This document discusses organizing communities and groups. It provides examples of the Bristol Climbing Centre and activmob platform. These case studies show how communities can self-organize through various online and offline tools, but that coordination is needed. The document advocates for designing community support models before implementing technology tools, and ensuring facilitation is provided to help groups emerge and collaborate effectively.

1. Hello 2000…..………2002…………..2004……………..2006……..…..2007…… 2008.. I am an organisations and communities consultant and ‘blended facilitator’. In other words, I help groups of people do the things that they want and/or need to do.

2. Hello

3. Two books http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enough-John-Naish/dp/0340935901/ http://www.wethinkthebook.net/home.aspx

4. … and a quick quote “… This is a world that knows how to organize itself without command and control or charisma. Everywhere, life self-organizes as networks of interdependent relationships. When individuals discover a common interest or passion, they organize themselves and figure out how to make things happen. Self-organizing evokes creativity and results, creating strong, adaptive systems. Surprising new strengths and capacities emerge from new relationships…” Leadership of Self-Organized Networks; Lessons from the War on Terror Wheatley, Margaret J. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 20(2) pp.59-66

6. Bristol climbing centre

7. Website http://www.undercover-rock.com/

8. Facebook group

9. The instructors’ sites and blogs

10. Lots and lots of emails “… If you would like a space on this session then e.mail me back and I will let you know if there is a space available…” http://www.ianmillard.co.uk

11. Lots of posters on walls

12. Much mobile telephony http://nulovka.blogspot.com/2007/07/first-cell-phones.html

13. 3rd party: Bouldr: route sharing http://bouldr.net/

14. Distributed community tools

17. Platforms to enable communities http://www.activmob.com/ http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/Case-Studies/All-Case-Studies/Activmobs/

18. Platforms to enable communities http://www.activmob.com/news/horsmonden-amblers

20. Engagement planning (Wilcox, D, 2006)

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