Collecting Stories of Community-Led Change
Be Part of Something Bigger: Share Your Stories of Community-led Change for Resilience and Regeneration!
Transition Network International is excited to launch a new Community research project to help the diverse groups and communities doing Transition, and the movement overall, grow stronger, more effective and impactful. We want to learn from each other’s experiences to create even greater positive change together.
We’re using an innovative tool called Sensemaker to collect your stories, either written or as audio recordings. This way, you can share your own thoughts and insights about your story without external interpretations.
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Deborah Benham introduces the Community research project (first 5 min. of the video)
Why get involved?
This is your research as well!
Our goal is to provide valuable information and resources for local groups to
- raise awareness,
- support fundraising efforts,
- and demonstrate the wide-reaching impact of our movement.
By gathering and sharing these stories, we can highlight our collective achievements and inspire others through data, learning resources, articles, events, and more.
All the stories we collect and data generated will be accessible to everyone in the Transition movement through a simple login. You’ll find summaries, quotes, word clouds, graphs, and more that you can use in your own work.
We’re particularly interested in understanding what specific practices and conditions help foster positive change in communities. In the collector page there are prompts to help you think about the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of your story—what made that project or activity successful in your community?
How do I participate?
For the next 3 months, until the end of September, the Sensemaker collector tool will be available online in 8 languages.
- Visit https://tinyurl.com/transition-stories-sensemaker
- Choose the language of your preference
- Share your story, whether in writing or as an audio recording –you choose what works best for you!–, then complete a few questions to add your own insights (the self ‘signification’ – the meaning making part). It takes about 30-40 minutes.
This tool is a fantastic opportunity, but we only have it for a short time. The more stories we gather, the more valuable insights we can uncover to help our movement navigate current crises and build a more regenerative future.
Share your stories of change here
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Deborah Benham goes through the details of the data collector and its process (last 5 min. of the video)
Why now?
Transition is turning 18! As we come of age, we have the opportunity to reflect on the past years of experimenting, innovating, and learning from both successes and failures. Now is a crucial time to share what we’ve learned and to tackle today’s escalating challenges through the wisdom of our entire community.
From our previous survey in 2020-2021 and countless shared stories, we know that Transition groups and communities are achieving incredible things, locally and sometimes regionally. This looks really different in each place. Every collective excels in different areas, and we want to identify and share these effective practices so that everyone can benefit and be even more inspired.
Spread the news!
We need your help to spread the word to as many Transitioners as possible and other community-led eco-social change groups.
This is your research! Join us in this exciting project and be part of our shared journey toward resilience and regeneration!
Transition Network International is excited to launch a new Community research project to help the diverse groups and communities doing Transition, and the movement overall, grow stronger, more effective and impactful. We want to learn from each other’s experiences to create even greater positive change together.
We’re using an innovative tool called Sensemaker to collect your stories, either written or as audio recordings. This way, you can share your own thoughts and insights about your story without external interpretations.
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Deborah Benham introduces the Community research project (first 5 min. of the video)
Why get involved?
This is your research as well!
Our goal is to provide valuable information and resources for local groups to
- raise awareness,
- support fundraising efforts,
- and demonstrate the wide-reaching impact of our movement.
By gathering and sharing these stories, we can highlight our collective achievements and inspire others through data, learning resources, articles, events, and more.
All the stories we collect and data generated will be accessible to everyone in the Transition movement through a simple login. You’ll find summaries, quotes, word clouds, graphs, and more that you can use in your own work.
We’re particularly interested in understanding what specific practices and conditions help foster positive change in communities. In the collector page there are prompts to help you think about the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of your story—what made that project or activity successful in your community?
How do I participate?
For the next 3 months, until the end of September, the Sensemaker collector tool will be available online in 8 languages.
- Visit https://tinyurl.com/transition-stories-sensemaker
- Choose the language of your preference
- Share your story, whether in writing or as an audio recording –you choose what works best for you!–, then complete a few questions to add your own insights (the self ‘signification’ – the meaning making part). It takes about 30-40 minutes.
This tool is a fantastic opportunity, but we only have it for a short time. The more stories we gather, the more valuable insights we can uncover to help our movement navigate current crises and build a more regenerative future.
Share your stories of change here
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Deborah Benham goes through the details of the data collector and its process (last 5 min. of the video)
Why now?
