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VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – Tools of collaboration

June 20, 2020 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley 2 Comments

Every group, project or community needs digital tools to enable collaboration. But which tools should we choose? This is the first of two sessions looking at common infrastructure for the communities and organisations that are building the new economy. See also the slides and speaker notes for Sectors of work on the new economy and  Toolsframe - A framework for assembling … [Read more...]

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – Introducing mutual credit

June 20, 2020 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley 2 Comments

What is mutual credit? How does it work? How can we enable local mutual credit networks and transition away from the present ‘debt based’ economy and start trading within networks of trust? This introductory session on mutual credit features Giuseppe Littera, co-founder of Sardex, one of the most successful mutual credit networks in Europe and Dil Green of … [Read more...]

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 – The language of the commons

June 19, 2020 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley 1 Comment

“Throughout history, problems have arisen when the language used to represent reality fails to meet the needs and aspirations of people.” David Bollier & Silke Helfrich - Free, Fair and Alive Words, terms and categories of thought isolate and emphasise certain points of view. They determine what we notice and think about things - they shape our reality. So, if we want to … [Read more...]

VIDEO: OPEN 2020 Introduction

June 18, 2020 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley 1 Comment

OPEN 2020 is a collaborative online event for anyone that is interested in creating a world which places people and planet before profit. In this introductory session we set the context of the event and use polls to gather feedback from attendees about their views, objectives and motivations. We cover: What is The Open Co-op – and what are the aims of OPEN 2020? An … [Read more...]

Building the commons economy – Q&A with Enric Duran from Faircoin

June 1, 2020 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley Leave a Comment

building the commons economy - enric duran faircoin

In the run up to OPEN 2020 we interviewed Enric Duran, a founding member of the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC - Cooperativa Integral Catalana) and Faircoop, who developed the Faircoin project. OSB: How are things going with Faircoop and Faircoin? ED:  We’ve been working on Farcoin since 2014 - and it helped to develop the faircoop ecosystem till 2018, but since then … [Read more...]

OPEN 2020 Webinar – Vocdoni as an engagement tool for cooperatives

May 29, 2020 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley Leave a Comment

In this webinar we hear from Ferran Reyes of Vocdoni. Vocdoni is a FLOSS project building a privacy-centric platform for digital governance using digital voting with maximum guarantees of anonymity, and a toolset to manage the relationship of organizations and their social base. It allows us to increase the engagement of any social economy organization as it makes … [Read more...]

OPEN 2020 Webinar – Holochain

May 22, 2020 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley Leave a Comment

In this webinar we hear from Grace Rachmany, Hedayat Abedijoo and Guillem Cordoba about Holochain. Holochain enables a distributed web with user autonomy built directly into its architecture and protocols. Distributing the storage and processing of data can change how we coordinate and interact. With digital integration under user control, Holochain liberates our online lives … [Read more...]

OPEN 2020 Webinar – SourceCred

May 15, 2020 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley Leave a Comment

Inn this OPEN 2020 Webinar we hear from Dandelion Mane at SourceCred and discuss how we can reward collaboration. SourceCred is building a new way measure and reward value. They are building new kinds of communities: open-source projects in which anyone can contribute, and everyone can get paid. At its core, SourceCred is an algorithm that measures the value of a … [Read more...]

OPEN 2020 Webinar – Open Collective

May 8, 2020 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley Leave a Comment

In this third intro webinar of OPEN 2020 we hear from Xavier Damman, of Open Collective –  which lets groups manage their finances so everyone can see where money comes from and where it goes, without requiring the group to be an incorporated entity. Open Collective’s mission is to: Help organize the world in open circles, where everyone can contribute. They are starting … [Read more...]

OPEN 2020 Webinar – Digital Life Collective

May 1, 2020 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley Leave a Comment

In this second intro webinar of OPEN 2020 - Christina Bowen, Joachim Stroh and Graham Mitchell introduce the Digital Life Collective. Digital Life Collective members research, develop, fund and support Tech We Trust technologies that prioritize autonomy, privacy and dignity. They are a cooperative, member funded, member owned and member controlled. The International … [Read more...]

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