¿Cómo iniciar un Nodo Local en tu comunidad?
Si deseas iniciar un nodo local en tu comunidad, asegúrate de leer la primera guía a continuación, poniendo especial énfasis en la sección titulada “Criterios”:
Los puntos clave que se deben extraer de esta guía son:
- Debes ser un empresario con experiencia
- No puedes comenzar un nodo solo, necesitas al menos otro empresario
- Ambos deben tener un compromiso a largo plazo para realizar la visión de la regeneración en su comunidad
- Debes estar dispuesto a reunirte con líderes de instituciones del sector público, privado y tercer sector
- Debes mantener todas las finanzas con responsabilidad transparente (idealmente utilizando un libro de contabilidad público)
Resumen
Proporcionaremos una visión general de alto nivel de tus primeros seis meses comenzando un nodo local, con un desglose más detallado de cada paso en la guía a continuación. Organizar eventos regulares es la función principal de un nodo local, con todo lo demás construido sobre la comunidad que surge de estas reuniones.
- Reúne a tu equipo
- Programa tu primer evento
- Diseña un calendario de eventos para 12 meses
- Recauda capital alineado con tus valores
- Mapea tu sociedad regenerativa actual
- Co-crea tu lienzo de Nodo Local
- Publica un informe ligero del Nodo Local y una hoja de ruta
1. Reúne a tu equipo
Dirigir un nodo local puede ser mucho trabajo, ¡pero también puede ser muy divertido!
¡La mejor parte es que no puedes hacerlo solo! Por lo tanto, es importante construir un equipo que esté apasionado por la visión de regeneración en tu comunidad local y que pueda contribuir a eventos, asociaciones, recaudación de fondos y productos.
Invita a gente que conoces
Tómate el tiempo para escribir una lista de todas las personas que conoces que trabajan en regeneración, impacto, startups, justicia social, finanzas, IA y web3. Enfócate en personas con las que resuenes personalmente. ¡Es importante disfrutar trabajando con estas personas!
Elige una lista corta de 6-8 personas que crees que estarían abiertas a una reunión inicial sobre la formación de un nodo local en tu comunidad. Asegúrate de elegir personas que tengan un historial comprobado de aportar valor a la sociedad. Quieres contribuyentes consistentes y comprometidos. ¡Idealmente tienes algunos emprendedores experimentados o inversores ángeles que también tengan grandes redes!
Programa una reunión inicial de equipo
Encuentra un lugar para reunirte donde puedas discutir la idea de un nodo local, planificar tu primer evento local y construir un plan preliminar para el año que viene. Ponlo en tu calendario y envía una serie de invitaciones a las personas en tu lista. Puedes intentar algo como esto:
Hola [nombre_amigo],
Me gustaría organizar una serie de eventos mensuales aquí en [nombre_ciudad] en torno a la idea de iniciar una sociedad regenerativa local. Dada tu experiencia en [antecedentes_personalizados], ¡me encantaría que estuvieras allí!
Estoy buscando construir un pequeño equipo que pueda ayudarme a organizar eventos mensuales, construir alianzas con instituciones locales clave y, en última instancia, participar en el desarrollo de proyectos basados en la tierra para regenerar a las personas y la naturaleza.
Parece una ambición elevada, pero lo genial es que ya hay 19 otras comunidades locales haciendo un trabajo similar en ReFiDAO.com, una comunidad en línea que está apoyando esta red global de sociedades regenerativas.
Ya tenemos a algunas otras personas que han confirmado su asistencia, incluyendo a [listar_nombres_de_personas_influyentes_que_invitaste]. Si estás interesado, házmelo saber, ¡te enviaré una invitación de calendario!
Tendremos una reunión de 90 minutos seguida de un buen almuerzo en [restaurante_regenerativo] por mi cuenta.
Esperando tu respuesta,
[tu_nombre]
Plan for the meeting
The purpose of this initial meeting is to build a small team that can help you deliver on monthly events and create a community that can contribute towards a regenerative society. You’d be welcome to use a rough outline as follows below:
- Welcome
- Why are we here?
- What is a local node?
- Running events
- First event
- Future events
- Big picture vision
- Roles and responsibilities
- Takeaways
We recommend appointing someone as a ‘scribe’ to write down the notes from the meeting to send back to all participants and remind them of action points.
Capture moments from the team meeting
It’s important to take good photos of the initial gathering that you can use to celebrate this initial milestone of your local node. We’re social creatures and we benefit from seeing other people’s faces and recognizing that members of our community are involved in working towards the greater good of our society.
