These are slides from a workshop that gives participants methods, context, tools and experience with open participatory systems, based on the lived experience of members of the non-hierarchical networks Enspiral and OuiShare. It explores experiments around leadership, governance, and collaborative financing as well as the crucial cultural practices embedded in Enspiral and Ouishare that enable a high level of experimentation.

1. Enspiral & OuiShare :
Lessons from Participatory Networks
@Enspiral | @Ouishare
Kate Beecroft Susan Basterfield Francesca Pick Maud Richet

2. Today
Introduction / intention
Check in
Who we are
Enspiral & OuiShare?
Break
Working in a participatory network: overview
On decision making
Longing for more
Check out

3. Introductory Concepts: Enspiral is
https://vimeo.com/125088390

4. Enspiral is
http://whatis.enspiral.com/#1

5. Introductory Concepts: OuiShare is
https://youtu.be/zIr5t_-pRQU

6. Global Collective of 80 “Connectors”
OuiShare is a global collective of innovators and
entrepreneurs who build local communities and
projects around collaborative economies, emerging
communities and digital transformations.
Global Network, Local Communities
From Paris to Berlin, Barcelona, Rio or London, our
connectors have built a strong network of local
communities that enable fruitful connections, and
global trend identifications
Acclaimed Festivals & Conferences
OuiShare Fest (Paris, Barcelona) and ColaborAmerica
(Rio) are leading festivals focusing on collaborative
economies, emerging communities and digital
transformations, with the finest international crowd
of innovators, thought leaders and professionals
Online Media Publishing
OuiShare Magazine, a multilingual online media that
publishes in-depth analysis about the collaborative
society ; and “Le Blog de la Conso Collaborative” the
leading french blog on sharing economy
Think Tank & Research
OuiShare creates open knowledge and fresh
ideas through research collaborations, on topics
such as the impacts of the sharing economy,
new business models or new co-operative
governance in the collaborative economy.
Community Incubator
OuiShare incubates emerging communities that bring
together innovators and incumbents to invent new
practices, products or policies, in areas such as open
source sustainability (POC21 innovation camp), new
transportation (La Fabrique des Mobilités, by ADEME)
and collaborative cities (Sharitories)
Professional Education
With the “OuiShare Up” training program, we help
professionals to understand the rules of new
economies and to drive meaningful change
within companies and institutions
Certified Experts
The “OuiShare Experts” label is delivered to the
experts and consultants who have demonstrated
expertise and contributed to OuiShare projects.
We support them with knowledge and network.

7. The OuiShare community
around the globe
NYC
QUEBEC
CHILE
PERU
ARGENTIN
A
MEXICO
COLOMBI
A
BRASIL
GERMAN
YFRANCE
SPAI
NMOROCCO
ITAL
Y
U
K
NORWAY
FINLAND
BELGIU
M
N
L
ISRAELLEBANO
N
SYRI
A
HUNGAR
Y
BULGAR
IA
ROMANI
A
POLAN
DAUSTRI
A
CROATI
A
6 Regions
27
Countries
50 Cities

8. OuiShare membership types

9. The challenges of working without
hierarchy?
1-2-4-all

10. Making a participatory network work:
Overview of 6 core things

12. 1. Culture
How do we take care of the
humans and curate a high
trust network?
Viral cultural tools
#thanks
Retreats
Stewarding

13. 2. Leadership: Catalysts
How might distributed leadership actually work?
https://waffle.io/enspiral/improvements

14. 3. Communication
http://handbook.enspiral.com
https://medium.com/enspiral-tales
How is information
shared in a decentralised
network?

15. 4. Governance
How can a decentralised organisation be legal and lean at the same
time?
MVB....

16. 5. Finances
How do you democratically fund a community?

18. Culture in OuiShare: Shared Values &
Gatherings

19. Leadership: distributed and do-ocratic
3-Connectors Rule
Dynamic Hierarchy
Autonomy of projects & communities

20. Communication OuiShare: Openness &
Transparency

21. Finances: OuiShare
Value Accounting

22. OuiShare Governance &
Organizational Structure
Our Network of CollaboratorsOur Community Ventures
OuiShare France/Global
main non-profit (french law)
Historical organization that supports the
activities of the OuiShare Community,
specifically general interest activities in
France (media, think tank, incubator) and
global coordination of the networkLocal Associations & Connectors OuiShare Foundation (2016)
endowment fund (french law)
Collects donations to fund collaborative
projects (including OuiShare projects)
Collaborative Events
event producer (non-profit) ;
co-produces OuiShare Fest
ConsoCollab
media company
OuiShare
Spain
non-profit
OuiShare
Germany
non-profit
Connectors in
other countries
individuals
Certified Experts
Organizations and freelancers
using the OuiShare Brandl
Partners
& Friends
Sharitories (2016)
non-profit (TBC)

23. Decision Making: OuiShare

26. Loomio
Types of discussions and decisions
1) Agreements: https://www.loomio.org/d/RIMCfuaT/proposal/p75TDBhy
2) Agreements:
https://www.loomio.org/d/MD5Ktr3s/pr-sident-de-l-association-ouishare
3) Updates:
https://www.loomio.org/d/dI2Kk6vq/update-ideas-for-ouishare-fest-paris-
2017
4) Check-ins: https://www.loomio.org/d/0GtnNBCe/august-2016-checkins

27. What do the symbols mean?

28. Tips
People. Place. Practice.
Build best practices.
Make sure everyone is on the same page
Facilitate online (@mention)
Clarify decision-making process
Set deadlines consciously

29. Thank you and stay in touch!
@Ouishare
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ways.

30. Contacts
Kate Beecroft Susan Basterfield Maud Richet Francesca Pick
maud@ouishare.netKate.beecroft@enspiral.com susan.basterfield@enspiral.com francesca@ouishare.net

31. Tools
Loomio and Cobudget are both software tools that we recommend to help you work collaboratively
To start using Loomio go to loomio.org and sign up (use the code ENSPIRALLABS to get 10 percent
off your subscription)
To start using Cobudget go to Cobudget.co start a group and get going
We can also help you build the culture that makes these tools really work.