WELCOME

Hello future contributor! Happy to find you here 💞

The work we do is with, for, and by the community and everyone’s invited to help us share, learn, create, and connect better.

Contributors are community stewards - like an expansion of our core organizing team of 4 part-time bbs and supporting the work we do.

This page walks you through HOW to get the ball rolling. The running list of WHAT we're inviting help on lives in our → Open Calls.

If you’re left with any questions by the end of it, simply find us in the https://aixdesign.slack.com/archives/C041TFKA2LQ channel on Slack and ask!

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FAQ

• What does being a contributor mean?
• Want to contribute but not sure how? </aside>

→ Process: How to get onboard as a contributor

1. First things first: make sure you’re with us in the AIxDESIGN Slack with us! If you aren’t in there yet - you can join here.
2. Find your way in: browse the open calls and the ways to contribute below
3. Found something? Put your hand up by posting in the #-contributors channel or DMing Nadia Piet on Slack
4. Getting started? We recommend reading: AIxDESIGN Team + Collaborator Onboarding Guide: Welcome aboard! and ‣ once you get started to set you up for success & the smoothest collaboration possible.

🌱 Ways to contribute

→ Adopt an ask

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Browse the → Open Calls and see what resonates.

👍 Found something? Let us know(step 3 above)!

👎 ******Not yet, but want to stay open to future open calls?

• Check back later - there will be new open calls.
• Join the #-contributors channel on Slack and keep an eye out for our team’s occasional ad-hoc questions + help requests.
• Join an upcoming Contributor Call to meet the AIxD team and other contributors face-to-face and explore collaborations from there. We host these every few months and are announced in the #-contributors channel. </aside>

→ Other ways in

Not pulled to a specific ask? These are always open.

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Join a project team. Saw a project you got excited about? Browse our current projects on AIxDESIGN Projects or aixdesign.co, then let us know in #-contributors what caught your eye. #projects

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Be an active, present, kind community member. Show up, ask questions, welcome new folks in #intros, answer each other's questions, share good reads, and spread the word out in the world.

• Being an active + present + kind community member 💞 </aside>

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Suggest something yourself 🙂 What do you think we should do? How can we exchange value and ideas? What would you be excited about? We're always open to ideas so if you already have any - hit us up!

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Evergreen asks of ongoing rolls

Beyond the one-off open calls above, these are longer-term roles someone can steward over time. Not necessarily big - anywhere from 2 to 20 hours a month, owning something within a specific mission, project, or ops area.

• Socials Content - helping our comms lead create content for socials
• AIxD Design Support: Help us look cute always
• Resource Creation - help us create resources and content to publish out of messy research notes
• Video Editor: Help create interesting vids from Events & Conversations
• Community moderator on Slack

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