elaborate the Research topic to share with the selected public
create a questionnaire for partners to connect to the database with the rationale on their role in the snowball sampling and the connection with representatives of the communities
establish a timeline to define the ethnographic questions
Aware that most of the team has not worked with these biweeklies, a brief foreword: These calls are a chance to reconnect, review what we’ve accomplished since our last meeting, and coordinate on strategy and next steps. When needed, we’ll also plan specific workshops to support our progress.
To keep things moving smoothly, it’s important that agreed-upon tasks are completed between meetings. We all have other commitments, so if any delays come up, keeping the team informed helps us stay aligned.
That’s why we track everything on the platform—it ensures our meeting time is focused on planning ahead, rather than revisiting unfinished work.
Some forum strategies to consider include structured vs. open-ended discussions and “Pass the Mic” threads highlighting voices from specific countries (e.g., Germany, Hungary).
It would be nice to use formats mimicking social gatherings, like dinner party-style conversations. We need to evaluate what worked in the past and how we can improve and innovate.
Questions to consider:
In this meeting, we discussed the community engagement strategy, different approaches and priorities.
The main discussion points were around the following:
how do we bring a new community to the platform? What worked before and what didn’t. Lessons learned
To which communities can we reach out?
should we engage in 1-1 conversations with different community leaders
Due to my experience from TREASURE, I am afraid it will be challenging to engage people on the platform, but for this project, one of our target customers are activists who should be more prone to writing on the platform.
To do:
Ambassadors - find a fellow/ambassador in each country by the end of the year (having all of them by October would be brilliant) @bojanbobic
check Hugi’s list and dig into the communities. Start to reach out to them and make connections @bojanbobic