Presentation of organizational challenges for the Global Voices community, forming the basis for discussion and brainstorming at the 2012 Global Voices Summit in Nairobi.

1. Global Voices
Organization or Network?

2. #occupyGV

3. Organization
Definition: hierarchy with clear structures, rules and
decision-making processes, as e.g. an NGO, a political
party etc.
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4. Organization
Weaknesses
Strengths
* One size fits nobody
* Cohesion * Over-managing
* Sustains growth growth
* Clear routes of * Top-heavy
decision * Bureaucracy grows
* Resources by itself
* Good potential for * Formal leadership
leadership threatens open culture
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5. Network
Definition: work reflects a complex environment on various
issues in open-ended innovative processes. Informal, by
consensus.
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6. Network
Strengths Weaknesses
* Relative freedom of * Fragmentation
* Uneven/Organic growth
initiative
* Lack of leaders/
* Focused growth -> Stress -> bad decisions
excellence in specific areas * Too much work
* Tasks prioritize * Who decides what core
themselves activities are?
* Focus on core activities * Informal leaders exert
* Egalitarian culture disproportionate influence.
Lack of critical approach.
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7. And what about GV?
Source: GV Summit 2010
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8. But GV is also a network
Source: GV Summit 2010
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9. GV mockup in 2012
Courtesy: Gohary
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10. GV is a hybrid
+
Resources Tasks
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11. GV is a hybrid: dynamics
Tasks increase, (relative) resources decrease
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12. GV is a hybrid: dynamics
Tasks really increase, resources get scarcer:
less time to train, less time to focus on core activities
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13. Should content decide organization, or
should organization decide content?
Organization decides content
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14. GV is a hybrid: themes & teams
1. Structural challenges, rewards – RAYNA
2. Leadership vs. Management? – MARTA
3. Interactions & communication – VILHELM +
GOHARY
4. Training/mentorship, careers – CLAIRE +
SUZANNE
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