Rosieland Roundup 250 โ Community side effects, communityship, Barnes & Nobles comeback
๐ Welcome to another week in Rosieland, enjoy! The side effects of building with community in mind Learning to see the
๐ Welcome to another week in Rosieland, enjoy! The side effects of building with community in mind Learning to see the
When you build something. When you are deep within co-creation. When you recognise that building community is more than conversations.
I've been transitioning everything of mine towards the open web and it's giving me real hope
Traction is the business of community builders and building in isolation will not help us find it.
๐ Welcome back to the one newsletter you need to stay on top of the community industry. ๐ What I've
The conversations we have within community are worth looking at from many different perspectives.
One of the things I have the most joy out of in community is having fun with branding. I'
๐This Guide to Community Discovery as a PDF + Google Doc. It's a comprehensive guide to community research with
There's a future of community I'm excited for, and it has a lot to do with
๐ Welcome back to the one newsletter you need to stay on top of the community industry. ๐ What I've
Open data often ignores the communities they came from.
Of course, community work is team work!
๐ Welcome to another week in Rosieland! Happy learning! ๐ What I've written and shared this week: ๐ Two recent examples
We often struggle to find ways to connect and start conversations, but perhaps sometimes we need to explore everyday activities
Are we too quick to move on to sharing the latest happenings within our communities?
The tool market tends to expand and retract. For a while we had tools focusing on just one thing, many
As a founder, leading a company, and being responsible to employees and our community, I often find myself contemplating wtf
Experimenting in community is essential for survival.
I recently saw someone mention how the community they've been working on was shutting down after many years
I'm all for AI, but also there are real problems that it brings to our communities. I'
My last post was about how community channels can be prototypes of other work we end up producing.
Looking at channels with an action focused mindset can help us move our communities forward with greater clarity.
One of the things I've been striving to do is learn from how others do community. Often the
...get out there and do the work locally.
Distractions and short-term thinking are red flags when we build communities.
We often fall into the trap of believing that the one thing is the answer. And often this turns into
In a world that is constantly interacting. Where we are measured, obsessed, and judged based on engagement. Where we need
I love this idea of Data-Driven Community Quilting so much.
Let's have a quick look at a local creative community space.
The world of community is changing and it's exciting to observe. The loneliness epidemic is real, the way
As part of Community Discovery we focus on learning and discovering. I've written about many angles of this
The Fediverse is not new, but there's been a recent and increased shift towards its adoption. For me,
A lesson in the power of how we think about conversations with two.
The world changes. We change. Our needs change. I started Rosieland in 2020, that wonderful start of the pandemic year.
We have a problem in the community industry where all too often the emphasis of our work is placed within
In my last article wrote about emergent community processes and how the only way I know how to build communities
It's impossible to fully plan for community as many of the growth and opportunities happen in an emergent
You know I love community flywheels, right? I'm always looking for new ways to look at community design
Much of my writing these days is inspired by what I'm doing at my current role (Founder + CEO)
๐ข I've often fallen into the trap of sharing over shipping, is this a common thing in community? I
My thinking and feelings about community are constantly changing, as they should. The market has changed. The world is changing.
Whatโs a regret you have with your community? One of mine is not giving enough attention to the idea
A while back I asked myself if the decisions we were making were community compatible and the phrase struck with
The pandemic has been 'interesting' for community and now as the world moves on and faces different challenges,
๐ Hello, this is a new regular newsletter where I highlight 3๏ธ community examples I have found during my community research.
๐ TLDR; How I'm thinking about creating a community glossary with intention. I'm so into community collaboration,
One of the things I've been working on is aiming for a community flywheel that simply works. One
Join us on Wednesday March 27th where Tatiana Figueiredo will share her latest thinking in building and growing a community
I love creating a good "community is not marketing" meme. It's how I end up expressing
The algorithm's are everywhere. Most notably in search engines and social networks. We have become accustomed to them
Incase you didn't know, I have a thing about Community Discovery. Here's my current definition of
In this event Gareth Wilson covered: * The essential elements of messaging that captivate and convince โ Gareth will guide you through
There's a phrase that I can never get sick of, it's the Community Flywheel. The concept
In this event we had an open and facilitated discussion on the topic of Community Flywheels: * what are community flywheels?
