# Facebook Community Accelerator - Ouishare input

## Articles around community

Why communities?
[A trickle becomes a river](https://medium.com/enspiral-tales/a-trickle-becomes-a-river-64893418a769)
[Every time a civilization is in crisis, there is a return of the commons](https://www.ouishare.net/article/every-time-a-civilization-is-in-crisis-there-is-a-return-of-the-commons-interview-with-michel-bauwens)

Community stories and experiences
[Despierta. A women-community. Learnings on Community Building](https://medium.com/ouishare-connecting-the-collaborative-economy/learnings-from-community-building-despierta-e344e2e71717)
[How I got myself into a networked organisation](https://medium.com/ouishare-connecting-the-collaborative-economy/how-i-got-myself-into-a-network-organisation-cf0723b3f4cd)
[What Ouishare means to me](https://medium.com/ouishare-connecting-the-collaborative-economy/what-ouishare-means-to-me-4f275d9917f)
[How neighbourhood social networks can help communities and local businesses thrive](https://www.ouishare.net/article/how-neighbourhood-social-networks-can-help-communities-and-local-businesses-thrive)

Structures and tools
[Network in a Box](https://www.ouishare.net/article/network-in-a-box)
[Designing Positive Platforms. A paper on Community-based platforms](http://www.iftf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/ppj/DesigningPositivePlatforms_for_IFTF.pdf)

Principles and key-elements from communities
[Why and How we meet. Learnings on Community Building](https://medium.com/ouishare-connecting-the-collaborative-economy/why-and-how-we-meet-233642be4dde)
[Welcome Power](https://medium.com/amanitas/welcome-power-6d2f994ecb64)
[Peut-on voir dans les communautés un creuset d'humanité ?](https://www.ouishare.net/article/les-communautes-creusets-dhumanite)

Reflecting on communities
[Le terme de communauté numérique est vidé de sa puissance d'expérience politique pour ne signifier qu’une association d’individus qui travaillent ensemble sans s’en apercevoir.](https://www.ouishare.net/article/le-terme-de-communaute-numerique-est-vide-de-sa-puissance-dexperience-politique-pour-ne-signifier-quune-association-dindividus-qui-travaillent-ensemble-sans-sen-apercevoir-entretien-avec-igor-galligo)
[Communauté, mode d'emploi](https://www.ouishare.net/article/communaute-mode-demploi)
[Penser « écosystème » doit transformer la manière dont nous coopérons](https://www.ouishare.net/article/penser-ecosysteme-doit-transformer-la-maniere-dont-nous-cooperons)

## Presentation Ouishare

Presentation [Why is Ouishare?](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HY2SgnZeMwW_lYCXednEbnFV0piEYGS7gzzHPZ7-aI8/edit?usp=sharing)

## Case Studies
[A sample of recent projects on community building](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gFEuCWzLoNA6ePUs7_jND3CMOBCWBhUdKTeLR45ylKk/edit#slide=id.g7e9fb681a3_0_330)

## People
[These are some of our community builders](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ireWGjhNKQ9YN8eb95w4u3bVN-l8v5EO4I14NEygraU/edit#slide=id.g7e95de7f3d_0_51)

We're also embedded in a much larger ecosystem of community builders:
[Community Weavers Guild](https://www.loomio.org/g/iDXSvbPa/community-weavers-guild)
[Enspiral](https://enspiral.com)
[Community Canvas](https://community-canvas.org)
[Communities for Impact](https://communitiesforimpact.org)
[Make Sense](https://makesense.org/en/)
and many more