communities of practice
by Keely Adler · updated 15d ago
communities of practice
the best ways to imagine may be the ones that position this work as a collaboration—done with people rather than to or for them—giving people and communities the freedom to learn by doing and to adapt the general into the particular.
from Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination by Geoff Mulgan
Keely Adler added 15d ago
- And if communities are spaces for belonging, cohorts are spaces for becoming.
from LF11 - Cohort Futures by Brian Dell
Keely Adler added 15d ago
- Let’s consider that formula: community knowledge + solidarity networks + folklore. The web3 communities I’m in have powerful ideologies; these are spaces with shared perspectives and rituals that have emerged over a compressed period of time. This manner of collective world-building in and around projects (in the best possible way, I wouldn’t use t... See more
from Magic, belief systems + web3 by Medium
Keely Adler added 15d ago
- Building these types of environments isn’t easy. Unlike an app, your members can’t be programmed to consistently deliver valuable experiences for one another. That’s why it’s critical to thoughtfully design your community’s social architecture to maximize the value that gets exchanged between members.
from The Social Architecture of Impactful Communities by Nick deWilde
Keely Adler added 15d ago
- While we might use these spaces, open communities have particular needs. They are formed not from shared identity but from entwined attention and collaborative work on shared resources. They thrive on diversity and so require the creation of an environment that is proactively inclusive and welcoming. They need fluidity, iterativity, and a self-orga... See more
from Creative Communities
Keely Adler added 15d ago
- Alongside technical tools, we need ways of defining and explaining social norms and expectations about contribution and value sharing. We need collective mechanisms for decision-making about shared assets, that make people feel heard while recognising the limitations, constraints and realities of their maintenance. We need people and organisations ... See more
from Creative Communities
Keely Adler added 15d ago
- Theorists commonly identify two forms. There is “bonding” social capital created within existing social groups and “bridging” social capital created by relationships between existing social groups or across conventional lines of social segregation.
from The Relationship Is the Richness
Keely Adler added 15d ago
- A much more humane, and ultimately more appropriate, approach would be to treat our relationships and communities, as well as the benefits we receive from them, not as a form of wealth, but as gifts. They are received, not chosen; valued but not earned; given but not traded; appreciated but not capitalized. They have an inherent, unquantifiable val... See more
from The Relationship Is the Richness
Keely Adler added 15d ago
To me, the key is the identification and redistribution of latent value back to the community through compelling engagement loops, and the encouragement of long-term incentive models for group coordination.
from From Nothing to Something with R.N.G. by Richard Kim
Keely Adler added 15d ago