Transition is turning 18! As we come of age, we have the opportunity to reflect on the past years of experimenting, innovating, and learning from both successes and failures. Now is a crucial time to share what we’ve learned and to tackle today’s escalating challenges through the wisdom of our entire community.
From our previous survey in 2020-2021 and countless shared stories, we know that Transition groups and communities are achieving incredible things, locally and sometimes regionally. This looks really different in each place. Every collective excels in different areas, and we want to identify and share these effective practices so that everyone can benefit and be even more inspired.
Spread the news!
We need your help to spread the word to as many Transitioners as possible and other community-led eco-social change groups.
This is your research! Join us in this exciting project and be part of our shared journey toward resilience and regeneration!
Questions?
What is exactly the Sensemaker tool?
Sensemaker is a new generation data collection and analysis tool. Check this video if you’d like to know more in detail.
Could we submit a story as a group?
Each person’s experiences are different for each action and event, and we’re interested in your personal perspective and experience. So we encourage as many people in your group who would want to, to submit your stories. It might be fun to talk to each other and explore common points, differences and nuances in how you experienced these stories of change as a group.
The Submit response button doesn’t seem to be working?
Please make sure you’ve entered all the required values. If any required question does not apply to your case, please mark the “N/A” box.
Transition Network International is excited to launch a new Community research project to help the diverse groups and communities doing Transition, and the movement overall, grow stronger, more effective and impactful. We want to learn from each other’s experiences to create even greater positive change together.
We’re using an innovative tool called Sensemaker to collect your stories, either written or as audio recordings. This way, you can share your own thoughts and insights about your story without external interpretations.
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Deborah Benham introduces the Community research project (first 5 min. of the video)
Why get involved?
This is your research as well!
Our goal is to provide valuable information and resources for local groups to
- raise awareness,
- support fundraising efforts,
- and demonstrate the wide-reaching impact of our movement.
By gathering and sharing these stories, we can highlight our collective achievements and inspire others through data, learning resources, articles, events, and more.
All the stories we collect and data generated will be accessible to everyone in the Transition movement through a simple login. You’ll find summaries, quotes, word clouds, graphs, and more that you can use in your own work.
We’re particularly interested in understanding what specific practices and conditions help foster positive change in communities. In the collector page there are prompts to help you think about the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of your story—what made that project or activity successful in your community?
How do I participate?
For the next 3 months, until the end of September, the Sensemaker collector tool will be available online in 8 languages.
- Visit https://tinyurl.com/transition-stories-sensemaker
- Choose the language of your preference
- Share your story, whether in writing or as an audio recording –you choose what works best for you!–, then complete a few questions to add your own insights (the self ‘signification’ – the meaning making part). It takes about 30-40 minutes.
This tool is a fantastic opportunity, but we only have it for a short time. The more stories we gather, the more valuable insights we can uncover to help our movement navigate current crises and build a more regenerative future.
Share your stories of change here
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Deborah Benham goes through the details of the data collector and its process (last 5 min. of the video)
Why now?
Transition is turning 18! As we come of age, we have the opportunity to reflect on the past years of experimenting, innovating, and learning from both successes and failures. Now is a crucial time to share what we’ve learned and to tackle today’s escalating challenges through the wisdom of our entire community.
From our previous survey in 2020-2021 and countless shared stories, we know that Transition groups and communities are achieving incredible things, locally and sometimes regionally. This looks really different in each place. Every collective excels in different areas, and we want to identify and share these effective practices so that everyone can benefit and be even more inspired.
Spread the news!
We need your help to spread the word to as many Transitioners as possible and other community-led eco-social change groups.
This is your research! Join us in this exciting project and be part of our shared journey toward resilience and regeneration!
Questions?
What is exactly the Sensemaker tool?
Sensemaker is a new generation data collection and analysis tool. Check this video if you’d like to know more in detail.
Could we submit a story as a group?
Each person’s experiences are different for each action and event, and we’re interested in your personal perspective and experience. So we encourage as many people in your group who would want to, to submit your stories. It might be fun to talk to each other and explore common points, differences and nuances in how you experienced these stories of change as a group.
The Submit response button doesn’t seem to be working?
Please make sure you’ve entered all the required values. If any required question does not apply to your case, please mark the “N/A” box.
Do you have any other questions or concerns about sharing this? Email us at evaluation@transitionnetwork.org
If you need any assistance, we have a small budget available to help cover unavoidable costs.
Thank you so much!
