Community Canvas 2.0
Project Updates
Project Intention
We believe we live in a disconnected world where communities have a tremendous power to impact society in a positive way. “Whatever the problem, community is the answer.” (Margaret Wheatley)
The ultimate intention of the Canvas is to help people across the globe build healthy communities and weave the social fabric of society more closely together.
We want the Community Canvas to be a gift to community builders across the globe. We want this to be a generous project and make the Canvas as accessible as possible. While there are no commercial expectations attached to the Canvas, we want it to be a beautifully designed invitation for people to take action towards the bigger dream of a connected world.
We want the Canvas to be a tool that feels accessible and useful to people who have traditionally been marginalized and oppressed by society.
We are hoping to turn the Canvas from a tool into a methodology that can guide community builders on an ongoing basis. As part of that we want to develop a training for community builders based on the Canvas methodology.
We want to become more specific about what kind of communities we are encouraging people to build. We still have a lot of work to do, but we are talking about healthy, resilient, thriving communities. By that we mean cultivating communities that are dedicated to building meaningful relationships, but also have clarity around their identity & roles, know how to resource themselves and deal with conflict etc. We know of too many community leaders who burn out because those topics haven’t been addressed. We want to change this.
Project Goals
Publish a next iteration of the Canvas by Q4 2019
Revise the conceptual framework
Provide more examples, case studies and best practice
Launch a first iteration of a training for community builders, based on the Canvas
Launch an MVP for a technical tool that will help people use the Canvas (“wizard”)
Interested to help co-create the next version?
Would you like to add your voice? Have you used the canvas in traditional or non-traditional community contexts? Were you hesitant to use it because you felt it was not applicable to your context? We’d be so grateful to hear from you!
Have 5 minutes? We’d be grateful if you could fill in the brief survey below and tell us about your experience and ideas.
Have 30 minutes? We’d love to chat with you about your experience using the Canvas and how we can make it better. Please fill in the survey as well and indicate that you’d be open for a chat.
THANK YOU!