This is the basic story of the the Architecture for Humanity Chapter Network became the Open Architecture Collaborative and how we are moving forward with a different, bottom up strategy.

1. RAISING A PHOENIX
Garrett Jacobs
@garrjacobs

2. JANUARY 17 2015

3. Well.

4. We’ve got all these people.

5. Over 10,000 of ‘em…

6. Who aren’t doing it for money.

7. Rally Time!!

8. FEB. 2015 - Independent Congress

9. APRIL 2015 - Steering Committee Strategy

10. FROM TOP DOWN

11. TO BOTTOM UP

12. OUR VALUES
OPENNESS
PARTICIPATION
TRUST

13. WE WORK LOCALLY TO SUPPORT
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND THEIR VISION...
...AND DEVELOP NATIONAL PROGRAMS AND
PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT THE
GRASSROOTS WORK.

14. “Having worked with a lot of groups, I was really impressed
with both the level of alignment in your values, and the shared
purpose that you all worked with throughout the day. I left the
day really optimistic about your future”
Joel Mills - AIA, Communities by Design - Facilitator

15. FOLLOW YOUR OWN RULES!
PARTICIPATION LEADS TO OWNERSHIP

16. 32 CHAPTERS supporting 250+ local leaders 9000+ volunteers

17. WHEN PEOPLE DESIGN AND BUILD THEIR OWN
ENVIRONMENTS, THEY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE
PLACES THEY CREATE, SUSTAIN THEM LONG
TERM, KEEP THEM SAFE, INVEST IN THEM,
AND COLOR THEM WITH THEIR MOST
PRECIOUS EXPRESSIONS.

18. LISTEN - FACILITATE - ADVOCATE
IN PRACTICE

19. LISTEN OPEN ARCHITECTURE / GUADALAJARA

20. FACILITATE OPEN ARCHITECTURE / CHICAGO

21. ADVOCATE OPEN ARCHITECTURE / HOUSTON

22. ADVOCATE OPEN ARCHITECTURE / SANTA FE

23. ADVOCATE OPEN ARCHITECTURE / New York

24. BUILD OPEN ARCHITECTURE / DHAKA

25. DESIGN MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR
EVERYONE TO DREAM & BUILD

26. Chapter models that work

27. A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR LOCAL LEADERS

28. Launched a Collectively Built Brand

29. Post launch travels

30. Post Launch
Design community needs
320 volunteer signups
17 requests for new chapters
10 project requests
192 webinar registrants

31. The Future…!

32. PID Landscape

33. From Centralized to Distributed

34. New Strategy:
Train Members
Convene Leaders
Broadcast the Needs
Pilot for Best Practices
Incubate New Chapters

35. Train
Year 1: Lightweight - webinars, podcasts, blog posts &
toolkits
Year 2: Curriculum for organizing and community design
Year 3: Certifications

36. Convene
Year 1: Strategic leadership gathering (BOD, RLC)
Year 2: Network wide gathering to bring all chapter
leaders together
Year 3: Public conference with OAC leaders, members,
partners, and awards

37. Broadcast
Year 1: Advocacy campaign (summer) & International day of
Impact (fall)
Year 2: Participatory campaigns, research, Scaled Days of
impact
Year 3: Keep on scaling…

38. Pilot
Year 1: Focus on 2 chapters who wish to position
themselves as the ambassadors for the design community.
Year 2: Based on the results, scale the program
Year 3: Continue scaling and launch new focus areas.

39. Incubate
Year 1: Support materials for launching and running a
successful chapter
Year 2: Accelerator development. Training events, office
hours, mentor chapters, and advisors
Year 3: Launch PID Accelerator program

40. Chapter Growth
Activity: Discuss I Assess I Make I Program I Organize
Structure: Fiscally Sponsored I State Entity I Federal Entity

41. At the end of the day
The OAC is meeting the demands of our local
communities for having designers as collaborators to
bring their visions to life.
It’s all about people.

42. How might you help?
What does your city need? Is everything covered?
Got and idea for training? Or a best practice to share?
Got too many pro-bono projects in your pipeline?
How about extra space?
Spread the word!
Creative funding ideas are always welcome!

43. HOW DO YOU OPEN ARCHITECTURE?
Thank you!
Q & A
@OPENARCHCOLLAB
OPENARCHCOLLAB.ORG
@garrjacobs
garrett@openarchcollab.org