People Powered: How Communities Can Supercharge Your Business, Brand, and Teams

The human condition is not a fearful, angry, divided one. It is a social and supportive one. We thrive together. 

Don’t wait until you have all the answers before you start building your community.

Your community members work for the community, not for you.

Every piece of work in your community strategy should have target metrics attached to it.

Rule number one for how to build great communities: put the success and value of your prospective members first.

Communities play a valuable role not just in delivering value for your organization but in providing a way for a broader set of people to do meaningful work.

The Bacon Method for building communities: 1) Produce mission and value statements, 2) choose your community engagement model, 3) define what value you want to deliver, 4) produce your big rocks (broad objectives for the next year), 5) know your audience and build audience personas, 6) design your on-ramp and engagement model, 7) build your quarter... See more

Simple, available, and intuitive access is essential for a community to succeed.