Get Together Book | How to Build a Community With Your People

Tie the activity back to why your community teamed up in the first place. What goal or outcome becomes possible only when this specific group of people gets together?

If you want to spark your own community, you’ll need to first pinpoint your people. Find your kindling—those early allies who care about what you care about enough to manifest your idea for a community into an actual gathering of human beings. Though there may not be many of them, the first people you involve are consequential. They will set the to

If you want to spark your own community, you’ll need to first pinpoint your people. Find your kindling—those early allies who care about what you care about enough to manifest your idea for a community into an actual gathering of human beings.

If you do the work to get your people talking, members of your community will be able to swap stories, support each other, and pursue collective goals. The richer the 1:1 connections between members, the stronger the community.

Although communities feel magical, they won’t come together by magic. In this early stage, there’s no substitute for a courageous leader (like you!) who takes the first step.

Nearly every challenge of building a community can be met by asking yourself, “How do I achieve this by working with my people, not doing it for them?”

Review Pinpoint your people If you’re going to build a community with a group of people, you’ll need to know who they are and identify a purpose that will bring them together. Before getting caught up in what you’ll do together, try to answer the following questions: Who do you want to get together? As an individual . . . Who do I care most deeply

Every thriving community organizes essential, repeating activities for its members.