Your questions

posted by on February 9, 2012
Filed under: Brainstorm

Welcome, and thanks in advance for your thoughts. As we wrote you, please take a look at this initial list of questions and use the Comments at the bottom of the page to suggest any additional ones. No question is too small or too detailed, so don’t be shy. (If you’d like a bit of context for some of these questions, see the updated About page at the top of the site.)

By Monday evening we want to have all of these questions – and any others you may suggest between now and Sunday – answered to your satisfaction. We’ll keep updating this list here, and then we’ll start answering these Qs on a separate document, which we’ll share for your feedback as we go. Thank you!

THE BIG PICTURE

1. What’s this project all about?
2. What’s the ultimate goal? How will we know if we got there?
3. How will we measure progress?
4. What are our shared values?
5. How will we work with other organizations?
6. Will we work in different languages?
7. What about people with no Internet access?
8. What is this called?
9. How do we protect the brand?
10. Does anything go, or are some kinds of action not allowed?
11. What about other online tools? (Meetup, Facebook, Craigslist)?
12. How is this project funded?
29. What is it about this new idea that will do a better job of translating intention into action?

CONNECTORS AND IDEALIST GROUPS

13. What is a Connector?
14. What is a “setting?”
15. What do Connectors do?
16. What do Connectors not do?
17. What is an Idealist Group?
18. What roles can different Connectors play in a Group
19. I want to be a Connector. What do I do?
20. I want to start or join an Idealist Group. What do I do?
21. How do I connect with other people involved in this project?
22. What support will Idealist provide?
30. What kind of formal agreement should exist between Idealist, Connectors, and community projects?

THE IDEALISTNYC PILOT

23. Why start in New York City?
24. What exactly is happening during the week of May 7th?
25. How will we promote this across the city?
26. What’s the timeline for the Pilot? When do we go beyond New York?
27. What if I’m not in New York? How can I get involved?
28. I don’t have a lot of time, but I want to support this initiative, what can I do?
31. How do we all stay in touch?
32. How do we spread the world and let the community know that we are here to help?

Please note that we’ll keep the numbering unchanged for every question so that you can more easily see any new ones when you come back, and so that we can refer to them by number later. (This may mean that as we add more questions and reorganize the categories, the numbers will no longer be in straight order at some point.)

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  1. Ami Dar writes:
    February 9, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
  2. Dan writes:
    February 9, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    The Big Picture
    -What is it about this new idea that will do a better job of translating intention into action?
  3. Adam writes:
    February 9, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    The Big Picture
    - What are the expectations for this project?
  4. Jeremy Shatan writes:
    February 9, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Great list so far – looking forward to all the answers!
  5. Njemile writes:
    February 9, 2012 at 9:31 pm

    What kind of MOU should exist between Idealist, Connectors and community projects?
  6. Avi Smolen writes:
    February 9, 2012 at 10:57 pm

    Can’t think of anything else right now, but it looks great!
  7. Glenn Last writes:
    February 10, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    Big Picture: Constant communication, What are some ways to stay in touch and measure our progress?

    THE IDEALISTNYC PILOT – keep spreading the word, What ways can we let the community know we are here to help?

    Thanks! -
  8. Monica writes:
    February 10, 2012 at 5:32 pm

    Connectors and Idealitst Groups

    What is your level of commitment?

    How much time are you willing and able to commit to see a project through to completion?
  9. Terry Wallace writes:
    February 10, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    My long detailed question is:
    Are you going to have available on your website a listing under each one of the 3Qs. (ie.) 3Q#1 – What do you want to do? Listing – (1) Paint an apt. (2) Set up a tenant’s association (3) Put together a porfolio, etc.
    3Q#2 – Why haven’t you done it? Listing – (1) I’m not good at asking for help (2) I don’t know where to start (3) I do not have a space to meet, etc.
    3Q#3 – What would help you to do it? Listing – (1) a few volunteers (2) a great organizer (3) a make-up artist (4) a tripod, etc.
  10. Ami Dar writes:
    February 10, 2012 at 9:46 pm

    Hi Terry (and everyone) – Yes! That’s exactly the kind of stuff we are thinking about and planning. For this to work well, Idealist.org – the site – needs to act like a “virtual Connector” so that what happens on the site and what takes place out in the community is complementary and mutually reinforcing. Thanks, and have a good weekend!
  11. Kathy writes:
    February 11, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    Do you think alternative healing could be used in some way as part of the volunteer work?
  12. Aaron writes:
    February 11, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    I may want to be a connector in my work (public interest/non-profit) office environment. What are the special considerations, if any, for this type of connector effort? Enlisting fellow workmates versus community volunteers? Maybe privacy or confidentiality issues?
  13. audrey bloch writes:
    February 12, 2012 at 10:58 am

    I would like to work with older people who have retired and don’t know about the many activities available for them. How do we reach them?

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