โค๏ธ On creating a Community Love Language Statement. I've been listening to bell hooks, first her book on Belonging
One of the things I've been working on is bringing awareness of all the little activities that are
I'm having so much fun going down a community discovery focused approach to community building. I recently wrote
We hosted a conversation on community conversations and captured the recording, transcript, summary and poll results.
๐งน I've been tidying a few things up and as part of this I've done a bit
One of the ongoing perspectives that I'm developing with community building is that we are researchers. And having
Much of our community work can often rely on sponsorship. This could be for your conferences, events or meetups. Your
I was recently chatting community with Nola Simon about community and she pointed me to her words on what she
A while back (in a previous Rosieland space that I ran) I posed the challenge of sharing a definition of
This is a Milly Tamati inspired post, where she described the hard yet important work of advocating: Part of the
Community is at the heart of everything I do. To be community-led is to have community at the center of
We talk about community building in terms of connection, conversations, belonging, and relationships. But what if we talked about it
โ๏ธ One of the wonderful things about community are all the amazing possibilities. There are so many things we could do!
We talk a lot about distributed community, or the of idea of 'community is everywhere'. We talk less
About this Community Challenge: Required reading: The Hell Yeah and No Community Principles. Off the back of the article, I
๐Hello. My name is Rosie and I'm guilty of doing community things without properly thinking them through. There
We just need to think of a local village and the elders who live in it. We can then start
A short post from me during a busy, positive yet hard week. I'm reflecting on a moment we
Have we fallen out of love with the currency of citation? Iโve been trying to place my finger on
Are we all a product of our communal efforts? I stumbled across the concept of scenius a while back and
When we look at community through the lense of a community flywheel, anything that stops, slows or hinders our community
When we think about building community we can fall into the trap of overly focusing on conversations. This doesnโt
Are you even a community builder if you haven't sent out a message and all you heard were
A community migration very much feels like creating a home. You have an idea of how things will look. Where
๐ฐ I fell down a rabbit hole and resurfaced two days later with a curated guide on Notion. The world talks
There's nothing like a good old community migration to get me to re-think how to build community. One
I've been designing Glitter, the Rosieland "community space" and I love approaching community with a learning
We're going on a one-day Rosieland Retreat. I've been in procrastination and social anxiety mode on
For my Rosieland efforts, I feel it is part of my duty to question the status quo. Just because something
Creating a Parallel Community means investing into building and replicating your community culture in distributed channels, or locations other than your main 'community home'.
We continue our Rosieland Community Interview series with Andy Claremont, Head of Community at Glide. Glide makes it easy to
The deeper I dive into the world of community, the more conviction I have in the power of what communities
When I get talking to people about community and problems I see existing in the world, I often bring up
I don't know about you, but the term "ROI in Community" freaks me out. I don&
We continue our Rosieland Community Interview series with Marie Poulin founder of Notion Mastery. Notion Mastery is a hybrid course
๐ A big thanks to Chauntelle Lewis, Stephanie Baiocchi, Karina Mikhli, Sara Saunders, Val Mercandante and Camile Silva for attending and
We continue our Rosieland Community Interview series with Dru Riley, Founder of Trends.vc and the Trends Pro Community. Trends
I'm a big fan of questions in community, but my dissatisfaction comes when they don't provide real support, exploration, learning or connection opportunities.
Community is increasingly becoming responsible for more types of community generated content. Perhaps in the past the majority of our content was contained with forums and social. These days, depending on the team set up, we need to widen our thinking of the content we could be creating.
Turn-taking is where people speak one at a time, it sounds simplistic, but this approach can be adapted to the communities we build.
Next up in our Rosieland Community Interview series we connected with Lexi Kakis, Community Engagement Manager for the Uncovered Community.
This is a story about kickstarting LinkedIn audio spaces in Rosieland. I'm sharing what I'm doing
Welcome to my belonging and othering notes from the book Design for Belonging by Susie Wise. Please check out the
We do research before starting businesses, it would be daft not to! It doesn't guarantee success, but it
A community tactic to help us take action on what people feel and need.
We continue our Rosieland Community Interview series with Taylor Harrington, Community Manager for Groove. Groove is a social app bringing
Co-creation in community can be powerful, but it also comes with misunderstandings. We often think co-creation as a quick and easy win. The reality is it is perhaps the hardest thing to pull off.
