Sarah Wong
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Sarah Wong
On the local news side, there are exciting experiments around community media and re-envisioning local news not just to be something that we bring back in its old form, but something that is co-created in a participatory manner by communities.
I learned that people are willing to go out of their way to organize and gather with their neighbors — but the reasons need to be specific.The gathering should make people realize how they fit together. If it feels like it could only happen here, at this moment, with these people, then that’s a good reason to meet with neighbors .
Josh Kramer • 👋 🏘️ Why don’t we know our neighbors?
the creation of healthy digital public spaces requires an investment in community entrepreneurs who will create and lead them, too. A field-wide coordinated investment. An investment of capital to support them and compensate them for their value; an investment of training in formal and non-formal ways to support them to get better; an investment in... See more
New_ Public • Celebrating the labor that holds up our democracy: the community entrepreneur
what makes a great 1-Pager/PRD?
As you read through these 1-Pagers, look for these elements that make them effective:
As you read through these 1-Pagers, look for these elements that make them effective:
- Problem-oriented: They crystallize the problem being solved in a few strong sentences—ideally near the top of the document—to focus the brainpower of every teammate in the same direction.
- Clear success criteria: They super-specifica
Examples and templates of 1-Pagers and PRDs
While technology can increase the quantity and efficiency of our connections, the relationships and social institutions we depend on so much for our well-being are rooted firmly in physical places.
Neighborhoods that Nurture: Why The Play-Based Childhood Requires More Than Just Putting Down the Phone
Founders spoke to a median of 30 potential customers to validate their idea before committing.
Lenny Rachitsky • How the most successful B2B startups came up with their original idea
Re-envisioning it means ensuring that every place is a part of a bounded neighborhood with a clear start and end and a commercial center, primary school, parks, civic associations, nonprofits, small businesses, and other physical assets and institutions that promote bonding relationships. Adjusting the tax system to favor local volunteerism and giv... See more
Neighborhoods that Nurture: Why The Play-Based Childhood Requires More Than Just Putting Down the Phone
Therefore understanding power dynamics and mapping the ways in which they manifest in a system (wicked problem) and among stakeholder groups is crucial to problem resolution.