Behind The Scenes
HFHPN Member-Only Page
It takes a village to raise… a village.
There’s a lot of decisions that get made in the process of creating a website… and encouraging a community to grow.
Now that you are directly contributing to supporting this site and community by becoming a member of HFHPN, I’d love to invite you into some of the behind-the-scenes workings so that you can offer your questions, thoughts, and feedback.
I’m not sure how to do this, frankly. And I expect that this process will change over time as we learn more together. It feels a bit awkward, and I’m afraid what I post won’t make sense… and… it’s also important to me to anchor this process of building a community, and this way of being, in transparency and collaboration.
So for now, I’ll start posting information about HFH or HFHPN-related projects that I’m working on… or perhaps related questions that I’m pondering… and I’m hoping you will chime in with your questions, thoughts, feedback, and insights if you would like!
But first…
New Membership Program Appreciations
Over the last half a year (or more) I’ve been working on building a Membership structure for HFHPN to help sustain the work of the website, directory, and community activities in the long run.
Many of you have been a part of this process with me… You helped me problem solve during a Newerish group or Last Tuesday consult group. You listened to me bounce ideas around one-on-one (and then a few weeks later… you listened again). You responded to my call for more brains last December. You encouraged me to keep going. You’ve been patient with me as this process has unfolded.
I would like to offer specific and deep thanks to the members of this community who Beta tested the system over this past month, slogged through all of my questions, provided guidance, (and still find me lobbing questions at them now and again).
Brad Osborn, Lara Okoloko, Meggan McEvoy, Melanie Ota, Dr. Heather Fulton, Debra O’Connor, Carey Rinke, Carol Rose, Laurie Healy, Jane Macky, Michelle Kuecker, Jill DiLoreto, Elizabeth Didlake, and Elliot Foote.
This path is so much smoother because you were willing to tromp through the weeds first.
Thank you. 💙
So… what happens now?
As of May 15th I’ve been focusing on making the last ditch efforts to reach out to folks who haven’t signed up for the membership program yet. And while I’m very happy to now have a pathway to having this website and community more sustainably supported… honestly Phase 5 (letting go of folks who haven’t joined) has been a hard transition for me.
In the middle of that I’ve also created an Active Organization Level to leverage the possibilities offered by sub-accounts… a hidden feature that I discovered last month.
And towards the end of May I’ll offer a few times to sit down with folks who have questions about the Member Accounts or the Directory Profile.
Directory Profile & Member Account Q&As in May
Do you have questions about setting up your HFHPN Membership Account, adding sub-accounts, creating or fine-tuning your Directory Profile (if criteria are met), getting your Directory Profile Verified... or other Membership and/or Directory related questions? Let's connect!
Here’s 3 possible times to get your questions answered and work on this together...
Wed May 22nd @ 2:30 pm PDT | 5:30 pm EDT | Thur May 23rd 7:30 am AEST
(This option is 90 minutes long, feel free to join at the top of the hour if needed.)Thur May 23rd @ 11:00 am PDT | 2:00 pm EDT for 1 hour
Fri May 31st @ 11:00 am PDT | 2:00 pm EDT for 1 hour
If you are planning to attend one of these times, please send me a direct email to let me know which one you will be attending! If there are any of these options that do not have at least one confirmation 24-hours before it starts, I will cancel that session.
Here's the Zoom link for all sessions:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84903859538?pwd=Ta0KyyjqBYzzocEZDbV6n8DsArLS8E.1
Please let me know if you have any questions!
After that?
And then… here’s a few things I have my sights on:
Video Gumbo: Dr. Heather Fulton has been working hard at pulling together a “Video Gumbo”… a list of videos, articles, etc. that can be helpful for illustrating CRAFT-based ideas within groups or individual work. (Yes… Nail in the Head is already on there!) This has been a ongoing discussion within the Last Tuesday Consult group… and I’m so excited that Heather is making it happen!!!!! My job will be to create the page for this, as well as a way to submit entries, so that you can help co-create this resource as well.
Internal Database: For the HFHPN Members who have made accounts so far there has been an overwhelming interest in having in Internal Database of Members. This will be different from the public facing Directory (especially since Membership Works only really allows for one directory), so it’s not going to be as pretty, but it will be functional.
Una página web en español: There are a few groups, a resource or two, and several HFHPN email group providers who offer this work to Spanish-speaking family members. I want to pull these resources together into one page, in Spanish, to increase the access for these families.
SEO & Analytics work: I had a company help me with SEO last year, but they were rather expensive, and not really great… and I didn’t really see a change through time. So.. I’d like to learn it myself. Boosting my technical knowledge here will create a more powerful megaphone for you and your work!
All of this will take a while to get to… so thank you for your collaboration, patience, and support!
Anything on this list that you have questions about or are interested in contributing to in some way? Let me know in the form below!
New HFHPN Directory
Play with the search functions, check out the profiles, see what you think!
Send me an email at cordelia@helpingfamilieshelp.com or fill out any of the forms on the website to provide feedback… thank you!
Membership Program Phases
Here’s the map I am using to guide myself while we move forward with the membership process. I’ll be changing this map as the landscape changes.
I recognize that this map probably doesn’t make sense to anyone living outside of my skull, but at least you can see the progression of items checked off as they occur.
Welcome to my brain! 🦋
Behind the Scenes Blog
Find notes on projects and updates here!
Curious about where we’ve been?
Context and history really help me understand how things fit in the present. Maybe you are like that too?
If so, this history page is for you!
(It also might be a little outdated. I’ll catch up eventually.)
Information on the Membership Levels, the Transition Timeline, and some Frequently Asked Questions.
Current structure ends April 29th.
Last edited Mar 30, 2024