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[[Category:Lifecycle‏‎]]
[[Category:Contribute]]
[[Category:CBT]]
==<center>Learning and preparing for growth</center>==
===Definition===
Clients at this stage  have connected with some volunteers and are interested in learning about how to build on what is working and laying the groundwork for scaling.  

===Learning Stage===
Consciously Incompetent
 
===Measure of Success===
New contributors (roughly more than 25)  must be moving into/through the pathway and getting connected to opportunities

===Milestones===
*Identify gaps and inefficiencies in the pathway 
*Optimize Contribution pathway
*Create or connect to systems that will measure progress in pathways  (THIS IS WHERE SYSTEMS AND DATA COMES IN)
*Define and track Casual/Active/Core Conversion points as part of pathways
*Document Community Practices
*Develop Core Community
*<b>Identify Community “Librarian” or Record Keeper</b>  Empower Community members into the roles of community Librarians
**Creating community resources and organizing materials into the community’s taxonomy 
**Helping activator identify the gaps in that knowledge
**Taking and editing notes at community meetings 
**Connecting community members with others experts in the field and in the organization.  

===Resources===
Awaiting your awesome input!

===Activator role in this stage=== 
Changes to “Community Management” THEY WILL NEED HELP HERE!
*Needs to start delegating work to community members and other team resources to accomplish milestones. 
*The key domain issue as a community grows is defining its role in the organization and its relationship to other domains.
*Maintain community focus to core purpose.  Encourage innovation that leads to purpose, find outlets for innovation that is distracting from the purpose of the community. 
*The key practice issue at this point shifts from simply sharing ideas and insights to organizing the community’s knowledge and taking stewardship seriously. 
*As the community develops a stronger sense of itself, the core members frequently begin to see gaps in the community’s knowledge, identify its cutting edge, and feel a need to be more systematic in their definition of the community’s core practice.”

===CBT Role===
*Help activators and teams understand opportunities to connect at scale and create plan to start advertising their contributions opportunities.
*Help Activators on defining their contributor personas ( what the people most likely to be interested in contributing are doing/learning/motivated by) and help them plan for ways to connect to them directly through events, outreach, and and and…

===Risks===
*Activator has trouble or feels overwhelmed because they aren’t delegating
*There are no trusted community members to delegate to. 
*The systems and data could be blocked technically or politically, or by bullshit.

== Deliverables / Checklist == 

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Milestone !! Responsible !! Support !! Deliverable
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| Identify gaps and inefficiencies in the pathway || Activator || CBT liaison || Documentation about gaps/inefficiencies
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| Optimize Contribution pathway || Activator || CBT liaison || Documentation about revised pathway
|-
| Create or connect to systems that will measure progress in pathways || Activator || CBT liaison + others || documentation + contribution dashboard
|-
| Define and track Casual/Active/Core Conversion points as part of pathways || Activator || CBT liaison || documentation
|-
| Document Community Practices || Activator || CBT liaison || documentation
|-
| Develop Core Community (mentorship/recognition, etc part of pathway) || Activator || CBT liaison || tbd
|-
| Identify Community “Librarian” or Record Keeper || Activator || CBT liaison || tbd
|}