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If you plan to submit articles to the knowledge base of grassroots initiatives, here are guidelines and requirements.

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Types of Articles

Before you submit your article, here are a few things you need to know about the types of articles we accept:

  1. Project Case Study
  2. Analysis
  3. Tracing
  4. Best Practices

Project Case Study

  1. Why Project Case Study
  2. How to interview a project team
  3. What to ask in the interview
  4. What to include in the Case Study
  5. I have finished writing how do I submit article

Think of it as a recipe that others can follow. Readers might want to replicate what you've described, so it’s important to provide them with all the necessary details. What knowledge, skills, timing, tools and steps are required for the reader to reproduce the case? Are there false beliefs in their decision-makings that other can try to be aware of when they make decisions?

We want to hear about grassroots initiatives so that every year we can gather members and try to conclude some reliable principles and guidelines of how to do something with bottom-up approach.

Here’s what to include

  • Starting Point: Why did the team or person start this project? What was the motivation?
  • Understanding the Problem: Did the team or person research the market? What issue was the project trying to solve?
  • Getting Things Going: How did the team or person kick off the project? What were the first steps?
  • Gathering Resources: What materials and support did the project need, and how did the team or person get them?
  • Building a Team: Who helped the team or person, and how did the person find them?
  • Working on the Project: Describe the day-to-day work. How did the team or person make decisions? What activities were involved?
  • Delivery: How did the team or person share results with the end users? Did the team or person work with other stakeholders?
  • User Engagement: How did users find out about the project? How did they use it?
  • Sustainability: Did anyone keep the project running for users? And how to keep it running?
  • User Feedback and Impact: Did users find the project helpful? How do you know?
If you have a Google account, we have a tool to check your article against our requirements: The Blueprint Editor - case study mentor
All about Project Case Study
Ready to ask interview teams and start writing? Here are everything you need to know!
The BlueprintDavid

Analysis

An Analysis article examines how different people solved similar problems in different situations. You describe what they did, what happened as a result, and whether their solution could work for someone else facing the same problem.

Think of it like this: Two farmers both wanted to grow rice. Farmer A used a new watering method in a dry area and got a good harvest. Farmer B tried the same method in a wet area and the rice died. By comparing these two cases, we learn that the watering method works in dry places but not wet places. This comparison teaches us something useful.

  1. Why Analysis
  2. How to start
  3. What to include in the Analysis
  4. Mentorship(s)
  5. I have finished writing how do I submit article
All about Analysis
Ready to mine patterns from the cases and share your insights or even test the pattern you have find? Here are everything you need to know!
The BlueprintDavid

Tracing

🚧 WIP

These articles are like following up on a friend’s journey. You’ll look at projects we’ve already mentioned and see how they’ve changed over time. For example, years ago, a project might have been reported on, and now you can discover what worked in long term.

  1. Why Tracing
  2. How to start
  3. What to include
  4. I have finished writing how do I submit article

Best Practices

🚧 WIP

Article of "I think this works the best and here are the evidences" [citing something written in black and white with contact information to verify its content, or citing something within the above type of articles, citing your own experience requires you to contribute a case study first before claiming it a best practice]

  1. Why Best Practices
  2. What to include
  3. I have finished writing how do I submit article