Why ShareCraft?
We created ShareCraft because the social sector has no shortage of good ideas — it just has no good way to pass them on.
Why we started ShareCraft
Frustration with reinventing the wheel
We've worked with hundreds of programs and social organisations as consultants, advisors and program managers. Many work on similar problems without sharing their solutions — duplicating effort and missing new ideas.
Barriers to service model scale
Good programs are often not documented well enough to be delivered elsewhere with fidelity to the proven model.
Hard to share with no incentives
It's hard to find proven programs or open a discussion, with no standards for licensing — and senior practitioners have little incentive to share, even within their own organisation.
The idea for ShareCraft
Make it much easier to document and share practice wisdom, so good programs are delivered with fidelity to what works — and to build Communities of Practice around a practice area or program.
Guiding principles
Removing barriers: Making it easier to capture practice and good service models and document them in an accessible place.
Data sovereignty: You always own your intellectual property, practice documentation, tools and service models.
Control and autonomy: Practice Authors are responsible for the claims they make and for providing evidence of program impact.
Innovation: We help the social sector spread ideas, learn from them, collect data and improve services.
Practice not theory: We share the insights and learning of practitioners who have delivered services in the real world. Our Case Book captures the nuances.
Human knowledge, not AI: ShareCraft is about practitioners sharing applied knowledge, not generic answers.
Communities: Make it easy to create and manage Communities of Practice so people learn and build collective knowledge together.
Fidelity: Delivering proven programs requires fidelity to the service model — good documentation plus live training and support.
Local adaptation: Service models should be adapted to local needs — precise, well-documented methods with a soft touch for context.
Who it’s for
Social service organisations, not-for-profits, funders, communities, philanthropists and social enterprises delivering services to the most vulnerable, fighting the good fight every day against complex social challenges.