Musing on Community Building
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To create something that others want to join and support, we have to remember a core tenet: communities function best and are most durable when they’re helping members to be more successful in some way in a connected and dynamic world.
Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
But these activities are all separate from the feelings needed to fully and sustainably participate: the courage, optimism, trust, love, intimacy, curiosity. The resilience to push through the inevitable feelings of fear, overwhelm, frustration, and hurt. The stamina to go through cycles of all of these feelings and more, again and again, and conti... See more
Community is About What We Are Willing to Feel
Building Brand Communities: How Organizations Succeed by Creating Belonging
amazon.com
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The Holy Grail of Building Communities: Developing a Strong Sense of Community
Richard Millingtonmoz.com
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To grow a tight community, it’s essential to articulate the community’s core values clearly, at least for yourself. Not every value needs to be articulated, just the most important ones: those that tie the community’s members together.
Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
1:10 - When starting a community: 1. community is for the community members. Not "your" community. It's the members'. 2. As a brand and community facilitator, it's important to highlight useful things from the community. Useful answers, tips & tricks, and workflows. Showcase. 3. Actively involve your community with testing new features. Invite ... See more
Ramses Oudt • Community with Ramses Oudt // Metamuse podcast episode 62
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