The Loomio Blog
Stories about how organizations around the world use Loomio to make better decisions together.
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Participate in a study on collective intelligence!
Loomio has received a small grant from Catalyst to help Litemap and Assembl develop their collective intelligence tools. These tools enable users to map the structure of a discussion and visualise the connections between people, thought and action.
Guide
How to engage your team with new technology
Ever failed at getting your team engaged with new technology? We have. Like many other people, we started off naively thinking that just exposing the team to new technology was enough – that once they saw it, they'd get excited to use it. Since then, we've worked with hundreds of groups and learned a lot about how to effectively introduce new online tools.
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Taiwan's ministry of economic affairs to host national energy conference public engagement on Loomio
The Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C. (MoEA) announced that the National Energy Conference is to be held Jan 26, 27. To follow the trends of collecting voices on the internet in nowadays, MoEA plans pre-conference discussions on the internet between Jan 14 – 20.
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It's here! Get your sneak peek of Loomio 1.0!
Well folks it has been an incredible few months and today is a very special day: we’re inviting everyone (starting with those who supported our crowdfunding campaign) to come in and check out a ‘pre-release’ version of Loomio 1.0.
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The home stretch: 30 days until we bring the first early access users onto Loomio 1.0!
We went out to the Loomio Community asking for feedback on the new designs for mobile/phone and desktop/tablet. In addition to some excellent suggestions for improvements on the designs, you told us you loved them! We can’t wait to release the new user interface at the end of November.
Case study
When Hungarian students organized, the government backed down
Yesterday, 100,000 people mobilized in the streets of Budapest, in response to a proposed tax on Internet access.
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September update from Loomio HQ
Another month has flown by, with some more huge progress in Loomio land:
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Spring is here, and we're halfway to Loomio 1.0!
It’s the first day of Spring in Aotearoa New Zealand, and it certainly feels like it. We’re now halfway between the end of the crowdfunding campaign and the pre-release date for Loomio 1.0. It’s been hard work, but immensely rewarding. We’re really motivated by all your support. All up, we’re cranking along and things are on track for November!
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Feature update: Following, dashboard filters, and reply by email
We’ve released some exciting new ways to see what’s most important to you on Loomio!
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Video: Loomio at personal democracy forum 2014
The Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) in New York is an annual gathering of people from around the world working towards a free and open internet. In June this year, we were lucky enough to be invited to present Loomio at PDF, in a session on “The Future of the Public Internet”. Ben Knight talks about his experience speaking at this amazing event.
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July update from Loomio land
Greetings friends, wow another month has flown past so it is time for another update from Loomio HQ.
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Update to Loomio supporters: July 2014 – Happy Matariki!
It’s Matariki here in Aotearoa New Zealand and we’re really feeling the winter solstice vibe at Loomio HQ – feels like it’s getting brighter every day!
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Feature update: Editing content (discussions, proposals, and comments)
You spoke, we listened – “editing comments” has been the most upvoted card since we opened up the public Roadmap.
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A community-driven roadmap: Get involved in setting the development priorities for Loomio
Right from the start, Loomio has been a community-driven project. From day one, we’ve had real people using Loomio to make real decisions, and real world feedback from users has directed development all along.
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Feature update: New group privacy settings
Yesterday we released a whole new system for managing the privacy of your groups. Now when you start a new Loomio group, you’ll get the following options:
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Update to Loomio supporters: May 2014
## Word of the Year: Gratitude It’s still a bit unreal – over 1600 people contributed over $125,000 to make the Loomio crowdfunding campaign a massive success. Because the “give now” button remains live, amazingly even now donations keep coming in. It was a huge validation of what we’ve believed all along: the world wants Loomio!
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Crowdfunding update: 2 days to go!
After an incredible couple of days, the target is within reach! It’s truly overwhelming to see so many generous people getting behind this project, reminding us that we’re not crazy to pour our lives into it for the last 18 months 🙂
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Crowdfunding update: Week four
After an amazing week, the $100K target is now well within reach! We’re blown away by our team of more than 850 people supporting us to make this project happen!
Case study
96% staff engagement in Wise Group’s Loomio pilot
See how Wise Group used Loomio to involve more than 1,000 staff in organizational decisions, achieving 96% positive engagement in its leadership team.
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Crowdfunding update: Week three
Sunday was the official mid-point of our crowdfunding campaign. Amazingly enough, on that exact day we made it to a major milestone, 50% of our $100k target!
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Inspiring disruptors
## people doing awesome stuff with technology, democracy, and collaboration. Inspiring Disruptors are at the vanguard, maximising both autonomy and collaboration. They skillfully bring out the best of technology and the best of people, forging ahead into a new kind of society. We’re following in their footsteps, building tools for a new way of organising, communicating, and cooperating.
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