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Andy Sparks—Putting People in Play
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.
Kai Elmer Sotto • Get Together: How to build a community with your people
When people are in their Element, they connect with something fundamental to their sense of identity, purpose, and well-being. Being there provides a sense of self-revelation, of defining who they really are and what they’re really meant to be doing with their lives.
Lou Aronica • The Element
Everything is a story, and people need to understand themselves as having a meaningful role within the story you, as an organizer, are telling. If their role in your story feels like “doom appreciator,” most people will recoil, retreat to their own smaller story, and keep the focus there.
Kelly Hayes • Let This Radicalize You
When your work comes from a place of genuine passion, it resonates with people. If it feels forced, it’s much harder for others to connect with it.
Maria Tangarova • Why is the internet so obsessed with Boys Club?
doing things from a spirit of service. I believe most people have a natural desire within them to serve others. They want to teach, to mentor, to help, to contribute. The desire to give back is a fundamental part of what makes us human.