Good community builders know how to tag

There’s certainly an art to community building and much of it comes down to the sheer intention of ‘studying

The 7 steps to validating your community

2020 was huge for the world of community building, and it honestly feels great that the world is starting to

My current approach to content creating and note taking with community in mind

A peek at how I use Notion to never run out of things to share. One of the biggest challenges

Pool, hub, and web framework for communities

What Google can teach us about building belonging

The Self Heuristic ❤️

I love this, and also admittedly had to read it several times.

Discourse's Recommendations for Tough Conversations - and what we can pull from it for community moderation.

I'm really impressed with Discourse's Recommendations for Tough Conversations that they created for their community and

Pairagraph — An interesting way to host conversations

Subscriptions are the community dream—the reality is often different

Help your people feel like they belong by talking about them.

In community we need to be connecting and creating paths with people constantly. To be talked about in a positive

What community builders can learn from superfans

My early teen years I spent obsessing over Lily Allen; updating my MySpace profile to reflect hers, packing in an

How to be a good community member

I grew up in rural Idaho—camping, hiking, and exploring in the world was second nature. The number one principle

A mindset of starting afresh

2020 is so full of 💩 I think back to pre-COVID life and realize how easy everything was in comparison to

Stop blaming the tools

"Slack sucks for communities." "I can't bear another Facebook group." "Forums are so

Getting better at community building, one tiny habit at a time

You want to get good at building community, but don't know how? Here's an idea, build

Lurkers are people too 😅

Updated September 2021 On thinking about designing communities with lurkers in mind. As community builders, I feel like lurkers tend

Rituals as a foundation of community marketing

Community is dead, long live community!

Some current thoughts on the state of building communities and businesses. This post is a result of a conversation I

The Power of Building Communities with Questions

We live in a world where we expect and demand answers. People come searching for answers and blueprints, but leave

TikTok showed a different way to create a community

Building community with kindness

The other day I was reminded of what I often preach: be kind and rosie in everything you do. Those

Building a community digital garden

I don't know about you, but I cannot escape all the talk of digital gardens. It feels like