1tent

We heard you in Oxford and we're getting busy for NYC. The team at The Sidebar knows how insane it can be in NYC for UNGA and Climate Week. Many of us were there last year, trying to find out where to go and hoping to bump into people we could collaborate with along the way. We built a people map for UNGA and Climate Week. Use the map to visually explore all the people who are coming to the city. Accelerate serendipity with a few clicks...click a country to see who's working in that country...click an SDG to see who's working on that SDG..click a person to start a conversation. Impact multiplies through impactful people. The more people on the map, the more powerful the map becomes. Add yourself. Share it with your friends. Help us shape whatever The Sidebar will become in NYC. Make it all happen at https://theside.bar/

For those attending Climate Week and/or UNGA next month, take a look at what Seth Cochran has done (again) with SideBar (and contribute your data to keep it robust!) https://theside.bar/

?? 1tent Status Update ? PLS READ BELOW! ------------------------------------------------------------------ First and foremost, we want to thank our initial pilot participants for taking the time to respond to our 1tent pilot pre-event questionnaire. Your responses were thoughtful and extremely helpful as we craft the right approach towards the initial (and future) 1tent convening(s). We appreciate the transparency and honesty about what you are seeking in your collaborations and partnerships, and what's been missing from current convenings. Second of all, we want to thank you for your patience and dedication in helping us determine what's possible to truly deliver on our mission of bringing everyone in the social impact ecosystem under "1tent" to collaborate and learn from each other, while connecting intentionally despite language barriers, region or time difference. Based on your very thoughtful responses and input, what we realized quickly was that much of what you are looking for is inherently what we've built inside Connective Impact (community, connection, access to funder intelligence, introductions and camaraderie). For example, we have heard loud and clear from those of you who are Connective Impact members that you crave closer ties to the community members themselves (in addition to funders and other partners). For those of you that are not Connective Impact members, we know that what attracted you to 1tent was finding connection and community in a virtual space that is free, and unlimited by language, time zone or regional accessibility. Given these two scenarios, and after very thoughtful consideration, our team has made the decision to pause the 1tent launch. We've long been considering how best to leverage our existing Connective Impact platform for connection building beyond the work we are already doing, and so have decided to devote time and resources to being more intentional with that component of our existing programs in the immediate term. We do not want 1tent to cannibalize the work we are doing for our members. We are still intent on creating a space for 1tent to flourish. But for now, we want to consider how best to do this in partnership with several others who are starting to build out similar platforms. We are also evaluating how to include 1tent into our quarterly public convening commitment. We hope to use the next couple of months to clarify how all of these pieces fit together. Our members will be hearing from us first and foremost on the expanded online communities feature. Other interested 1tent participants will hear from us soon on next steps. In the meantime, if you have ideas you want to share or thoughts on process, please do not hesitate to reach out. Thanks again for your interest, patience and dedication to working together under 1tent! ~ Joanne

Pilot Update! We sent out calendar invites to those of you that expressed interest in participating in the June 5th pilot. You should also have received our questionnaire, which upon completion, will help us make our first round of matches for the pilot event. Please complete those by May 15th Excited to see what's to come! ??

We are finally ready to launch the sign up process for our?1tent?pilot convening, which will take place?June 5th at 11am ET! If you are: (1) Interested in participating, (2) Able to commit to being at the event for an entire hour, (3) Willing to provide feedback on the event and the community space we've created... Please fill out this form?HERE?by May 1st. https://lnkd.in/eHRrhi39 We will be accepting between 30 and 40 people for this initial pilot. If this day/time is not conducive to you, there will be ample opportunities to participate in 1tent events at other times over the next few months, and plenty of ways to get involved in the future. We are very excited to get started and hosting you under 1tent!

One of the convenings that has most inspired us to develop 1tent is the Skoll Foundation Skoll World Forum. Why? Happening each year in Oxford, UK, it's an invite-only, prestigious conference that brings the best minds in impact and international development together to discuss how to solve the world's problems through social enterprise. Over the years the convening has swelled to include more diverse and representative voices, but it is still one of the most expensive to attend (if you get an invite in the first place) and requires significant travel for most attendees. The addition of an online component during COVID, and the recent inclusion of the Marmalade Festival (ie side events), means the discussions have broadened, and more individuals are participating in creative ways. That said, there is still a gap in representation at its fullest. In designing 1tent, we've looked at how #SkollWF has developed its online access features to determine how we want to (or not) be similar. Below are a few things we've learned: (1) We certainly want to help interesting people connect and find ways to collaborate. But we want to be a bit more intentional in how each pair is matched (rather than have the match making be random). (2) We want to help facilitate follow up. (3) We want our community space to be used for ongoing discussion (4) The intent of an event a month means we can keep momentum going and pairs can re-engage each month if they'd like. (5) Events will be held at different times during the day and in multiple languages to ensure more inclusivity. There are other ways we are taking what we've learned form Skoll and others to design 1tent, which will launch in June. What input do you have to share to ensure the convening platform we are designing is useful, engaging and leads to real change?

With so many convenings happening over the next few weeks, we wanted to share a few tips that may resonate as you build connection and create new partnerships.

SKOLL WORLD FORUM - FREE OPEN EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT! ?? Please join us on Wednesday 10th April 14:00-15:30 in The Nest to celebrate The Bloom's learning platform for social impact careers, soon to be offered in top universities around the world to support students, alumni, and staff connect, learn, and grow in the journey to fight for change. The event will begin with a fireside interview between Jasmine Anouna, The Bloom’s founder, and Professor Pinar Ozcan, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Oxford Sa?d Business School, followed by a unique interactive connection dynamic of The Bloom that blends together networking with storytelling from diverse social impact leaders including: Mafalda Rebord?o -Young Advisor to the President of Portugal, Board Member Center for Responsible AI, +5 years at Google Princess Agina - Founder at ConnectU, Community Executive at The Laidlaw Foundation & former Oxford MBA Daniel J. Barker - President & CEO of Halcyon, formerly VP of Research at Mastercard’s Center for Inclusive Growth The event is free and open to the public, we would love to see you there! Register here: https://lu.ma/x3skqbwh

The failure of the global development sector to incorporate non-English languages into its meeting, thought leadership, and decision-making spaces means that we miss out on important and influential perspectives. Result: our conclusions and opinions are only half-baked.

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