This series of guides aims to dive deeper into each of the 10 Community Business Models. Here we will take a look at Community Sponsorship: design considerations, approaches, pricing, tactics and tips.
We continue our Rosieland Community Interview series with Kt McBratney, co-founder of OwnTrail. OwnTrail โoffer tools, connection and support for
I'm a bit of a productivity and Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) geek. I wouldn't call myself
What they are and why you might want to consider them In recent years, the role of the community manager
TLDR; The best community experiences are custom built. Here's the thing about good community: it blends in so
๐This post has been submitted anonymously by a community member as a way to share their recent experiences in hunting
A deep 5000 word guide to building a community membership.
Welcome to our new Rosieland Community Interview series. We sat down with Femke, a product designer, educator, mentor and founder
All the excitement around community over the past 3 years and I still think we're in it'
Weโre in an age where community has to get better at proving our worth to the rest of the
In this series, we'll explore 10 Community Business Models, one in each session. โCommunity businesses need a different mindset, one that puts their people at the heart of decision making. Available to paid members.
๐This guide is a starting point for further conversations and learning opportunities. Communities of practice are groups of people who
๐ฎWhat does community building actually mean in our world today? And how can we get better at talking about what
โ๏ธ Hey everyone! Itโs time to encourage some better community habits! I recently asked what was โso 2022 in community
๐ฑ Amidst the chaos and my personal increased general dissatisfaction with social media I had a seed of an idea. I
We're bringing Masterminds to paid members of Rosieland.
It's a time for re-imagining how social media, audience building and community tools can work together optimally. Today
Notes and the recording from our Community Discovery Collective.
๐ Hello from Rosieland This is a database of real community job descriptions that have been published by companies. I created
๐ Hello everyone. I'm Matthew and I will be your guide in Rosieland today. You canโt write for
A Notion template to help you get into the habit of taking note of all the important community activities. โค๏ธ
A community philosophy I live by is that we need to think about community maintenance, constantly.
๐ฅ What makes a community tool is such a spicy and debatable topic, one that continually gets me fired up. The
I love giving new names to community things, itโs become a habit of mine over the past couple of
๐ We take a deep dive into what makes a business a community business and list out 10 actionable ways of thinking about business models.
๐ Learn how to take a positive scheming mindset to create and build upon community growth.
๐ A Notion resource of Code of Conducts to inspire you to create your own.
๐ Notes and recording from our Community Discovery Collective Meetup
๐ In community we focus alot on the inputs, however the outputs is where the magic happens!
๐ You've heard of free and paid communities, but what about freemium communities?
๐ Hello everyone. I'm Michael Hall and I will be your guide in Rosieland today. I want to start
๐ Looking for community podcasts? We've curated and actively maintain a list for you.
Capture community as a community discovery process. โค๏ธ
Many of us know about building in public, but what about building in community? The lines between them are blurry,
๐ Hello everyone. I'm Matt Mecham and today I will be your Rosieland guide. It feels that every other
I recently experienced something in a community that has stuck with me. I can't forget it.
The world is incredibly influencer-y.
I'm using Substack as an example as I personally classify it as a tool that is great for
Communities do a lot of good work, but often don't get the credit for it. This is a
๐ Hello everyone. I'm Kourosh and I will be your guide in Rosieland today. I've been thinking
The future of community building relies on community discovery. This is an introductory guide to what it is and why it matters.
The community industry has a problem and it comes in the form of an unbalanced emphasis on "engagement"
Community activities are the things people do within community. This is a list of activities I've been creating for the courses I've been doing and I plan to continue curating.
This is your one-stop guide to everything you need to know about community flywheels.
Community pairing, for me, is coming together to do things as a pair. However, when we build community we can expand this concept to have a wider reach too.
A phrase that is often thrown about these days is 'community first'. I'd like us to consider taking a little step back and encourage conversations before community. So really I'm thinking โ it should be conversation first, not community first.
In this presentation, I dive into the concept of Community Marketing โ as community builders we need to develop strategies to promote and grow our communities separate to how the entire business may operate.
