Why ShareCraft?

Why we started ShareCraft

Frustration with reinventing the wheel. We have worked with hundreds of different programs and social organisations over the years as consultants, advisors, analysts and as managers of programs in social organisations. Through that time we have observed how many different organisations are working on similar problems but not sharing their great solutions. People are ‘reinventing the wheel’ everywhere, duplicating time and missing out on new ideas.

Barriers to service model scale. There are many systemic barriers that add friction to the adoption of good programs and service models at the practical, delivery end. And once a great program or practice is developed, it is often not documented well-enough to ensure the service is delivered with fidelity to the proven service model.

Hard to share with no incentives. It’s hard to find what the great proven programs are in an area, hard to open a discussion, with no standards for licensing. In addition, the senior practitioners have other priorities to deliver for their funders and while they are often generous, they don’t have incentive to share or funding to cover the sharing..

The idea for ShareCraft is to make it much easier to find these programs, assess their relevance to a local need, and engage with the Practice Author to get the documentation and support needed to deliver it with fidelity in a new context. Paying a reasonable fee for the license is important because it provides the Practice Author / experts (and the organisation they work for) an incentive to share and train others to cover the costs of their time.

• Removing barriers: Making it easier to find and license good service models
• Data sovereignty: You always own your intellectual property, practice documentation, tools and service models.
• Control and autonomy: You have full control over your practice and documentation and how you deliver it to licensees.
• Innovation: We are committed to helping the social sector spread ideas, learning from them, collect data and improve services.
• Practice not theory: Our focus is sharing the insights, process and learning of practitioners and organisations that have delivered services in the real world. Ideas without application and testing are just ideas.
• Promotion: We will help you to promote your program via blogs, social media and even video where possible.
• Fidelity: Delivery of proven programs requires fidelity to the service model - how can the knowledge of a process be best communicated and transferred to new places?
• Local adaptation: Service models and practices should be adapted to local needs and conditions

Who it is for

This platform is for social service organisations, not-for-profits, funders, communities, philanthropists or social enterprises that are delivering services to the most vulnerable, and struggling every day to address complex social challenges.

Contact Us

• Email: support@sharecraft.org
• Business Address: Ground Floor, 454 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia