The Internet has so far been really good at helping people to do things together. But once there is money involved, we still need to create 20th century legal entities and collect money in black boxes. In this talk, we will explore how we can fund our communities today in a transparent way to make sure they have the financial resources to sustain themselves and to have a larger impact on society. http://ouisharefest.com

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Xavier Damman
How to Fund Communities and Movements Transparently
• Xavier Damman
• Open Collective
• @xdamman

2. How to fund our
communities and movements
transparently
OuiShareFest 2016
Copyleft 2016 @xdamman
Paris, May 2016

9. No feedback loop

10. No reality check

11. 91%of French people don't trust
existing political parties

12. Do you?

13. 2016

14. 2015

15. 2014

16. 2010

17. 2000

18. Don't fight

19. Accept reality as it is,
.

20. Accept reality as it is,
not as you'd like it to be.

21. Ignore them
They don't deserve our attention

22. Let's focus our energy
.

23. Let's focus our energy
on what we can change.

24. Don't fight them.

25. Build around them.

26. Together

28. Association de loi de 1901

31. Association de loi de 1901

32. Association de loi de 2016

33. Associations of 2016
transparent
open
fluid leadership

36. Create a collective and fund it.

37. Thank you.
Join the movement
#OpenCollective
OpenCollective.org
Contribute:
github.com/OpenCollective

38. Copyleft 2016 @xdamman
Presentation for OuiShare Festival
Paris, May 2016

39. Credits
→ Royal Court Versaille, AlphaHistory.com
→ We, The People, elylegion.com
→ Connected People, fluxtrends.co.za
→ Trends Show Crowdfunding To Surpass VC In 2016, Forbes
→ OccupyWallStreet: Hungarian Protest, BBC
→ Cash In Hands, turnstylenews.com
→ Old Factory, Mapio.cz
→ Cooperative Hands, www.entrepreneurstoolkit.org
→ Keep Calm And Be Cooperative, keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk