Our Current Pilot Support

 

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needs intro - Drigo 

needs additions from Fabi

Samara is currently supporting Pilots through the following efforts: 

1. Pilot Pods as Communities of Practice

A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who "share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly".^[1]

The purpose of pilot pods is for Ambassadors to be part of a community of practice around local adoption of Seeds and SEEDS. The pod serves as a sounding board for adoption strategies and for mutual help and support.

Pilot Pods consist of a (recommended) maximum of 3-4 Ambassadors working on Local Adoption Pilot Projects that are similar in characteristics, challenges and opportunities. Ambassadors can join existing pods or form new ones with the help of the Pilot Projects Database (--> see Tools and Technologies).The database lists existing Pilot Pods as well as Pilot Projects to help Ambassadors self-organize into Pilot Pods.

A suggested format is to meet weekly or biweekly using i.e. the format of a Case Clinic (Presencing Institute) or Mastermind Group Meeting. Each meeting, one Ambassador presents their case while the other pod members deeply listen and then collectively offer support / feedback / ideas to help this case. 

See current Pilot Pods Tracking Spreadsheet (will eventually move to the Pilot Project Database) (fabi to change) 

2. Global Pilot Calls for Knowledge Sharing

Global Pilot Calls connect and share knowledge among Ambassadors active in Local Adoption Pilots. 

Global Pilot Calls are coordinated through a facilitated community thread on the SEEDS Discord server in the Local Adoption Pilots channel. They take place weekly or bi-weekly and rotate between a speaker series (designed to introduce a variety of tools, resources and concepts within the SEEDS ecosystem relevant for Local Adoption Pilots) and sensing calls (bringing Ambassadors active in Local Adoption Pilots together to share approaches, results, and lessons learned or raise concerns).

**Our first Speaker Series Call was hosted on April 7, 2021. The schedule of Calls and facilitation structure is still being coordinated**

April 2021

April 7, 6pm UTC: Q&A session with Steph from LocalScale
Description: Market platforms for regenerative products and services (both locally and globally) where Seeds are a (preferred) payment option play a key role in Seeds adoption. LocalScale is developing such a platform and virtual farmers market. Steph will present LocalScale, followed by a Q&A session. See alpha version of the virtual farmers market.  
Questions were collected in advance and during the call with Slido

 

Topics for upcoming sessions (currently being voted on): 

3. Tools, Resources and Technologies to support Pilot Projects

This section needs to be cross-linked to the respective sections in the wiki. However, I find it important that we list somewhere the important resources for Pilot Projects. This goes a bit beyond what is in Our Tools and Technologies - FV

Samara develops, collects, and evaluates tools and makes them accessible to Ambassadors active in Local Adoption Pilots. 

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[1]  "Introduction to communities of practice - A brief overview of the concept and its uses". Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner. Retrieved 18 April 2021.