map/directory & stories/case studies of coops

• including regional hubs

understand what platform cooperativism is

find and contribute articles

search resource archives (legal, technical)

• legal compliance info

• business model examples

know who is maintaining/running the site

learn how to start a coop

a guide as to how to join the consortium (for coops, freelancers etc)

tap into online community

events listing

list of free/OS frameworks 

maybe a discussion forum (using Loomio or Discourse?)

I don't

I go to social media or mailing list instead

I put my coop into the directory

I look up conference dates

I read blog posts, articles

I look up news (from events)

connect/tap in to social media streams or other chats

• allow open-ended, self-directed participation

tap into existing content in platform coop community

map

forums

it shouldn't be the purpose of the site

maybe discussion/comments under blog posts?

experimental field for collaborative creation of coop / collectively owned digital infrastructures. 

• how can developers engage?

• coop repositories for collaborative software developments?

overview of network/resources available

share challenges/questions with other coops

point of contact for coops (connect over shared resources)

specific points of contact for different types of collaborators - such as freelancers having their own e-mail address to contact

a way to join the project

archive of content

blog

directory (not just the coops but also related orgs)

get involved/ call to action

basic info about platform cooperativism

news

links to social media

resources/articles

archive needs regular updates (including crowd-sourced submissions and motivation to do so)

better search engine (allow for searching date range, most recent, RSS feed, etc)

landing page needs a clear, concise definition of Platform Cooperativism

post links to livestream video recordings from past events/conferences panels

provide connections to other platforms

need a "how to start a coop"

easier sign-up/onboarding to join the movement/other coops etc

• ability to reach out to other workers to join their coop, freelancers who want to start a coop etc

add "profile pages" of coops

better events listing

more support for developers

include regional coop hubs

right now there is too much text info/hierarchy in the structure

• make it interactive 

• make targets more clear

• more specific and granular organization

http://www.co-oplaw.org/

• narrow and specific focus, full of easy-to-find information

https://techaction.nyc/

• interactive, useful, entertaining

 https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org:

• very simple, basically a wordpress site, but does a good job of conveying information. 

• Any well-designed advocacy and research news blog could be a good example

Airbnb https://www.airbnb.ca/ 

• visual appeal

• clear call to actions

• showcases what it is all about by displaying a large number of interesting examples on the landing page

World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/ and the Climate Action Tracker websites https://climateactiontracker.org/ 

• information on various topics and areas arranged in drop-down boxes

• pill buttons, etc. 

• Focus on freely flowing, coherent, nested HTML and CSS elements over slower-loading and less flexible JavaScript elements, 

• Succinct descriptions of the purpose of each page, and what users can hope to do with the information on each page. 

• clear, bolded, elements of the site that encourages and entices users on how they can take action on issues.