Long Covid Toolkit

Long Covid Toolkit
Podcast Description
A practical online toolkit offering validated scientific research and experiences of patients and healthcare providers. Discover tools for effective self-care that work for you.
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Covers themes related to healthcare innovation, community engagement, and organizational strategy with episodes exploring collaboration techniques for health tech, the effectiveness of patient-driven initiatives, and methods to foster community involvement in open-source projects.

A practical online toolkit offering validated scientific research and experiences of patients and healthcare providers. Discover tools for effective self-care that work for you.

Drupal founder Dries Buytaert to uncovers the secrets of scaling a community-driven organization. From its humble beginnings as a one-person project, Drupal has grown into one of the world’s largest open source software communities, with tens of thousands of volunteers and over a thousand contributing organizations.
In this episode, we explore the art of large-scale collaboration beyond just software development. Drawing parallels with successful community projects like Wikipedia, we discuss:
Building motivation in multi-stakeholder collaborations
Leading with soft power to achieve long-term vision
Making collective decisions and developing strategy
Creating community-driven products for social impact
Join host Edo Plantinga’s quest to learn lessons for the Long Covid Toolkit, a platform he founded that aims to aggregate treatments for Long Covid’s 200+ symptoms through collaboration between medical organizations, healthcare professionals, and patients.
Whether you’re in open source software, healthcare, or any field requiring large-scale coordination between diverse stakeholders, this conversation offers valuable lessons in building and scaling community-driven initiatives.
About the Host:
Edo Plantinga is a founder of the Long Covid Toolkit, an open knowledge platform for Long Covid treatments through collective expertise and scientific research. Learn more at
the Long Covid Toolkit website.
About the Guest:
Dries Buytaert is the founder of Drupal.org, one of the world’s largest open source software projects. He also founded Acquia, a company that provides services for Drupal.
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