Presentation of ACTion Alexandria given to City of Alexandria Leadership Management Institute on May 21st, 2011

1. Raising The Barn: Technology-aided Barnraising in Alexandria Tracy Viselli, Community Manager tracy.viselli@actionalexandria.org @ACTionAlexVA | http://facebook.com/ACTionAlexandria

2. It used to be simple

3. Barnraising formula

4. Communities are more complex

5. Barnraising is still a solution

7. Community members, nonprofit leaders, and city agencies embarked upon year-long assessment of possible solutions.

9. Communities moving online 22% of all adults receive alerts about local issues. 20% of all adults used digital tools to talk to their neighbors about community issues. Nearly in 1 in 10 social network users (8%) joined an online group focused on community issues in the past year Individuals who don’t know neighbors by name are as likely to keep up with community events online Pew Internet: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Neighbors-Online.aspx

10. Technology-aided barnraising ACTion Alexandria brings together neighbors and organizations to exchange ideas, coordinate efforts, and solve problems in our community.

12. Create an online community that inspires offline action

13. Engage residents and organizations in problem solving

14. Improve the quality of life for our most vulnerable residents

15. Create a clearinghouse of opportunities to help.

17. How it works Urgent Community Needs Take an action Start an action Long-term Community Challenges Solve a challenge Suggest a challenge Sponsor a challenge

18. How it works - Citizens Creating Opportunity Take an action Start an action Solve a challenge Suggest a challenge Post events Submit content Support local orgs

19. How it works - Organizations Creating Infrastructure Start an action Sponsor a challenge Post events Submit content Gain supporters

20. Results since launch As of February 7th 280 registered members 6 featured actions, 12 community actions 117 individual actions taken* 40 organization pages 3 community sponsors 4 contributing community bloggers *This count is much smaller than the number of people who have actually completed an action launched by ACTion Alexandria

21. Results since launch (2) Actions Carpenter’s Shelter $1495 raised ALIVE! 30 bags/2,476 people fed Community Lodgings 2,500 diapers ANHSI’s Pediatric Clinic 320 single servings Pedialyte Friends of Guest House $1,000 raised *20-30% new donors Challenges 901 votes in Quality of Life Indicators Challenge

22. Sign up at ACTionAlexandria.org