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'''This is a working space to list, present and comment the best tools and resources for activists.'''
#REDIRECT [[:Category:P2P Infrastructure]]
 
If you want to collaborate, please write to michelsub2003 at yahoo dot com.
 
This project is the brainchild of Mary Joyce, Chinarut Ruangchotvit, Linda Nowakowski, Chris Smith, and Michel Bauwens.
 
 
=Provisional list of topics to be covered=
 
 
* Context/Backgrounder
** Collaboration Series (importance of principles)
* Definition
* How to pages
** Quickstart Guide
** Strategies
** Designing your Toolkit
** Maintaining your Toolkit
** Evolving your Toolkit
* Best of Selection (aka. no frills toolkit)
* Testimonies by Activists
 
=Consulting Process=
 
These questions are designed to ellicit needs and get a sense of the situation the community leader is in
 
* What is your initiative?
** Is your message internal (ie. sharing a vision) or external (ie. general public)
* Describe your role in fulfilling this effort.
* Are you looking to build a team?
** Are you bringing a community to the table?
** what % of your community is online?
** would you be willing to plug into an existing community?
* Describe your perfect community.
** State 4 important traits of the network/community you are building
** What communities have you led?
** How did you develop of this community?
** What challenges have you encountered through this process?
** Has your community captured key learnings anywhere?  may we see them?
* Define reputation and credibility
** How would you describe your credibility?  online?  offline?
** How do you envision a member's credibility driving leadership efforts? (ie. declaring groups)
* Describe some activities your community would be engaged in day-to-day
** Is this a free for all?
** Would it be of value to integrate key learnings and introduce order into your community?
* Is there anything else you would like to share before we finish?
 
=Scenarios=
 
these serve as examples to drive use cases for the system under design
 
* consensus building
* proposal making
* action plans
* status reporting
 
=Design considerations=
 
the intent of this section is to begin to break up the information ellicited from the community leader/activist and work towards a design
 
* configurations
** no frills, generic configuration designed to meet most needs
** advanced pre-defined configuration (ie. http://itredux.com/blog/office-20/my-office-20-setup/)
** pre-built infrastructure with community (ie. omidyar.net)
** custom -- willing to invest time and energy into architecture & design
** K.I.S.S. -- the wiki way
* permissions
** declaring/creating groups
 
=Technical components=
 
these come in during the implementation phase and strategic requirements are clear.  technology components shall be interchangable to deal with the exponential rate of evolution!
 
* blogs
* calendars (shared)
* chat rooms
* content management systems
* email (servers & clients)
* file sharing
* forums
* frameworks (ie. plone)
* instant messaging
* knowledge managers
* massively large online systems (ie. Second Life)
* newsreaders (RSS) [[BlogBridge]]
* newstrackers [[Aggregator2]]
* office suites (ie. OpenOffice.org)
* personal information systems
* personal organizers
* picture organizers (ie. flickr)
* podcasting software  [[Podcasting Legal Guide]]
* project managers
* search engines
* social networking platforms
* team workspace systems
* VoIP systems (ie. Skype)
* webcasting servers
* web page designers
* wiki software
* word processors (collaborative)
 
=Resources=
* <pointers to articles '''inside''' this wiki>
 
=More information=
 
==Related Entries==
*[[P2P Consultancy Cooperative]]

Latest revision as of 10:11, 3 January 2019