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Re-imagining fiscal sponsorship and online fundraising for the digital age, Open Collective enables a new type of transparent, collaborative organisation.

I hold multiple roles, reflecting our inherently decentralised structure.

Executive Director, Open Collective Foundation

Fiscal sponsor to hundreds of education, social impact, and civic participation initiatives in the US.

Founder, Open Collective NZ

Fund-holder for positive impact projects in Aotearoa New Zealand, enabling kiwi projects to operate without needing to incorporate.

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ED of Open Source Collective

Fiscal sponsor to thousands of open source software projects and related communities worldwide.

Chief Operating Officer, Open Collective Inc

Open Collective makes the open source software platform that fiscal hosts use to provide services to Collectives.

Dark Crystal, Co-founder, 2018

Back up your secrets using the trust in your social network, with a fully P2P decentralised app. Our first step in a bigger vision to make crypto and cypherspace more accessible to diverse people.

YWCA, Executive Officer, 2017

The YWCA empowers women, especially young women. I led national operations: funding, facilitating strategy, financial systems, reducing costs, and a complete website and communications refresh.

EHF Advisor & Selections, 2017-18

Bringing together visionary entrepreneurs, investors, and startup teams, to create positive global impact from New Zealand. International Fellows get exclusive access to the world's first impact-focused visa.

~~Loomio, co-founder, 2012-17~~

~~Worker-owned cooperative social enterprise startup making an open-source app to help groups make better decisions together.~~

As a co-founder I've touched every aspect, from the product design to the business model to governance. I've especially focused on organisational development, team development, transparency, telling our own story and the stories of our inspiring users, and interpreting best practice from facilitation into to the online space.

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~~Enspiral, co-founder, 2011-17~~

~~Network of over 300 people & ventures using the tools of business & technology to get more people working on stuff that matters.~~

I helped grow Enspiral from a small collective of freelancers to an international network of ventures, experimenting with radically new forms of collaborating. I've focused on organisational development (structures, tools, policies), internal communications, governance, and innovating our internal economy. Served as director, executive director, member (co-owner).

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Collaborative funding tool that enables purpose-driven crowds to pool money and make decisions about how to spend it. Turns ideas into reality through collaborating with money.

International conference bringing people from technology, business, government, education, and civil society together to create a more open world. Applying principles of open source to all sectors.

Social lab for youth mental health and wellbeing, creating a flourishing society with technology, entrepreneurship, and community. Partnership of Enspiral and the Ministry of Social Development.

more projects

Tauiwi Tautoko Course to learn how to counter racism online empathetically and effectively.	Facilitator's Guide What if we started from facilitation principles and worked toward understanding software? Applying key facilitation concepts in the online space.	Co-Op Handbook Co-author and instigator. Open-sourcing Loomio's processes and policies for running a co-op without bosses.
Enspiral Handbook Co-author and instigator. Open-sourced how Enspiral works, and kicked off documentation-driven leadership in the network.	Innovation Camp Facilitator. Eco-hackers took over a castle in France for six weeks to live collaboratively and make open source hardware alternatives around COP21.	Self Help Group App Advisor to a social enterprise making a digital tool for micro-finance savings pool groups in East Africa.
Open Data Coalition Advisor, consultant, facilitator.	Conference Workshopped the role of digital tools with this intersectional global movement.	Community of Practice Management Innovation Exchange 'Mix Prize' two time winner and featured speaker in New York.
Startup Accelerator Mentor and advisor to sustainability startups out to reduce carbon emissions.	Community of Practice Presented on digital facilitation tools and techniques at the 2016 AFN conference.	Symposium Creativity in France & New Zealand. Featured speaker and welcome delegation member.
Sister City Initiative Founding member and supporter.	Global Movement Advisor and supporter	Leadership Network Active member & Young Business Leaders Initiative participant in Thailand/Singapore.
Young Changemakers Conference volunteer coordinator.	Startup Accelerator Mentor and advisor to social enterprise startups.	Staff Conferences Presenter and facilitator, improving staff communication and connection between individuals, departments, and across campuses.
Conference & Events Initiator and co-organiser of a week of events catalysing the social enterprise ecosystem, including the first Social Enterprise Startup Weekend.	Conference Series Co-organiser and facilitator, with the Ministry of Women.	Advisor Founding member, Young Managers Advisory Board.
GRIT Cambodia Volunteer. Bringing education technology into schools in Phnom Penh.	Odanadi Seva Trust Volunteer. Rehabilitating children rescued from human trafficking in India, and raising funds in New Zealand.