We tailor every engagement to the context and needs of the people and organizations involved, but we follow fundamental general practices in all our work.
Put people at the center
Help people build identities, literacies, skills, and communities to increase their own agency and contribute to their work.
Connect knowledge practices
Engage people when they are acquiring, generating, and spreading knowledge.
Build simply, on existing work
Identify, connect, and amplify existing activities that align with common goals and strategies instead of building or buying new/large/complex systems.
Focus on default infrastructure and services
Offer persistent, common infrastructure and services to all participants to augment and enable local activities, provide continuity, and aggregate results.
Follow core values and principles
See the values and principles that guide our work.
Communication is community
Anchor communications in community — large or small, densely knit or diffuse, nascent or mature.