community
In a refreshing campaign, Kith and Wilson are refurbishing public tennis courts in NYC. No flashy influencer collabs. Just showing up for the communities they want to be a part of and adding value to culture, the sport and the people!
The Brand Builders' Blueprintsubstack.com
working with the community weaving framework
I've always thought it would be interesting for someone to build blockchain and ownership tokens into the very structure of a community platform. It wouldn't be too complex - simply replacing the gamification engine (used to give people ranks and points based on quality and quantity of participation) with a tokenization engine. Everything else -... See more
Li Jin • Community leaders deserve better: An open letter about community software
community = a true peer to peer network, which aids in the feeling of belonging but also in the sense of intimacy that's created when you're surrounded by people who share in your passions.
Zoe Scaman • The new fandom formula
“At the human scale, in order to create a world that works for more people, for more life, we have to collaborate on the process of dreaming and visioning and implementing that world. We have to recognize that a multitude of realities have, do, and will exist. Collaborative Ideation is a way to get into this—ideation is the process of birthing new
... See moreCommunity means a lot of things to a lot of people. Whether it’s your local running group, a book club, your gym squad, family, or membership in an exclusive club, belonging to something is meaningful. Our identities, while obviously unique to us, are so shaped by the influence and power of community that it remains a biologically human need to... See more
Emilie Kormienko • Build it and they will come - or will they?
Here are 10 features that we wish we had in a unified platform, based on real experience running and leading communities:
Li Jin • Community leaders deserve better: An open letter about community software
If love were the central practice of a new generation of organizers and spiritual leaders, it would have a massive impact on what was considered organizing. If the goal was to increase the love, rather than winning or dominating a constant opponent, I think we could actually imagine liberation from constant oppression. We would suddenly be seeing
... See moreadrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy
The work of building a great community goes much farther beyond simply moderating a Slack group. A great community needs regular events and meetups. They need ways for leaders to step up and invent their own traditions, create their own events, and run their own sub-groups. Leading a community requires making it easy for members to become... See more