A presentation about doing together, roles of participation and community building, dealing with the following questions: What is doing together? Why it's important? How to get people involved? Why people participate? And how to take care of the community? Held at SIC!2015 Rome conference.

1. Jaakko blomberg
Community building AND doing together

2. what is doing
together?

3. doing together is
exponential.
everyone who takes
part in it, doesn’t
only bring himself
but also his whole
network

4. doing together has no limits and
the results are unpredictable

5. doing together is fragile.
it needs the right place,
time and energy

6. doing together is exposing
yourself without knowing how
others will react and what will
come up

7. doing together has a
great creative power,
because then we are
not stuck in the
traditional roles

9. - - - citizen power - - -
8. citizen control
7. delegated power
6. partnership
- - - tokenism - - -
5. placation
4. consultation
3. informing
- - - NOnparticipation - - -
2. therapy
1. manipulation
ladders of participation

10. 1. community manager
2. active actor
3. occasional actor
4. active participant
5. occasional participant
roles of communal action

12. why people
participate?

13. 1. rewards
the rewards of
membership
outweigh the costs
of participating

14. 2. relationships
Making new friends, broadening
our influence or accomplishing
something we could not do alone

15. 3. role
We want to
belong to a
group where we
have a role we
want and our
contribution
will be
appreciated

16. 4. results
aim for
concrete
results and
celebrate
also small
achievements

17. 5. respect
People seek the respect from our
peers for ourselves and our values

18. 6. Recognition
People want to be
recognized for their
contribution

19. how to take
care of the
community?

20. 1. create space for others
the members have to have a real
opportunity to take part and
influence

21. equality creates cohesion
and increases participation
2. keep the power distance
small

22. 3. be open
without shared
knowledge you
can’t have
cohesion

23. you don’t have to
know everything. let
the others show their
opinions and feel
that they are needed
4. it’s ok to be insecure

24. 5. make people feel safe
on the other hand
people look for
leadership, safety
and feeling of
security

25. 6. be present
be truly present, also during the
bad times

26. 7. react quickly
React quickly to
requests,
suggestions and
problems

27. 8. give space for everyone
have courage to give up
traditional ways of
doing and encourage
people to use their own
creativity

28. 9. make joining feel easy
communities
easily turn
into groups
that are only
for a small
circle
make joining
easy at any
point

29. 10. good design helps
good design makes
participating easy

32. Done
Is
Better
Than
perfect