Community Building
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Community Building for Community Builders
Similar to my desire to help “multiplier” types of people like entrepreneurs, it was no surprise that I gravitated towards doing work to support grassroots community leaders.
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Registering a Non-Profit for Volunteer Startup Community Work
We decided to finally register as a legal organization so that we’re able to better support our local community. With the registration, we’re able to issue receipts, and be able to present ourselves with confidence in front of potential partners.
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Product Tonic Retreat 2023: An Organizer’s Perspective
The Product Tonic Retreat Bohol 2023 gathered 42 product experts from 7 countries. The event aimed to create a supportive environment for learning and reflection. I got the chance to co-organize this retreat and I’m hoping to share what I learned from the experience to help other organizers in the future.
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Questions to ask when preparing to facilitate virtual conversations
Community members suggested that I share my lessons learned from doing various online engagement experiments that I’ve been running the last few months so I decided to host a few small-group discussions with them on virtual facilitation. I learned a lot from the discussion and this blogpost is my attempt at summarizing everything.
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Finding better formats for online engagement in PH startup community meetups
In my effort to make myself and others feel more at home while on virtual meetings, I explored different discussion formats with community builders in my country to see how we might improve the way we interact online.
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Dealing with negativity when volunteering
It’s especially frustrating to already be doing work for free, headaches and all, and still get flak for it. As (volunteer) community leaders, this is one of the ugly realities of the job.
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Running A Startup Weekend: Small Things That Matter
A list of small things that organizers can do to give their participants an even better Startup Weekend experience.
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How To Ask For Philippine Government Support For Tech Events
The ARD of DTI Region VII reached out to me to talk about better engaging the grassroots tech communities to help improve government programs. This, and succeeding meetings, gave rise to the Comunity+Government meetup, an open discussion between tech community members and government representatives. During our last meetup, DTI and DOST shared to us the…
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3 Kinds Of Community Events You Didn’t Think Of
In the last few months, I’ve been experimenting with various event formats to see if I can keep the monthly meetups I run consistent and interesting for participants. I’m writing this blogpost to share to you what I’ve learned and hopefully help you feel less intimidated by regularly organizing community events.
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Understanding The Innovative Startup Act
I finally took the time to look into the passed Innovative Startup Act so I could better understand the state of my country’s government and it’s plans on supporting startups in the legislative level.
Ashley Uy 