When running an organisation or service that is reliant on the efforts of volunteers, members or a community to run and sustain itself, it can be hard to attract recruits and really tell them what you need help with. Many make it difficult to access information and get involved, with technology making accessing this information easier and easier, why not take advantage of it. In this presentation we look at practical principles and demonstrations on how to set up pages and features on your website to show exactly what you need and how to take action. We'll also look at some general tips, advice and resources for lowering the barriers to getting engagement with your organisation, campaign or product.

1. Removing barriers in
engagement
Chris Ward
@chrischinch

2. You need people for your…
Non-profit
Open source project
Startup
Testing sprint
Cake bake

3. So why make it so
hard?
flickr.com/photos/chris-hunt/324878

4. Make it easy to get
started

5. Open yourself

6. Ctrl/⌘ + Z

7. Go where the people
are

9. Empowerment

10. flickr.com/photos/praiter_yed/637220516

11. flickr.com/photos/revengingangel/491075106

12. Are you prepared?

13. flickr.com/photos/throughthelookingglass23/53535845

14. Resources
The Art of Community – Jono
Bacon
artofcommunityonline.org

15. Questions?
Chris Ward
@chrischinch
Look for ‘Chris Chinchilla’ on LinkedIn, G+ etc