1 In this course
Growth is a bit more difficult than preparation. You know have to choose different goals and activities. You're goal is to reach the status of a mature community
Overview goals
You have two main tasks. Get as much contributors as possible and as much teachers as possible to review the new contributions. The following goals help you to fullfill this tasks.
Obligatory Goals
What? | Precondition |
|---|---|
You asked other Serlo communities to announce the new City Community | You finished preparation |
The | You finished the preparation, planned and did it. |
Teacher's Pet Award | You got 5 teachers to regularly give feedback and review new written articles |
Newsletter junky | You are able to post on three different serlo-extern newsletter (for example newsletter of the university) |
The Duet Badge | Regular* two meetings in the week with at least three persons |
Trifecta Badge | Regular* three meetings in the week with at least three persons |
You became an official university group | You met the requirements for that and reached a critical mass (6 regular* attending people) |
The Mature Community Badge | You got 5 teacher, an own office and at each of the three meetings in a week at least 5 people attent. You have management meetings two times a month. |
*regular means 3 times in 4 weeks
Other important Goals
What | When? |
|---|---|
The community got it's own office | After you become an official university group |
The Networker | regularly meet at meetups and changer hangouts with other organizations and entrepreneurs at this city |
Overview regular activities
Work, Play and Learn events
What? | When do you start with them? |
|---|---|
Regular Meetings | Already in Preparation. Foster after the Start Event. |
Long night of Serlo | After your Semester Opening Event/ After your Start Event |
Serlo Games Evening | The same as above |
The Serlo Weekend | When you got enough people for such a weekend. Maybe around 10? |
Serlo Pitch Workshop | The same as above |
Serlo Academy | Look at the Page for Serlo Academies |
Serlo Party | Maybe at the end of an Academy? |
Everything will be explained more thoroughly when we have some experience.
Actions to find new Contributors
What? | When? |
|---|---|
Always. Really important. | |
Regular working at Public Relations | Always |
Semester Opening Event (the same as the Launch Event) | At the beginning of each Semester |
Serlo Party | At the end of an academy/ In the semester? |
Serlorant | We have no idea, what that could be. Except, that it should entail food. |
Search for local support
Let us talk about that in an other article
2 Launch event
Plan the Start Event
What is the start event?
The start event is one short hour where you present Serlo and try to acquire as many editors as possible. The agenda is a bit similar to the first meeting. But if the group is to big you can't ask all the people who they are and how they are and so on.
How to organize such an event
Find the speaker (maybe you all three should have a small part of speaking)
Ask the university to grant a room for the event
Maybe bring something to eat or to drink for the visitors
How to announce the start event?
At first you should write the start event on the home page. Than you should create it on facebook. Maybe you could also create flyers advertising this event?
Go to the lectures and present Serlo, the new community and the dates of the start event. Don't forget to ask the prof, whether you are allowed to do so.
Use Facebook University and Course groups and post information about your Start Event with a link
Use the billboard, monitors and so on.
What should you say? Is there some material that could help you with that?
You should make a power point presentation. When we have one we will show it here.
You should look at Simons Interview with The Changer. I will give you a link when it is translated into english.
Also a talk manual will appear here, when it is made.
3 Become an official university group
If you are an official university group you get plenty of benefits. For example in some universities you get a claim on your own office. It is also a question of reputation and visibility to become a university group.
When do you become an official university group?
This question is really difficult. Each university sets different requirements for university groups. You should write these requirements down at the beginning of the growth process and wait until you fullfilled them. Even if you fullfilled them already in the beginning of the growth proccess you should wait till you reached a critical mass of members. Maybe 20? or 30?
How to become an official university group?
In Germany most times AStA or StuPa are responsible for the university groups. In some universities you do not need to register to call you a university group. You should inform yourself, how your university handles this topic.
If there are some requirements to become a university group you should set these requirements on your workplan.
4 Search for local support
One important task of the new community is to find local support.
Maybe you should begin with this topic, after the organization of the new city community is realiable.
To find support you should get to know people, talk about Serlo and to enthuse people with Serlo. You should get information about potential partner and sponsors.
This is a task for all. You need the Pitch Workshop to teach the Community Members how to communicate Serlo in a right way. Start the search for local support with such a pitch (because maybe you also need to learn how to communicate serlo in a good manner).
Concrete negotiations or partnerships should only be made in agreement with the country board.