The future of education and personal development is in community of practices. I'm 10000000% convinced. Though the path
I was speaking to someone recently who has had a few stop-start situations with their community โ as in they are
I started The Indiependent community recently. It's still early days yet, we are six weeks in, but signs
Rosie loves posting questions on Twitter. This is a collection of them. โค๏ธ
One thing I've been thinking about recently is how our understanding of our members impacts how we can
Rosie and I have taken on a sort of bonkers challenge โ 100 days of Twitter spaces, and today was one
Weโre facing an exciting time in the community industry. New challenges arise as interest grows in the work we
We're going on a community journey. We're going to create a special one. What a beautiful
As a community builder finding people who will really participate in a community is hard. I'm a member
I'm always thinking about tools. I'm not coming here with solutions, just my rambling thoughts.
Community debt is real. It is where you prioritize community activities that will later impact the community experience in the
As we go into 2022, let us think of sustainable and healthy ways to build community. Even more so as
One of the biggest complaints I hear about communities are that they are too noisy โ members enter a community, try
The future of education is in community. I'm convinced. Now I just need to prove it. ๐ I'
I'm a bit of an avid reader and have been told I have divergent interests more than once
When we think of communities โ we often think about new communities I'm curious to know, what communities have
Thanks to Mark for sharing about Roblox, it gave me the nudge to write some notes about it, a habit
Erin and I just hosted a Twitter Space on the Meh-taverse vs IRL.
Much of my thoughts around community are inspired from what I find through 'rosie research'. Here's
I've been thinking a lot recently about community debt and how this can be a more considered part
As a community builder who has been diving into the web3 area three months ago, I want to share some
Steve Jobs put product before profit, Rosie puts community before profit.
โน๏ธ Updated July 2023 ๐I recently updated Rosieland membership to include Lifetime access to the community and events. I used
I had been thinking about what it means to design a community. Some people say community can't be
I jumped onto a Social Audio 101 Twitter Space, it was really good with lots of takeaways. Let me know
What is the community creator economy? The community creator economy is a subsection of the creator economy that specifically focuses
In community, we often say to do things that don't scale. To start small. To get the foundations
Moving beyond the Parasocial For many, our goal online is to appear relatable, approachable even. Itโs the reason celebrities
I'm a slow thinker and this is a big reason why I believe Communities of Practice are perfect
We've all probably heard of User Generated Content and have likely dropped that term in ourselves in our
I had been thinking about creativity and community recently and how I feel the two go hand in hand. When
Visuals are a great way to communicate ideas and concepts. The iceberg metaphor has certainly done the internet rounds, there&
So you want to be a community creator โ but first, what's your community product? Understanding what works as
I get asked this question a lot. For some reason we think community is different when it comes to money.
Here's my Rosie thought of the day.
In the evolution of the internet: let's make sure we're building an inclusive one. As we
Recently I've been thinking about the community experience of entering a community. Often when we think about community,
In Web 2, the profit of well-run communities does not go to the owners, it is distributed with care and
For those of you who donโt know โ I am neurodiverse. I see a specialist twice a month who focuses
๐ Hello, this is the first of a series of guides on important topics for community builders. In the product and
You may or may not know, I have a not so secret love for flywheels. One thing I've
There are some things I believe with conviction. And this is one of them. It is what drives me every
It's no secret that community is hot. ๐ฅ In days gone by, people would respond to a trend by
I've been curating content for a long long time. Before it was even called curation, I was curating.
So, I've been tweeting about an idea of 'Monthly Recurring Relationships' as some kind of community
One thing I'm trying out these days is live note-taking at events we host at Orbit. I'
When we think about community and the seduction (or pressure) for growth, how can we create mental models to help
Rosie asked me to share this story that I shared on Twitter originally, and who am I to say no
I stumbled upon this article this week โ a sort of reflection and action statement to Finite and Infinite Games, and
Do you ever feel, just.... tired? And you want to be an introvert and not talk to anyone? (wow, you&
This past week, many organizations jumped into action given recent NCAA rule changes, but what does this mean for the
I've spoken about visions and not ideas in the past and how important it is to work towards
When I think of what drew me to various communities: it is the shared experiences of joy and discovery. Whether
So, I've been thinking about what makes good communities recently. (Shocking, I know!) One of the things on
Starting a community is overwhelming. Think of how it feels for you, as the builder or founder. So many things
Often, our ambitions get in the way of real community building. We dream of big things. Of how the world
โI have a bad feeling about thisโฆโ To most people, this is a phrase that you wouldnโt think twice
Why? It allows for more relationships and nuance than we currently have in our media environment. Through the power of
I've never liked the job title 'community manager', but until recently it felt like there weren&
It's true, community can't be contained to a single forum, chat, or event. It often lives
This post is Monica Lent inspired. ๐
"Convincing someone to change their mind is really the process of convincing someone to change their tribe. If they
One of the biggest questions and challenges of communities is deciding what brings value. Without value, people naturally won'
The Rosieland crew was chatting in our internal Rosieland Slack, when Rosie captured and tweeted one of my off-the-cuff comments:
Ok, I know community is the new ๐ฅhot ๐ฅ cool thing. Everyone wants community. It's the new marketing, apparently.
