatterinc.com/silent-lights/
• http://www.theacousticguitarproject.com/
10 Trustees
$1000 / Month
“Awesome” Projects
Action > Consensus
Consensus > Voting
Call to Action
Start an Awesome Foundation
chapter in your community
[email protected]
Look backward
to move forward
Look inward to
to innovate outward
wisdomhackers.com
“It’s like Doctors Without
Borders for designers”
“The design dream team
that money can’t buy”
How can we enrich lives or
working musicians?
How can we grow
mindfulness in schools?
Leverage outsider
intelligence
Document!
Document!
Document!
How can we turn feelings
into action?
Networks for Good
embody New Power values
#NewPower
http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_heimans_what_new_power_looks_like?language=en
https://hbr.org/2014/12/understanding-new-power
CURRENT
NEW POWER
CURRENCY
OLD POWER
by @htimms & @jeremyheimans
CURRENT
MADE BY MANY
NEW POWER
CURRENCY
HELD BY FEW
OLD POWER
by @htimms & @jeremyheimans
CURRENT
MADE BY MANY
UPLOADS
NEW POWER
CURRENCY
HELD BY FEW
DOWNLOADS
OLD POWER
by @htimms & @jeremyheimans
CURRENT
MADE BY MANY
OPEN
PEER-DRIVEN
UPLOADS
SHARES
NEW POWER
CURRENCY
HELD BY FEW
CLOSED
LEADER-DRIVEN
DOWNLOADS
COMMANDS
OLD POWER
by @htimms & @jeremyheimans
OLD POWER VALUES NEW POWER VALUES
by @htimms & @jeremyheimans
Start Small
Stay in Beta
MVP Minimum Viable Product
MVB Minimum Viable Bureaucracy
MUE Minimum Unit of Engagement
ENG
AGEM
ENT
COMMITMENT OVER TIME
VIEW
LIKE
JOIN
SHARE
CREATE
PURCHASE/DONATE
ATTEND
Commitment Curve
ENG
AGEM
ENT
COMMITMENT OVER TIME
VIEW
LIKE
JOIN
SHARE
CREATE
PURCHASE/DONATE
ATTEND
Commitment Curve A few people are the most engaged, but this is a feature of social systems, not a bug
Build community before
you have anything
Build community before
you have anything…even if
you don’t know what to do
with them
Bubble Tea Diplomacy
Taiwan Sunflower Movement
spark signal/story space structures
Adapted from Christina Xu: https://medium.com/chrysaora-weekly/signal-space-structure-designing-for-communities-of-interest-d09ad8454f57
Building Networks for Good
@leesean / @purpose