Crazy Plan: Group Works based Kickstarter Best Practices
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:16 am
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So - here's my wacky plan, bear with my preamble...
I'm on the board of a non-profit called the Group Pattern Language Project, and our core product is Group Works - a deck of cards used to deeply analyze and design group processes for best effect.
Now, crowdfunding is a fantastic case of group process in all its glory and challenge - large numbers of people, distributed across wide distances connected together through an interweaving network of face-to-face, interest based and general social networks.
Group Works is a passion of mine - I've traveled up and down the West Coast with our team teaching folks how to use Group Works and documenting how it gets used to best effect. We've seen or heard of it being used for everything from training of corrections officers to transforming a city workforce's group culture to designing and building a bridge.
Group Works is open source and totally free. If you decide you want to download a deck you can, from http://bit.ly/GWDownload1
Or you can buy one for $35. We've found this model to be effective, and I love the philosophy behind open source. You can make a living giving away cool stuff that benefits the world.
So here's my plan, and here's my ask.
THE PLAN:
On November 20th when our campaign launches, I'll be launching a thread here at at kickstarterforum.org, and each day I'll post another one of our Group Works Patterns and discuss how it's relevant to running a Kickstarter Campaign. The advice will be based on the research we've been doing for our Connection Deck campaign, and collected together in easily digestible format. In short: It'll be tried and true advice, not just stuff I'm making up as someone who hasn't yet run their campaign.
THE ASK:
If you are interested in finding out more, respond here, and I'll announce here on Nov 20th that we're starting the thread. If you find the thread interesting and worthwhile let me know. Then, support our Connection Deck campaign by doing any of the following:
- Tweet info about it out to your network
-Pledge $1 to Connection Deck (if you feel like giving $1000, we won't stop you)
- Check our blog at website (bit.ly/ConnectionDeckBlog1) or Kool Projects Page (http://bit.ly/CDKoolProject1 and follow us, share posts you're interested in, or leave comments and questions (we'll respond quickly to any questions).
- Like our Facebook Page (http://bit.ly/CDFaceBook1)
- Tell all the parents, teachers etc. that you know who you think might like Connection Deck to check it out and spread the word!
- You get the idea
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The card you see at the top of this post is one of the 91 Group Works Cards. Connection Deck will be a similar product, but geared towards parents, educators and those who work with children. We believe in Group Works and Connection Deck, and I hope you'll check 'em out.