You can share on your own social media, and ultimately promote on your Local Node social accounts when they are live!
We also recommend making a public announcement of who you are, what you plan to do and how people can get involved!
Mention key members of the local community and even announce the date of your first event!
https://twitter.com/ReFiLisboa/status/1616449570795565058?s=20
2. Schedule your first event
Now that you’ve got a small team willing to build this community with you, it’s time to schedule your first event! Below is a detailed walkthrough of steps, but at a high-level the key things to consider are:
- Invite regenerative leaders from across public, private and third sector institutions
- Choose your location to attract people from that local community
- Design the event to foster deep human relationships
- Make sure any content delivered is short, high-energy and compelling
- Schedule a community dinner afterwards for people to get to know each other
- Invite someone to photograph or film the event to share on socials
- Do your best, ask for feedback and ask for help to make the next event better
- Manage your budgets wisely—ask for help from venue, vendors and community members
The first event sets the stage for your community and is an important element of building momentum as you gather frequently and attract top talent and value-aligned capital.
Okay, onto the details.
Create your profile and your node on ReFiDAO.com
Here is a rough outline of steps you need to follow in order to start a local node:
- Create an account on ReFiDAO.com and log in
- Fill out your profile so people know who you are as a local node leader
- Go to Local Communities and search for an existing ReFi node in your community
- If none exists, click ‘Add local community’ and fill out the form
- Name your community ‘ReFi [place_name]’
- Design your community logo (see ReFi Brand Assets v1.1 and Local Node Brand Kits for inspiration)
- Create social accounts (Telegram group, Twitter account, LinkedIN page, etc.)
- Select any local ReFi organizations present in your community
- Select any local node leaders as ‘community stewards’ who can edit the page with you
- They need to have an account on ReFiDAO.com in order to show up on the list
Announce your local node on social media
Now that you’ve got a listing on ReFiDAO.com, you can take a screenshot and promote your listing on socials! Be sure to mention @ReFiDAOist and celebrate any other members of your community who are working with you.
https://twitter.com/ReFiLisboa/status/1616481673524150272?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq0Xf4CUa30
Host your first event
Now that you’ve started a local node, it’s time to publicly announce your first event!
Even if you don’t have all the details figured out yet, it’s important to tell the community you’re going to gather at a specific date.
You can always arrange location, speakers and sponsors later. Having a link that you can share to your community can help you secure a venue, book speakers and arrange sponsors. That’s what we often do!
We use lu.ma for all our events, setting up an event is super easy! Here’s some event graphics you and a tutorial on using Lu.ma👇
List your event on ReFiDAO.com
Once you’ve gotten your event link via lu.ma, eventbrite or another event tool you can submit this to the ReFiDAO.com directory so others can discover your event and we can promote it in the newsletter and on @ReFiEvents on social media.
The process is as follows:
- Log into ReFiDAO.com
- Click on your account profile
- Select ‘add data’
- Choose ‘Submit events’
- Fill out and the form
Promote your event on social media
Now that you’ve got a lu.ma event and have listed on ReFiDAO.com you can promote the event on social. Be sure to mention @ReFiDAOist and @ReFiEvents so we can help with cross-promotion!
Check out some examples from other local nodes below:
https://twitter.com/ReFiLisboa/status/1668649609923796992?s=20
https://twitter.com/ReFiMedellin/status/1667558501021896704?s=20
Capture content for your event
Whether you’ve got a professional videographer or a phone in your pocket, it’s important to capture the key moments of the event and share with both your local and online community. Each moment is a living testament of the power of in-person gatherings—especially when we demonstrate positive action in the real world, or genuine connections we cannot achieve online.
Try to make a habit out of capturing moments and publishing them shortly after to keep the recency of the information fresh and your community engaged!
3. Design a 12-month event schedule
Even if you don’t have all the details figured out, try to create a rough schedule of the series of events you want to run. This helps to secure sponsorship and arrange resources towards key events that need more time and attention. Here’s the calendar of events for ReFi Lisboa 2023 if it’s helpful:
- February: Kick-off at Startup Lisboa
- March: Emergence at CV Labs
- April:
- Farm-to-table dinner party
- ReFi Day at Poolside
- Earth Day Party with Raiz Farms
- May:
- June: Lisboa Regenerativa: Ecosystem Mapping 2
- July: Lisboa Regenerativa: Final Ecosystem Mapping, Prototype & PARTY!
