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Commons for Europe | Waag Society | EZ Amsterdam
AmsterdamA challenging city
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Commons for Europe | Waag Society | EZ Amsterdam
Who are we?
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Commons for Europe | Waag Society | EZ Amsterdam
The Fellows
Giovanni@maggix
Piotr@polishprince
Ohyoon@ohyoonkwn
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• Business and process management consultant, iOS developer
• Computer Science background
• His App placed in top 5 at Apps for Italy contest
• Moved to Amsterdam to become a Code for Europe Fellow
• Recently became #1 Stroopwafel fan
Giovanni
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Ohyoon
• Concept Designer
• Backgrounds in architecture and industrial design
• Originally from Seoul and based in Europe since 2009
• Developing his own social enterprise
• Team cinematographer
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Piotr• Business and Technology
Consultant
• Grew up in Poland, lives in US
• Background in enterprise integration, B2B, Web and Mobile, apps
• Recently more of iOS, Android and Ruby on Rails
• Passion for solving problems with technology
• Always hungry
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Our Motivation
• Seeking meaningful experience
• Desire to make an impact on the World
• Passion for people, technology and future
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Our Strengths
• Multi-disciplinary backgrounds
• Solid industry experience
• Strong work ethic
• Determination to succeed
• We simply rock
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What have we been up to?
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Challenges
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East: Social Accommodation
Facilitate the self-sustaining local communities in Indishe Buurt using social accommodations
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West: Frontline Staff
Support an “out-of-system” practice of social professionals.
Engage neighborhood in solving local social issues.
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South: Spread out tourists
Enable visitors to explore more in the outside of the central district of Amsterdam
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How we work?
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Actions
• Work with the people
• Investigate first - find the REAL problem(s)
• Follow all viable leads
• Ask and Listen, repeat
• Meet the challenge where it is at
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Meet people
Let people tell their story.
Real, honest, raw.
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Get to know the buurt
Get out, walk, bike , talk to people.
Let the locals share experiences.
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Commons for Europe | Waag Society | EZ Amsterdam
Brainstorm
Bring the right people together.
Let things flow.
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Visualize situations
Try to understand the complexity.
Make connections.
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Analyze
Break things down to the basics.
Draw pictures, discuss, argue.
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What happens next?
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What’s next
• Discovery mostly complete (2 out of 3)
• Began narrowing focus
• Looking forward to development
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Questions?
@maggix
@polishprince
@ohyoonkwn
www.codeforeurope.net
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