Start together

Let’s find a starting point.

Bring a challenge, an idea, a skill, or a resource. A few sentences is enough.

What brings you here? Bring a challengeFind a way forward. Build with othersContribute an idea or a skill. Support a projectOffer resources or connections.

Tell us a little.

What is happening, who is affected, and what would you like to change?

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What are you working on? What could you bring, or what help would be useful? Optional

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A R3SET workshop; this photograph is not from Roots Rising.

A shared starting point

Start with the people closest to the challenge.

The Roots Rising story explores planning a community workshop around a proposed youth farm. It shows how a broad ambition can become a set of questions to explore together.

Read the workshop planning story ↗

The first conversation

Find out what makes sense together.

The starting point is understanding the situation. Any project, role, scope, cost, or resource commitment needs a separate conversation and agreement.

Share the context.

What matters, who is involved, and what you’ve already tried.

Explore the fit.

Where the work connects with Reaction Foundry, its ventures, or its partners.

Clarify a next step.

A question to explore, a possible collaboration, or a clearer idea of what support you need.

Still shaping your idea? Try a free collaboration worksheet ↗