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-Capacity is a measure of the community building potential of teams.  Knowing the capacity of a team helps us determine where contributors are going to most likely be able to successfully get involved and gives us insight into what areas to focus on to get more people involved with Mozilla.
+Capacity is a measure of the community building potential of teams.  Knowing the capacity of a team helps us provide support through programs and guides that are appropriate to their current situation.
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-=Analyzing Capacity=
+==Leverage==
+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.
 =Improving Capacity=
-A team can improve it's community building capacity by working on one or more of the areas above (resources, paths, data).
+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.  Contact [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/davidwboswell David Boswell] if you are interested in getting help with community building.
+==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|Designing 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==
-For instance, a team with low capacity for all three areas could move to medium capacity by selecting an existing team member to spend part of their time on community building and starting to document the steps contributors can take to get involved with their projects.
+* 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 [[Contribute/Workshops/Identifying_contributors|Identifying contributors]] and [[Contribute/Workshops/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
-A plan that teams can follow to increase their community building capacity will be posted here soon.
+==Plans for Improving High Capacity Teams==
-The [[Grow|Grow Mozilla]] effort exists to help teams with improving their community building capacity.  If you'd like to learn more, please visit a [[Grow/Meetings|Grow Mozilla discussion]] or contact the [[ContributorEngagement|Contributor Engagement team]].
+* 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
+* 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