Loomio guides

Practical guidance for inclusive discussion, group decisions, facilitation, governance, and using Loomio well.

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5 powerful ways to use threads

Communication can make or break any team or organization’s efforts. Save time, email confusion, and energy with higher quality conversations that move to…

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Advice process: Making group decisions… simple!

Making decisions with other people can be slow, expensive and emotionally draining, while coordinating team member schedules can be time-consuming.

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Advice process: Making group decisions… simple!
Move the advice process online in 3 steps
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Move the advice process online in 3 steps

In a self-managed company, everyone is a decision-maker. You need an effective process that enables group input while empowering individuals to act – and…

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Don’t feed the trolls: How to encourage good behaviour online

Guardian journalist Max Opray got in touch with us last week, while researching his article Could Online Democracy Lead To Governance By Trumps and Trolls?

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Don’t feed the trolls: How to encourage good behaviour online
Taking Holacracy governance to the next level
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Taking Holacracy governance to the next level

Organisations that adopt Holacracy often find it’s a big upgrade to their decision-making processes. But implementing Governance meetings is only the…

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Worker participation in health & safety

New Zealand recently tightened up health and safety laws. Now businesses must have practices that give their workers opportunities to participate, on an…

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Worker participation in health & safety
Organising your Loomio group
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Organising your Loomio group

So, your group is actively using Loomio for discussions and decisions. Great! Now you’re ready to optimise your collaboration experience.

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Use your favorite website on a smartphone; no app required

Did you know? It's easy to create an icon for Loomio, or any other website you use often, on your phone’s home screen. It works a lot like all your other…

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Use your favorite website on a smartphone; no app required
Helping teams thrive with Loomio – My journey with collaboration consulting
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Helping teams thrive with Loomio – My journey with collaboration consulting

Since Loomio first launched, the team has been fielding requests from clients to help make the tool and collaborative processes work for them.

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9 ways to use a Loomio proposal to turn a conversation into action
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9 ways to use a Loomio proposal to turn a conversation into action

If you’ve read the introductory guide to making great decisions with Loomio, you’re ready to learn about some of the creative ways you can use proposals.

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10 tips for making great decisions with Loomio

Here in the Loomio team, we have been using Loomio since it was only a pie graph with buttons, and we've learnt a few things along the way.

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10 tips for making great decisions with Loomio
Priority-setting in a human-centred organisation
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Priority-setting in a human-centred organisation

This is the first article in our Cultural Technology series, where we share practices for working in a networked organisation.

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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…

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How to engage your team with new technology

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