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Leverage is measured by comparing the number of staff working on a project to the number of volunteers working on the project. For many non-profits and open source communities, leverage can be as high as 1 staff : 200 volunteers. | Leverage is measured by comparing the number of staff working on a project to the number of volunteers working on the project. For many non-profits and open source communities, leverage can be as high as 1 staff : 200 volunteers. | ||
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The People team is here to help teams improve their community building capacity so that they are more effective at bringing volunteers onto their projects. | |||
=Improving Capacity= | We will be happy to work with you to create a plan specific to your needs, but we have provided a general outline that can be used as a starting point for teams based on their current capacity. | ||
==Plans for Improving Low Capacity Teams== | |||
* Pick someone on your team to devote a few hours each week to community building efforts | |||
* Have that person start going to [[Grow/Meetings|Grow Mozilla discussions]] | |||
* Work through the [[Contribute/Workshops/Designing_for_participation|Design projects for participation]] workshop on a team call | |||
* Create a spreadsheet where you can start manually adding data about community activities | |||
==Plans for Improving Medium Capacity Teams== | |||
* Set up a regular public meeting to drive the creation and execution of a community building plan | |||
* Document contribution opportunities for your team on the [[Contribute/Conversion_points|Conversion Points]] wiki | |||
* Work through the [[Identifying_contributors|Identifying contributors]] and [[Metrics_for_growth|Metrics for growth]] workshops on a team call | |||
* Have a discussion with the [[Modules/All#Participation_Metrics|Participation Metrics module owner and peers]] about community metrics | |||
==Capacity | ==Plans for Improving High Capacity Teams== | ||
* Dedicate at least one person to full-time community building activities | |||
* Have community builders attend [[Contribute#Meetups|Community Building Meetups]] to take part in planning and knowledge sharing activities with other community builders | |||
* Set leverage ratio targets in team's goals process | |||
* Analyze available community metrics to audit and optimize contribution paths | |||
* Implement a volunteer recognition and development plan to keep volunteers engaged | |||