Enspiral & OuiShare: lessons from a participatory network

Enspiral & OuiShare : Lessons from Participatory Networks

@Enspiral | @Ouishare

Kate Beecroft Susan Basterfield Francesca Pick Maud Richet

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Introduction / intentionCheck inWho we areEnspiral & OuiShare?BreakWorking in a participatory network: overviewOn decision makingLonging for moreCheck out

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Introductory Concepts: Enspiral is

https://vimeo.com/125088390

Enspiral is

http://whatis.enspiral.com/#1

Introductory Concepts: OuiShare is

https://youtu.be/zIr5t_-pRQU

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 CommunitiesFrom 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 PublishingOuiShare 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 & ResearchOuiShare 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 IncubatorOuiShare 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 EducationWith 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 ExpertsThe “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.

The OuiShare community around the globe

NYC

QUEBEC

CHILE

PERU

ARGENTINA

MEXICO

COLOMBIA BRASIL

GERMANYFRANCE

SPAINMOROCCO

ITALY

UK

NORWAYFINLAND

BELGIUM

NL

ISRAELLEBANON

SYRIA

HUNGARY

BULGARIA

ROMANIA

POLANDAUSTRI

ACROATIA

6 Regions

27 Countries

50 Cities

OuiShare membership types

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

Making a participatory network work: Overview of 6 core things

1. Culture

How do we take care of the humans and curate a high trust network?

Viral cultural tools#thanksRetreatsStewarding

2. Leadership: Catalysts

How might distributed leadership actually work?

https://waffle.io/enspiral/improvements

3. Communication

http://handbook.enspiral.comhttps://medium.com/enspiral-tales

How is information shared in a decentralised network?

4. Governance

How can a decentralised organisation be legal and lean at the same time?

MVB....

5. Finances

How do you democratically fund a community?

Culture in OuiShare: Shared Values & Gatherings

Leadership: distributed and do-ocratic

3-Connectors Rule

Dynamic Hierarchy

Autonomy of projects & communities

Communication OuiShare: Openness & Transparency

Finances: OuiShare

Value Accounting

OuiShare Governance & Organizational Structure

Our Network of CollaboratorsOur Community Ventures

OuiShare France/Globalmain 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 Eventsevent producer (non-profit) ; co-produces OuiShare Fest

ConsoCollabmedia company

OuiShareSpain

non-profit

OuiShareGermanynon-profit

Connectors in other countries

individuals

Certified ExpertsOrganizations and freelancers using the OuiShare Brandl

Partners& Friends

Sharitories (2016)non-profit (TBC)

Decision Making: OuiShare

Loomio

Types of discussions and decisions1) Agreements: https://www.loomio.org/d/RIMCfuaT/proposal/p75TDBhy2) 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

What do the symbols mean?

Tips

People. Place. Practice.

Build best practices.

Make sure everyone is on the same pageFacilitate online (@mention)Clarify decision-making processSet deadlines consciously

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Contacts

Kate Beecroft Susan Basterfield Maud Richet Francesca Pick

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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.