We’ve talked about contribution management and the power of recording community contributions.

But the largest barrier to unlocking this power is that self-reporting your own work isn’t automatic, and requires a bit of a mental shift from what most are typically used to.

The most important thing to keep in mind is, you’re not self-reporting your contributions for a boss or manager, you’re doing it for yourself and your peers - that’s a drastically different kind of interaction, and one that actually builds your own personal autonomy. It also strengthens the trust within your community, and helps them to better understand what’s happening and what needs to be done.

Here’s an example of me recording this blog post as a contribution for Govrn, using the Govrn platform. Recording this contribution took just a few seconds! And now my whole squad can keep track of what’s being done in real time.

A number of communities have actually adopted these actions as part of their culture, by setting a specific time each week for group recording and attesting of contributions. These rituals build out the lore of the community in real time, and they help to reduce any hassle in having to do this task individually. It also helps to center the community around their work, which creates a widespread sense of pride and accomplishment.

Regardless, there’s a healthy balance between autonomy and convenience, and with Govrn we still want to make these autonomous actions as easy as possible to make. This is why we’re building out multiple integrations that would automate many of your contribution records. We already have integrations with discord (via our discord bot), Linear (a project management tool), and of course Avenue, with many more to come. Wherever work is being done, we want to integrate it into the Govrn contribution graph.

But try this all out for yourself! Record a contribution on Govrn today :)