- August: BREAK
- September: Nature Reconnection
- October: Climate Parables — A New Story
- November: Annual Meeting & Tree Planting at TDF
- December: Holiday Party
4. Fundraise value-aligned capital
Now that you have a 12-month schedule of events, it’s time to start raising capital from value-aligned partners. At ReFi Lisboa we have focused on conscious blockchains that are eager to build ecosystems of impact to make a better planet.
You can also apply for local grants. Here’s a map of many of the capital sources that local node leaders are already pursuing:
5. Map your current regenerative society
As you begin gathering leaders across public, private and third-sector you’ll build knowledge about the emerging regenerative society in your city. At this stage it’s important to document this through a database that can be leveraged through a variety of ways.
Ecosystem mapping is a well-studied discipline that can actually be a lot of fun.
The easiest way is to use a tool like Catalist to submit a number of key data points in your community:
- People
- Places
- Projects
- Locations
- Capital sources
It’s also helpful to gather relevant data sets covering:
- Water quality
- Air quality
- Agriculture
- Forestry
- Biodiversity
- Public health
- Public sentiment
There’s a growing movement called ‘Open Data’ in the civic tech space that encourages local governments to contribute to large public data sets as they provide insights for research and development.
Host an ecosystem mapping event
If you’re enjoying the event flow, you can host an event specifically to map the regenerative society in your community. Encourage each attendee to bring a laptop and focus on the domain of which they are familiar. Break out into small groups of 4-6 and make it a social activity where people can discover new parts of their community through engaging in knowledge sharing.
You can break up the ecosystem mapping by hosting short 5-min lightning talks from leaders across various industries of impact areas. Some communities create prizes or awards for the “most entries” or “best hidden gem”.
By hosting the map on a public website you can show the growth of your graph of knowledge in near real-time and get people excited about the potential of bringing these actors together.
The reality is that there are already so many amazing regenerative people, projects and places. A big part of the challenge is that they are heavily fragmented and don’t talk to each other.
That’s where your local node comes in!
6. Co-create your Local Node Canvas
After you’ve created a comprehensive map of your regenerative economy, you can then run a workshop where you encourage participants to create a ‘Local Node Canvas’ which is a single-page document that describes the vision for a Local Node.
Inspired by the Business Model Canvas, it brings together various elements of a local node and allows community members to experiment with different variations.
Some people lean heavily into social challenges and financial activities, while other people are more drawn towards ecological issues and various forms of education. By encouraging a bottom-up visioning process you can engage members with the deepest problems facing your community and invite them to dream of a way forward using cutting-edge technology.
7. Publish your lite paper and roadmap
After you’ve hosted a number of regular events, onboarded key leaders of your local community, mapped the regenerative society and funneled all your insights into a local node—it’s time to write it all down into a single document that you can share!
People in the technical space like to call these documents “Lite Papers”, but you can call yours whatever you like. What’s important is to outline a few key points:
- Introduction: Provide a clear and concise overview of the purpose and scope of your local node
- Problem Statement: Describe the problem or challenge that your community aims to solve.
- Ecosystem Analysis: Conduct a thorough analysis of the regenerative ecosystem in your region. Include market size, growth trends, key players, and any relevant data or statistics to provide context for your proposal.
- Theory of change: Present your theory of change in detail. Explain how you believe you can address the problem outlined in the earlier sections. Describe the key activities, partners, products and solutions you intend to build.
- Technical Details: If applicable, provide any technical specifications or details about what you intend to build. This can get technology leaders, partners and sponsors excited about supporting you.
- Implementation Plan: Outline a high-level implementation plan for realizing the vision of your local node. This should include details on the timeline, resources required, potential challenges, and any partnerships or collaborations needed.
- Roadmap and Future Developments: Provide a short-term and long-term roadmap that outlines your future plans and milestones.
- Team and Expertise: Highlight the qualifications and expertise of your local node. It’s wise to build an advisory board as well… Share relevant experience, accomplishments, or partnerships that establish credibility and trust in your ability to deliver the proposed solution.
- Conclusion: Summarize the key points covered in the white paper and reinforce the vision of regeneration for your community. End with a call to action, encouraging value-aligned leader to join you!
Echa un vistazo al libro “The Culture Code: Los secretos de los grupos altamente exitosos”.
Este libro explora los elementos que crean equipos exitosos, incluyendo la confianza, la comunicación y la seguridad psicológica. Proporciona ejemplos de una variedad de industrias para ilustrar cómo cultivar una cultura de equipo positiva.