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Movement building - sustaining the flow is about defining capacity

Example, after a conference you want to keep collaborating 

Define your capacity, set the patterns: consider holidays coming up and timezones, for example, across the US and Europe. 

Meaningful relationships to be built depending on contacts’ capacity to achieve a Community of Practice

Maintain small connections to build community: what are the themes? The common resources different contacts want? These will be integrated to the movement’s energy

What is the theme? Define through one on one conversations? Community of practice conversations? Keep the promise of the first commitment and negotiate together. Establish a pattern based on what emerges.

Examples, meeting on specific dates, debrief what was learned from Dev Summit? What we want to come together for? How do we start and bring others together?

Establish your capacity by your available hours and how your day looks like. Define the tools, Zoom or phone calls, to build based on a relational context.

Establish contacts, objectives and determine commitments. Ideally no more than 5 connections. Estimating hours to dedicate to build these relationships during 8 or 10 weeks and accomplish objectives through milestones of in person or online meetings

What happens when you can't meet your commitments or come across someone who didn't commit to promises? 

Being understandable, follow your to do list, feeling anxious 

Construct an undercurrent of trust. Define the scope of boundries. Negotiating if changes emerge and re set them. People can over commit

After event, mapping connections and making space to keep these flowing and leading to opportunities across regions, in person or online.

Take some days after the event to debrief the energy and connect dots

Learn to say no, then there is no guilt if not able to connect.

Determine your goals, depends on what you want to achieve and how sensible you are with building relationships.

Look at the tools that you use, calendars for reminders videoconference