Community Engagement
how to engage a community
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Community Engagement
Why we stopped trying to engage passive community members—the 3 circles model.
Fabian Pfortmüllermedium.com
12 Lessons From 5 Years of Running a Tech Meetup
12 lessons from 5 years of running a tech meetupdavekiss.com
There is often no compelling reason, even in online communities, to suggest people go into different rooms to discuss different topics.
noeleflowers • Three (Platform Agnostic!) Best Practices in Online Community Architecture
The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage
David Spinks • 15 highlights
amazon.com
The big problem with the garden metaphor is that it treats the community members as a crop that just grows, like a natural resource. To quote Utah Phillips, “Have you seen what they do to valuable natural resources? Have you seen a strip mine? Have you seen a clear cut in the forest? Have you seen a polluted river? Don’t ever let them call you a... See more
A community isn’t a garden, it’s a bar.
One of the best ways to grow community engagement is to ask for feedback, take it seriously, and act upon it with excitement. The feedback loops and demonstration of it do wonders for investment from members.
TLDR: If you truly give a damn, they will too
Mike MacCombietwitter.comCMX: Helping Community Professionals Thrive
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