Eleutherious: Start a Circle layout draft for the team to compare, text from the Start a Circle guide

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Start a Circle layout draft for the team to compare, text from the Start a Circle guide

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How to scope, propose, and deliver a winnable issue

=== Step 1. Community Listening ===

Ask the Circle:

* What issues do you see around you?
* Who needs help? What can be improved?
* What behaviour must change?
* What is missing today?

=== Step 2. Cut the Issue ===

Choose a narrow, winnable target that targets part of the larger problem

Example transformations:

{| class="wikitable"
! '''High Level Issue''' !! '''Winnable Version'''
|-
| Isolation amongst domestic violence survivors || Set up a safe communication channel for the survivor community
|-
| Dirty streets || Organise a trash cleanup day
|-
| Youth unemployment || Fundraise for a school’s IT department to improve the students' employability
|-
| Food insecurity || Set up a food bank
|-
| Digital exclusion of older population || Run in-person digital literacy sessions
|}

=== Step 3. Circle x local community Co-Design ===

Winnable issues must be owned by the community.

Required elements:

* Local partners - who is already working on this and how can we support or learn from them?
* Frontline validation - have the people directly affected validated that this is actually useful?
* Small pilot group - bring together a small group of benefactors
* Emotional resonance - do the Circle members really care about this issue and are continuing to volunteer, or is motivation fizzling out?<br />

=== Step 4. Prototype Using Circle Capabilities ===

Circles should act as enablers, not top-down builders.

Core Principle:

Build With, Not For

Traditional development builds solutions for users.

Circle-based prototyping builds tools with participants, where:

* The community shapes functionality
* The problem definition can evolve
* Feedback directly influences iteration
* Ownership remains local<br />

The Circle’s role is to ideate, facilitate, coordinate, and provide infrastructure - not to centralise control.

In this step, you should create a shareable artefact:

In line with showcase-driven development, a prototype should produce something visible:

* A working tool
* A measurable improvement
* A documented process
* A public demonstration of impact\ <br />

This artefact becomes:

* Proof of concept
* Recruitment material
* Strategic leverage for future campaigns

=== Step 5. Impact Signal (Critical Success Metric)<br /> ===

Do not build complex dashboards.<br />Pick two to three metrics only.

Suggested signals:

* Active participants
* Successful help requests routed
* Community actions executed
* Behaviour change indicators
* Local adoption growth\ <br />

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If your winnable issue requires a technical solution, please refer to the[https://docs.fileverse.io/0xebb75230dac435e5f8c4faaebe80e3eea910230d/5#key=WYVZmH0FUoz827a0G-kjQP9zS1xepxvMgulMOWFM6X0zOo4sElw7BG7eoEdVHugf Logos technical project management guide] for support<br />

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Eleutherious: Start a Circle layout draft for the team to compare, text from the Start a Circle guide