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By signing up, you'll get access to the full archive of everything that's been published before and everything that's still to come. Your very own private library of grassroots initiatives.

The tag type-field-trip will help you filter all the detailed case study records.

The tag type-comparative-analysis will help you find lessons of common mistakes and key contribution factors that has been identified.

The tag type-best-practices will help you research what did people think it is the best way to do something, it can be detailed technical decision in coding or general case of decision-making procedure in a small team.

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Share your case

If you have a lesson learned and willing to share to the community, feel free to submit a quick summary: Google form - Lesson learned

Or if you prefer to write yourself, please refer to: the submission guidelines

Request a case

If you need lessons for specific scenario (working with City hall), given type of project (in-person deliberation) or other experiences that will benefit your local initiatives, feel free to make a request in our Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/2eDunttSeS