The Art of Systems Change by WWF
We can no longer ignore that the future of humanity and the planet are at risk. How we go about our work must be in intentional service of the lasting change we seek to make. With a team of 15 ... read more
Activist Sprint
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Discussing Gender and Sustainability with Hivos ENERGIA
In January 2019 the Dutch development body Hivos’s programme had a very large report to write for their funders, the UK government’s Department for International Development, and they used a Book Sprint to achieve it. It was the culmination of ... read more
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Collaborative Knowledge: Shuttleworth Foundation Book Sprint
The Shuttleworth Foundation participated in a Book Sprint reflecting on ten years of giving. “Our thinking about how change happens has been influenced by the journeys Fellows take, and partnering with them for many years,” said Helen Turvey, CEO of ... read more
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Whose Knowledge? Book Sprint to decolonize stories
Here we are, DAY 2 in San Diego campus booksprinting to produce a collection of resources on different ways to approach how to center marginalized community’s knowledge online. Whose Knowledge is behind the initiative of the Book Sprint. This impressive non-profit ... read more
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Book Sprint with Publish What You Pay
We are in the middle of our first Book Sprint for Publish What You Pay an international coalition of civil society organisations working to ensure transparency and accountability in oil, gas and mining. Participants are from eight countries and all PWYP members ... read more
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Coalition-building through a Book Sprint: Curtin University’s Open Knowledge Institutions
**Updates on May 2021: the book will be published by MIT Press and is available for pre-orders! Find the link through the button “order the book here”.** The book ‘Open Knowledge Institutions: Reinventing Universities’ is open to a wider community ... read more
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Supporting Research Communications: a Guide
The Curtin University Book Sprint resulted in a guide for all so-called Supporters of Research Communication, a term which is yet to be embraced by all the people who do this work. This book will however be a step towards defining ... read more
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Yensore Programme. Our experiences in Natural Resources Sector in Ghana
As Mandela said: “it always seems impossible until it’s done”. And that was the group feeling after a hectic week of collaborative writing. The 15 participants wrote the book Yensore programme Our experiences in Natural Resources Sector in Ghana on ... read more
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New Practices for New Publics Book Sprint
Today amidst major building work at Varley Park in Falmer, a group of academics and representatives of local community organisations have been summing up the learnings from the seminar series New Practices for New Publics? The seminars took place over ... read more
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New release of Responsible Data Handbook
The Responsible Data in Development Handbook that was the result of a Book Sprint in 2014 with the engine room recently received a beautiful make-over including its own website.