7 Lessons about Community Building Francesca Pick @francesca_sp Leergang | Kongress zum Leerstandmelder | October 2013

What is OuiShare ?

with the mission is to build and nurture a collaborative society by connecting people, organizations and ideas around fairness, openness and trust. A global community and think and do-tank

It all started with a Blog, a #hashtag

The circle grew quickly.

Then we needed a name

#1 Rule : M.P.R.L. Meet People in Real Life

community building think tank knowledge production do thank project incubator services what we do:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/piratenpartei/3908069700/ 1 Team distribuited accross the globe

OuiShare Connectors

What we did

Community Building 2 Global Conferences 2 Tours (LATAM/Europe) 3 Internationale Summits 100+ OuiShare Events In more than 25 cities in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East

Think Tank Since July 2012 240+ Articles (FR/EN/ES) 60+ contributors 30.000+ Unique Visitors/month 10.000+ Facebook Fans 6.000+ Twitter followers Research and articles about the collaborative economy magazine.ouishare.net

Think Tank 70+ Online FB groups - Local - Transversal in EN, FR, ES, P, IT & D - Thematic - Project based - Organisational Grouping 1500+ contributors from > 20 countries

OuiShare Fest, Paris 1. International conference about the collaborative economy

150 Speakers 50 volunteers over 200 contributors

One website, translated into 16 languages in 2 weeks

How did we do it?

Create a feeling of togetherness without a shared location

Openness Transparency Independence Impact MeetPeople InRealLife Action PermanentBeta Feedback Inclusion Play Shared Values

Shared Mission Accelerate the shift to a more collaborative economy

Shared Culture

Stigmergy Individual autonomy and freedom to create something, regardless of its acceptance or rejection by the group.

Hierarchie Group controlled by individuals Consensus Individuals controlled by the group

7 Lessons About Community Building

1. Provide purpose http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidewalk_flying/3534131757/,

2. Give love + show appreciation

4. Empower by distributing responsibility

5. Set low entry and exit barriers http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualpanic/3982464447/

6. Create small work packages

Inspired by simbyosi.com

6. Use the right tools

Collaborative Translations

Empowerment vs. Control

Collaborative Project management

7. Find the right team

Francesca Pick francesca@ouishare.net @francescapick Questions? A special thanks to Simone Cicero, Albert Canigueral, Benjamin Tinq, Arthur de Grave