Long Covid Toolkit

Long Covid Toolkit
Long Covid Toolkit

A practical online toolkit offering validated scientific research and experiences of patients and healthcare providers. Discover tools for effective self-care that work for you.

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  1. 12/19/2024

    How to scale an open organization & community? The Long Covid Toolkit learns from Drupal founder Dries Buytaert

    Drupal founder Dries Buytaert to uncovers the secrets of scaling a community-driven organization. From its humble beginnings as a one-person project, Drupal has grown into one of the world's largest open source software communities, with tens of thousands of volunteers and over a thousand contributing organizations. In this episode, we explore the art of large-scale collaboration beyond just software development. Drawing parallels with successful community projects like Wikipedia, we discuss: 🔸 Building motivation in multi-stakeholder collaborations 🔸 Leading with soft power to achieve long-term vision 🔸 Making collective decisions and developing strategy 🔸 Creating community-driven products for social impact Join host Edo Plantinga's quest to learn lessons for the Long Covid Toolkit, a platform he founded that aims to aggregate treatments for Long Covid's 200+ symptoms through collaboration between medical organizations, healthcare professionals, and patients. Whether you're in open source software, healthcare, or any field requiring large-scale coordination between diverse stakeholders, this conversation offers valuable lessons in building and scaling community-driven initiatives. 📝 About the Host: Edo Plantinga is a founder of the Long Covid Toolkit, an open knowledge platform for Long Covid treatments through collective expertise and scientific research. Learn more at the Long Covid Toolkit website. 📝 About the Guest: Dries Buytaert is the founder of Drupal.org, one of the world's largest open source software projects. He also founded Acquia, a company that provides services for Drupal. #OpenSource #Community #Leadership #Drupal #LongCovid #Collaboration #LongCovidToolkit

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A practical online toolkit offering validated scientific research and experiences of patients and healthcare providers. Discover tools for effective self-care that work for you.

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