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Local Adoption Pilot Database

Purpose

Samara has started collecting data for the networking and cross-pollination of pilot project wisdom. The purpose of this is to organise the formation and cross-pollination of learning between:

  • Local adoption pilots which we can seek to understand to later support. 
  • Ambassador support pods (3-4 people) who meet and share experiences and explore best practices. 

We have begun the process of turning this initial data into a working database, which will act like a networking hub. Initially we have transferred the data to an Airtable in order to have the flexibility to play with the structure and allow the users to drive development. We envision a period of collection and ongoing adjustments before designing a more in-depth user experience and choosing a more suitable software environment.

At the moment we have tables for:

  • Location
    • This links cities and towns to countries, ecoregions and bioregions within their bio-geo-realms.
  • People interested in pilots and cross-pollinating learning
    • This allows people to sign up so that they can link themselves to pilots and pods, as well as adding many of their interests related to pilots and/or joining a pod.
  • Pilots
    • This lists the pilot and pulls in information about the location based on the links above. 
    • This table gives a chance to develop and explore which commonalities will be valuable for Ambassadors to know about Pilots. At the moment this happens with:
      • A type (what type of setting the pilot is in acknowledging technology access)
      • A phase (what stage of development the pilot is at)
    • This table and accompanying form allows much more detailed long-form feedback about various aspects of Pilots. In future these may be linked in a different way as the number of records grows. This is a wonderful potential precursor to web-pages which tell the story of each pilot as a case study.  
  • 'Ambassador Pilot Pods'
    • This links people into 3-4 people pods in order to collaborate and share knowledge. The aim is to enable ambassadors to support each other in their efforts to creating, grow and support pilot projects. 

The sections below display each of these as an input form and a view of the published data. 

Pilot People Directory:
The primary purpose of the database is to connect people and facilitate regenerative processes and learning. One of the sets of information in the database is a people directory. This was created to allow ambassadors and those interested in joining pods or pilots to freely contact each other and look for areas of synergy or similar interests in relation to pilots. Initially much of the data is free input. This is so Samara and ambassadors can see what kind of interests and information appear. As the data grows we envision consulting ambassadors to create a more contained set of categories which are relevant to pilot needs. 

Ambassador Pilot Pods:

 

Current Pilot data, organised by Type and Phase:

Ecoregion map:

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How we collect data

- Survey

- Service Design

- Strategies for Data Collection

 

Visualization: Social System Mapping:

 

 

 

 

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