Our Current Pilot Support

Assigned to: Local Pilots Primary Pod (Drigo, Jared, Fabi)
@Jared, can you add some more details on the planned sessions etc. of Pilot Calls (this is also necessary on the Discord server)

 

Page status (temporary)

 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. This means in eachEach meeting, one Ambassador maypresents present his or hertheir case while the other pod members deeply listen and then collectively offer support / feedback / ideas ideas to help this case. Rotate. 

CurrentSee current Pilot Pods Tracking Spreadsheet (will eventually move to the Pilot Project Database): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VFfuP7uhBVvGClk06kpzhMVXyM-0LToFaAiSSRq4WLo/edit#gid=23746063(fabi to change) 

2. Global Pilot Calls for Knowledge Sharing

Global Pilot Calls are here to connect and share knowledge among Ambassadors active in Local adoptionAdoption 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 (that is designed to introduce a variety of tools, resources and concepts within the SEEDS ecosystem relevant for Local Adoption Pilots) and a sensing callcalls (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 agendaschedule forof the speaker series and the layoutCalls and facilitation structure of these calls 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 for adoption ofin Seeds asadoption. a currency. LocalScale (https://localscale.org/) is developing such a (market) platform and virtual farmers market. Steph will present LocalScale, followed by a Q&A session. See alpha version of the virtual farmers market: https://localscale.org/market/vfm-merchant.jsp?uid=17664bab-3a79-4562-b9de-18e8f146a68b&mtype=Farmmarket.  
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. 

Future Pilot Support

Local Adoption Pilot Training (name tbd)

In order to make the above tools and methods accessible, Samara – in collaboration with Hypha – will need to provide training in how to properly develop and launch a SEEDS ecosystem. This training will contain lessons on stakeholder mapping, and economic systems design (learning from the wisdom of Irina and Paulo); it'll provide a deep understand of how SEEDS functions on a technical level and how one can plug in the various technologies that are available; it will also contain a general overview of various tools available and how they work, like LocalScale and Hypha's DHO.

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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.