Every project this cycle, who's on it, and what success looks like by November.
Focus on grassroots community builders and participants. Interviews are mined for user needs, then turned into published profiles which are in turn amplified by their subjects to help us reach more people. Example: Dig It Soundsystem profile
Adding richness and colour to the Toolkit, such as illustrations, models, examples. Particular focus on sections and principles that are mostly text at present.
Rich wanting to build a chatbot. We also have three apps in development that we want to finish, and a desire to regularise the tech stack and development processes.
Finishing the last 25% of the Measurement chapter of the Toolkit.
Decide on the best approach to reach grassroots community builders. Continue successful work to reach Martha via LinkedIn. Build on publications calendar that includes work from the other projects e.g. Ethics, Measurement, Tool releases, profiles and so on. Use AI to take the work out of it.
Get community builders to try and use the Toolkit to help them with their challenges. Feed the feedback into further refinement of the Toolkit. Gather formal evidence that supports grant applications.
Achieve our next rung on the grant application ladder. One or two grant applications per cycle, not a continuous pipeline.
Make the experience of being part of TBD fulfilling, including for those who are remotely-located. Includes interviews to find out about the current experience, and a programme that creates engagement
Host events: potlucks, gatherings, occasional parties.
Look at our operations across the piece (project management, tooling, finance, scheduling etc), and figure out how to make it work better with the limited time we have.
Review content as we produce it: Toolkit changes, articles, grant applications etc before they go out.
Direction and stewardship of TBD mandate. Shape strategic options for the collective to consider. Keep an eye on project progress and how people are doing, with the overall goals in mind.