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Build it so they will come

SCoPE

Citizen Engagement:Spotlight Session #4April 22, 2010

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Starting Point

• Careful not to “over design” before launch• Essential communication tools• Core activity: monthly seminar discussions• Began with discussion about the community• Designed for busy people

– No obligations– No guilt allowed!

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Participation

• 3,400 members• 70 countries• 53 seminars• 47 Special Interest Groups

(SIGS) have been created• Over 100 members have

volunteered to facilitate• 13,433 posts• Millions of guest views

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Emphasis on Activities

• Monthly seminars• Online conferences• Learn Together Series• Professional Learning Series• Reading Group Series• Workshops• Virtual Field Trips• F2F events and meetups

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Emphasis on getting involved

• Facilitate a scheduled seminar

• Help to create outcome resources

• Start a Special Interest Group

• Use SCoPE for community research

• Propose a collaborative event

• Help to sustain the community

Emphasis on People

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Emphasis on PartnershipsNever work in isolation!

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Boundaries?Community?

Network?

Example: Twitter

Example: LinkedIn

Example: Facebook

Example: http://bccampus.blip.tv/

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The job jars are never empty

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkerhead/3123914969

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Design for Success• Participation on the periphery• Community steward• Attention to history• Rhythm and variety, build anticipation• Focus on people and dialogue• Ideas for activities emerge through

participation• Mutual exchange of services / collaboration• Different modes and levels of engagement