By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 Mar 22
Case study | As humans embark deeper into the digital age, it is increasingly vital for companies to embrace communication tools, apps, and platforms. Behind almost every successful venture there is a team of software experts. That’s why companies like Eryx are vital to today’s market. Most organizations don’t have the capacity to build their own software in-house, so Eryx becomes their external team that delivers custom, high-quality software, as well as market research, and consulting. Eryx is an Argentine company that serves a wide variety of businesses in North and South America. One of their clients helps renters in
Case study | As humans embark deeper into the digital age, it is increasingly vital for companies to embrace communication tools, apps, and platforms. Behind almost every successful venture there is a team of software experts. That’s why companies like Eryx are vital to today’s market. Most organizations don’t have the capacity to build their own software in-house, so Eryx
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 Mar 22
Much has happened in the world since February 2020. For companies and organizations all over the globe, innovative, fast paced thinking from Executive Teams and Boards have been the key to navigating the global pandemic. Board members have had to interact with each other in different ways – used to face-to-face meetings, they’re now increasingly making decisions via video calls. Board software has also been useful to support Board members and administrators in simplifying the circulation of Board materials prior to meetings, streamlining decision making prior to Board meetings, supporting online Board meetings and facilitating post-Board meeting actions and follow
Much has happened in the world since February 2020. For companies and organizations all over the globe, innovative, fast paced thinking from Executive Teams and Boards have been the key to navigating the global pandemic. Board members have had to interact with each other in different ways – used to face-to-face meetings, they’re now increasingly making decisions via video calls.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 Mar 22
Case Study | Urban Space 500 is a Ukranian restaurant that gives 80% of its profits to community projects. They organize their 500 founders and gather their input with Loomio. A good meal is a powerful thing. It can tantalize the senses, satisfy the stomach, and bring people together around a table. The meals at Urban Space 500 go a step further because 80% of the restaurant’s profits go toward community development projects in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. Inspired by a similar project in a nearby town, the team from Urban Space 500 had the idea in 2017 to
Case Study | Urban Space 500 is a Ukranian restaurant that gives 80% of its profits to community projects. They organize their 500 founders and gather their input with Loomio. A good meal is a powerful thing. It can tantalize the senses, satisfy the stomach, and bring people together around a table. The meals at Urban Space 500 go a
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 Mar 22
Keeping everyone up-to-date on the decisions happening in your organization can be tough and especially when you are working remotely. The good news? We have just released a big upgrade to make this easier. Our new Webhooks feature enables integration between Loomio and other tools your team uses. It can send notifications through almost any chat platform including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Mattermost and more. It’s not limited to chat, either, anything that supports ‘incoming webhooks’ can receive real-time updates about activity in Loomio that is important to you. To get started, have a look at our setup guides for some
Keeping everyone up-to-date on the decisions happening in your organization can be tough and especially when you are working remotely. The good news? We have just released a big upgrade to make this easier. Our new Webhooks feature enables integration between Loomio and other tools your team uses. It can send notifications through almost any chat platform including Slack, Microsoft
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 2 Jun 21
Much has happened in the world since February 2020. For companies and organizations all over the globe, innovative, fast paced thinking from Executive Teams and Boards have been the key to navigating the global pandemic. Board members have had to interact with each other in different ways – used to face-to-face meetings, they’re now increasingly making decisions via video calls. Board software has also been useful to support Board members and administrators in simplifying the circulation of Board materials prior to meetings, streamlining decision making prior to Board meetings, supporting online Board meetings and facilitating post-Board meeting actions and follow
Much has happened in the world since February 2020. For companies and organizations all over the globe, innovative, fast paced thinking from Executive Teams and Boards have been the key to navigating the global pandemic. Board members have had to interact with each other in different ways – used to face-to-face meetings, they’re now increasingly making decisions via video calls.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 2 Jun 21
Group or team decision making can often be problematic, depending on the personalities and agendas of those involved, and the types of decisions you’re needing to make. Drawing on a varied, diverse range of expertise can support your team reaching a better decision, but there can be challenges in trying to get people in the same “room” (in person or virtually) and reaching an agreement. We’ve seen the power of using Loomio to make group decisions, and wanted to share some common decision making techniques you can deploy offline, or online, using a tool like ours to land on the
Group or team decision making can often be problematic, depending on the personalities and agendas of those involved, and the types of decisions you’re needing to make. Drawing on a varied, diverse range of expertise can support your team reaching a better decision, but there can be challenges in trying to get people in the same “room” (in person or
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 Jan 21
Case study | LEDA is a co-op of architects and engineers who are improving their community one sustainable building at a time. LEDA is a cooperative of experienced architects and engineers who design outstanding sustainable buildings that are beautiful, comfortable to be in, and gentle on the planet. The group has been fabricating and transforming buildings around Leeds, England for the past 20 years. In that time they’ve become specialists in energy-conscious design and developed strategies for minimizing a building’s environmental impacts. “Our approach is based on getting the best solution from the budget available and prioritizing reducing the building’s
Case study | LEDA is a co-op of architects and engineers who are improving their community one sustainable building at a time. LEDA is a cooperative of experienced architects and engineers who design outstanding sustainable buildings that are beautiful, comfortable to be in, and gentle on the planet. The group has been fabricating and transforming buildings around Leeds, England for
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 Jan 21
Case Study | Urban Space 500 is a Ukranian restaurant that gives 80% of its profits to community projects. They organize their 500 founders and gather their input with Loomio. A good meal is a powerful thing. It can tantalize the senses, satisfy the stomach, and bring people together around a table. The meals at Urban Space 500 go a step further because 80% of the restaurant’s profits go toward community development projects in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. Inspired by a similar project in a nearby town, the team from Urban Space 500 had the idea in 2017 to
Case Study | Urban Space 500 is a Ukranian restaurant that gives 80% of its profits to community projects. They organize their 500 founders and gather their input with Loomio. A good meal is a powerful thing. It can tantalize the senses, satisfy the stomach, and bring people together around a table. The meals at Urban Space 500 go a
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 11 Nov 20
This is our biggest Loomio release since 2.0, but this time, we’ve focused on new features rather than a rewrite of the software. So in some ways, it’s more significant than 2.0 was. Let’s get right into it: What’s new in 2.5? Invite-only threads: Imagine Loomio without groups. Discuss and decide with an adhoc group of people; no need to start a group or send out memberships before you begin. Works with existing Loomio users or anyone with an email address. Work in progress mode: More often than not, you need to draft a proposal, get feedback, and improve it
This is our biggest Loomio release since 2.0, but this time, we’ve focused on new features rather than a rewrite of the software. So in some ways, it’s more significant than 2.0 was. Let’s get right into it: What’s new in 2.5? Invite-only threads: Imagine Loomio without groups. Discuss and decide with an adhoc group of people; no need to
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Oct 20
Case Study | Loomio enabled the Green Party of West Australia’s wide-reaching membership to congregate, collaborate, and agree on policies quickly and efficiently together. The 2019 federal election in Australia was one Kim Smith will never forget. She was up at two in the morning, putting up signs around polling booths and spent the next 24 hours in a flurry of campaign management tasks for the Green Party’s candidate. When the news came a month later that Jordon Steele-John had won the senate seat, Kim says it was one of her proudest moments with the Greens. “When you have a
Case Study | Loomio enabled the Green Party of West Australia’s wide-reaching membership to congregate, collaborate, and agree on policies quickly and efficiently together. The 2019 federal election in Australia was one Kim Smith will never forget. She was up at two in the morning, putting up signs around polling booths and spent the next 24 hours in a flurry