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| − | + | Let's just talk about AWESOME stuff for the future. Dream big and keep it positive. | |
| − | + | == Growing the AF == | |
| + | * Let's just see an Awesome Foundation chapter in every city. | ||
| + | ** What if everyone in America was a trustee | ||
| + | * Make the AF open source, more transparency and available documentation of what we have done right and wrong | ||
| + | ** More publishing of process, should help with grant proposals because will people will see how do-able it is | ||
| + | * Chapters within existing orgs - companies, universities, etc. | ||
| + | * Christina wants to make a Reddit AF | ||
| + | * We should make barriers to entry lower and easier | ||
| + | * How will we handle geography and boundaries as we get more and more chapters | ||
| + | * More chapters in small, rural areas where it's a huge deal | ||
| + | ** less competition with stuff that's happening already | ||
| + | ** huge impact | ||
| + | * Let's make an unofficial goal of 100 chapters next year | ||
| − | + | === Granting === | |
| + | * Trustees should lead be example and apply for Awesome grants! | ||
| + | ** We should consider ourselves and grantees all part of the same community | ||
| + | * What if we made an AF-internal meta-grant? | ||
| + | ** re: concerns of favoritism, higher barrier because trustees hold themselves to higher standards | ||
| + | * Or a chapter where only the trustees can apply, so the money gets shuffled around month to month | ||
| + | * Help grow things by occasionally funding projects from random places that aren't in cities with chapters | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Collaboration == | ||
| + | * Awesome as a portal between small projects | ||
| + | ** Like Kiva for Awesome | ||
| + | ** Traveling projects that go between chapters | ||
| + | ** Inter-grantee collaborations | ||
| + | * Develop an international grantee community | ||
| + | * global AF community couchsurfing | ||
| + | * source of video and pitches and promos and articles and other media | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Spreading the word == | ||
| + | * Awesome museum exhibits | ||
| + | * Let's become The Example of how to do micro-funding and citizen philanthropy | ||
| + | * Foundations and institutions think we're cool already, we can leverage that | ||
| + | ** But we should not worry about seeking those out, just make ourselves available | ||
| + | * Let's have an international holiday (suggestions: 4/4, 4/29, founding date of Boston chapter, something involving 8?) | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Collaborations == | ||
| + | * A team-up of something like the Awesome Foundation and the Gates Foundation | ||
| + | ** Ellen and Nikki know people at the Gates Foundation | ||
| + | ** What if the GF paid us to go places and do things? | ||
| + | ** What if we just did that without the GF? | ||
| + | * certified Awesome stamps for venues and businesses that supports us | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Programs == | ||
| + | * What if we had full-time Awesome Fellows whose job was to help people? | ||
| + | * Annual international Awesome Summit, and then regional summits | ||
| + | ** next year's summit should have Awesome Awards | ||
| + | ** and sharing craziest grants/applications | ||
| + | * Bigger events, like the Awesome Camping Trip | ||
| + | * Workshops and techniques and office hours to help people come up with better awesome ideas | ||
| + | ** less self-serving project proposals | ||
| + | ** maybe guest trustee programs will help, since people will have a better idea of how to do things | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Long-term thinking == | ||
| + | * Willow: let's not grow out of our niche, because we're filling a space that needs to be filled | ||
| + | * We have a responsibility and a opportunity to build this way of thinking in our culture | ||
| + | ** it's success if it replicated and spread and copied | ||
| + | * What's the role of artificially growing things and cultivating chapters instead of letting it grow organically? | ||
| + | ** AF Rio was cultivated by Christina and Lee Sean being there simultaneously, inviting a bunch of people to dinner, and talking about Awesome | ||
| + | ** It would be nice to do that under IHAS | ||
[[category:Sunday]] | [[category:Sunday]] | ||
[[category:About the AF]] | [[category:About the AF]] | ||
[[category:Meta]] | [[category:Meta]] | ||
Revision as of 13:44, 22 July 2012
Let's just talk about AWESOME stuff for the future. Dream big and keep it positive.
Growing the AF
- Let's just see an Awesome Foundation chapter in every city.
- What if everyone in America was a trustee
- Make the AF open source, more transparency and available documentation of what we have done right and wrong
- More publishing of process, should help with grant proposals because will people will see how do-able it is
- Chapters within existing orgs - companies, universities, etc.
- Christina wants to make a Reddit AF
- We should make barriers to entry lower and easier
- How will we handle geography and boundaries as we get more and more chapters
- More chapters in small, rural areas where it's a huge deal
- less competition with stuff that's happening already
- huge impact
- Let's make an unofficial goal of 100 chapters next year
Granting
- Trustees should lead be example and apply for Awesome grants!
- We should consider ourselves and grantees all part of the same community
- What if we made an AF-internal meta-grant?
- re: concerns of favoritism, higher barrier because trustees hold themselves to higher standards
- Or a chapter where only the trustees can apply, so the money gets shuffled around month to month
- Help grow things by occasionally funding projects from random places that aren't in cities with chapters
Collaboration
- Awesome as a portal between small projects
- Like Kiva for Awesome
- Traveling projects that go between chapters
- Inter-grantee collaborations
- Develop an international grantee community
- global AF community couchsurfing
- source of video and pitches and promos and articles and other media
Spreading the word
- Awesome museum exhibits
- Let's become The Example of how to do micro-funding and citizen philanthropy
- Foundations and institutions think we're cool already, we can leverage that
- But we should not worry about seeking those out, just make ourselves available
- Let's have an international holiday (suggestions: 4/4, 4/29, founding date of Boston chapter, something involving 8?)
Collaborations
- A team-up of something like the Awesome Foundation and the Gates Foundation
- Ellen and Nikki know people at the Gates Foundation
- What if the GF paid us to go places and do things?
- What if we just did that without the GF?
- certified Awesome stamps for venues and businesses that supports us
Programs
- What if we had full-time Awesome Fellows whose job was to help people?
- Annual international Awesome Summit, and then regional summits
- next year's summit should have Awesome Awards
- and sharing craziest grants/applications
- Bigger events, like the Awesome Camping Trip
- Workshops and techniques and office hours to help people come up with better awesome ideas
- less self-serving project proposals
- maybe guest trustee programs will help, since people will have a better idea of how to do things
Long-term thinking
- Willow: let's not grow out of our niche, because we're filling a space that needs to be filled
- We have a responsibility and a opportunity to build this way of thinking in our culture
- it's success if it replicated and spread and copied
- What's the role of artificially growing things and cultivating chapters instead of letting it grow organically?
- AF Rio was cultivated by Christina and Lee Sean being there simultaneously, inviting a bunch of people to dinner, and talking about Awesome
- It would be nice to do that under IHAS
