Introduction to Metamaps.cc

an overview of the Metamaps.cc project - the intuitive sense-making, mind mapping and collaborative design platform

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1. the intuitive sense-making, mind mapping and collaborative design platform
2. what is it? Metamaps.cc is a free and open source platform for collective ideation, creative conversation and structured sense-making. It helps individuals, communities and organizations collaboratively build and visualize their shared knowledge. Using free association, structured logic and creativity, Metamaps.cc facilitates social innovation, transforming data and knowledge into actionable insight. “Software that can make sense of conversations involving thousands of people will obviously prove enormously helpful in virtually every sphere of human activity, from citizen participation to crowdsourcing of public policies, from international consultations to corporate democracy.” - Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics
3. real-time, distributed collaboration Systems modeling Design thinking Collaborative design Creative problem-solving Group Facilitation Strategic decision-making what can it be used for?
4. Facilitators Students Teachers Designers Strategists Organizers Systems Thinkers Inventors Creators Artists Marketers A select group of curious people have joined our private beta and are helping us to prototype best practices and use cases across a variety of domains. Our beta testers include: Consultants who is using it?
5. Step 1: Create a map. Make it public, private or commons. Step 2: Create and choose topics. Input types of topics or choose from existing topics! Add content and links. Step 3: Make synapses between topics Define the relationships between topics. how does it work?
6. There are many mind-mapping platforms out there. We offer a few key differentiators: Metacodes Plain colored nodes are boring and meaningless. Adding metacode icons to your topics helps visually organize your maps. Use custom sets to enable new mapping modes. A Commons Knowledge Graph + Granular Permissions No knowledge is an island. The ability to share topics and synapses between maps taps into the sea of knowledge shared by a community, yet the option is always open to keep your creations to yourself. Real-time collaboration Edit maps in real-time with other users. Real-time audio, video + chat are coming soon. what makes it different?
7. We’ve got lots of ideas about what we’re going to be building into Metamaps.cc in the future - too many to list here. Here’s a few of our short-term goals: Embedded Rich Media Photos, videos, audio, tweets, G+ posts, link summaries - each Metamap will become a rich visual tapestry. Cross-device Responsive Design We’ll be using the latest in web technologies (Famo.us) to create high-production value mobile and web applications with full gesture and touch integration. Versioning + History Full change logs and maps that can be played back through their development. what’s next in development?
8. Metamaps.cc has been successfully implemented in the following contexts: Felt Lab @ REAP A customized instance of Metamaps.cc on large-scale display tech as an Idea Wall, for use in collaborative ideation sessions. The IdeaWall includes real-time mobile topic input and custom metacode sets. DIY DAYS Metamaps.cc was used to facilitate a co-design workshop, capturing and organizing knowledge, insights & stories in realtime. This process resulted in a collaboratively designed book! USGBC Mapping out the organizational structure, directives, initiatives, committees and projects across the Chapter, bridging silos & creating a community knowledge base that increased coordination and effective communication. where has it been applied?
9. Currently Metamaps.cc is fully free to registered users, however in the future we may switch to a donation or subscription-based revenue model similar to Github or Loomio.org. Our first priorities are to build out a strong user base, an intuitive interface, and a fully rounded out feature set including comprehensive privacy and security. We welcome grant support or partnerships to advance work in certain areas while beta testing continues. Metamaps.cc draws from the open-source Veqtor project (see Introduction to Veqtor). Commercial services and customization of Metamaps.cc and related Veqtor technologies are currently offered by Treeship Inc. (see Introduction to Treeship Inc.), which will support further development of the public platform at Metamaps.cc. For more on our Open Value Network enterprise model, see the overview web page. how is it sustainable?
10. Metamaps.cc was incubated in corners of the internet where the light of collaboration and community shines bright - birthing an informal group of designers, developers, systems thinkers and storytellers, passionate about collective intelligence, the Commons, peer-2-peer, and creative social change. This group gathered around common values, and a vision for an open knowledge platform that all felt was the missing link in their networks and communities. Today, collaborators on Metamaps.cc are part of the Metamaps Open Value Network, an experimental model and infrastructure for commons-based peer production. Our community of contributors, users, and inspirational peers continues to grow. Take a look, and you’ll find us all over the map! who are we?
11. METAMAPS.CC @metamapps team@metamaps.cc http://metamaps.cc general project inquiries Ishan Shapiro @poietic ishanshapiro@gmail.com technical inquiries Connor Turland @connorturland connorturland@gmail.com media inquiries Marija Coneva @mar_ija marija.coneva@gmail.com come and play with us