Cultivating Community
Working with the Red Hat “PnT Comms” team Originally published on We Are Open Co-op’s blog I’ve just wrapped the second of two workshops I… Read More »Cultivating Community
Concepts & Models
I design open educational programs and participation initiatives here in the 21st Century. Technology is fast moving, and my work requires a good bit of conceptualization and invention to discover ways of empowering lots of people. This category is little bit meta, but the models, concepts and frameworks within are meta-ideas that might make something you’re working on easier. As with many of “my” thoughts and ideas, I must give credit to the inspiring thinkers who have helped me develop these ideas over the years. You know who you are!
How the new P4 Architectures of Participation pair with our Community Strategy
Creating contributor pathways with the Handbook and Github cross-posted on Greenpeace International’s Planet 4 publication For the last couple of months, we’ve been working on… Read More »How the new P4 Architectures of Participation pair with our Community Strategy
How an open project’s governance model evolves
by Open Org Ambassadors (including yours truly) and cross-posted on Opensource.com As we continue renovating the Open Organization community, we’ve been asking hard questions about… Read More »How an open project’s governance model evolves
Let’s build our ideal future
To imagine alternative lives is an exercise from the Artist’s Way. Once you’ve determined who you would like to be, you’re supposed to do something… Read More »Let’s build our ideal future
Digital Trash? Google+
Originally published Digital Trash? Google+ on Medium. Not sure if you remember/care at all, but Google Plus is dead in the water. It will be… Read More »Digital Trash? Google+
Here’s to the Crazy Ones
Co-op Days January 2019 originally published on the We Are Open Co-op blog Hello world, it’s me, Laura, reporting to you live in the sporadic fashion… Read More »Here’s to the Crazy Ones
Special features for campaigns
Originally published Special features for campaigns on Medium. In March, we wrote a post about some pervasive problems at Greenpeace — mainly, microsites. We detailed many of… Read More »Special features for campaigns
We are all patients and carers
cross-posted on medium On March 9, the year of our Lord 2018, Mr. Mathers and I traveled to the Royal Infirmary at the Edinburgh University… Read More »We are all patients and carers
Planet 4 is a Software, not a Design
cross-posted on medium In the latest Engagement Community Call two provocative agenda items drove the community — organisation — tech discussion: , the first “We suck at International Campaigning” and… Read More »Planet 4 is a Software, not a Design
Supporting the collective: Co-ops, CoTech and Anti-capitalism
For a while now, since realizing that co-op values and principles and open source ones overlap quite extensively, I’ve been noticing something interesting capitalism (or… Read More »Supporting the collective: Co-ops, CoTech and Anti-capitalism