These days, when we think of the community creator economy, we often think of a newsletterโs slack channel, a
A whole list of books related to the art and science of community building.
Let's talk about building community strategies that support an organizations people (the team), programs (from marketing to education)
I wrote recently about obsession of being community-first and thought it would be worth diving more specifically into to the
As much as I love community building, I'm here to be a skeptic too. With all the hype
Weโre almost midway through our Rosieland Community Building cohort and we thought the results of a collaboration activity would
I've been aware of, and been an (admittedly inactive) member of Elpha for a while now. I knew
The whole thing of โvalidating an ideaโ is thrown around so much in the startup and indie world. I nodded
Communities arenโt something that should be taken lightly โ while yes, communities can be glorious, happy places to be, if
I had strong ethics when building up Ministry of Testing and always felt uncomfortable asking people to do stuff without
Team Rosie here (Ali, Danielle, Erin, Leo). Weโre so proud of Rosie Sherryโshe continually shows us what courage,
Earlier this week, Danielle asked an important question about the topics we donโt talk about enough in community building:
Or how I built a minimum viable community for indie women. Sometimes I just have to write on the spur
Thereโs certainly an art to community building and much of it comes down to the sheer intention of โstudying
2020 was huge for the world of community building, and it honestly feels great that the world is starting to
A peek at how I use Notion to never run out of things to share. One of the biggest challenges
I love this, and also admittedly had to read it several times.
I'm really impressed with Discourse's Recommendations for Tough Conversations that they created for their community and
In community we need to be connecting and creating paths with people constantly. To be talked about in a positive
My early teen years I spent obsessing over Lily Allen; updating my MySpace profile to reflect hers, packing in an
I grew up in rural Idahoโcamping, hiking, and exploring in the world was second nature. The number one principle
2020 is so full of ๐ฉ I think back to pre-COVID life and realize how easy everything was in comparison to
"Slack sucks for communities." "I can't bear another Facebook group." "Forums are so
Updated September 6th 2022. When I think about building communities I like to check my thinking alongside other community building
You want to get good at building community, but don't know how? Here's an idea, build
Updated September 2021 On thinking about designing communities with lurkers in mind. As community builders, I feel like lurkers tend
Some current thoughts on the state of building communities and businesses. This post is a result of a conversation I
Increasingly, communities are the larger parts of the marketing ecosystem, becoming one of the trending topics as of late. But
We live in a world where we expect and demand answers. People come searching for answers and blueprints, but leave
The other day I was reminded of what I often preach: be kind and rosie in everything you do. Those
I don't know about you, but I cannot escape all the talk of digital gardens. It feels like
Stumbling upon communities brings people all kinds of opportunities, discoveries and real happiness for people. The more communities we create,
Have you heard of the idea of a 'productized service'? First, imagine you run a consultancy or agency
Hey everyone. My name is Rosie Sherry and Iโm an introvert. ๐ When I was young I would literally not
I noticed today that Airtable use Discourse for their community. They also use it as a way to announce and
Covid has brought on a new wave of focus on building communities. Alongside this is a strong interest in paid
Today I want to address a trend! ๐ Newsletters everywhere can be communities! ๐
My early days of community building were very much influenced by marketeers and the social web. These days Iโm
When you are challenged with growing your community, consider how you can get the word out by creating a '
"Rosie! I want to start a community. Tell me, what should I do?" And I be like.
Iโve been stumbling upon flywheels recently, mostly in the context of marketing and business building and it (naturally!) got
I donโt know about you, but covid has made me rethink so much about community. And especially what community
All too often I see people dive in head first into building communities. Often on impulse without fully understanding what
This is a reflection on my years doing events as part of my community building efforts. The world has definitely
Life is wild. Exciting. And tough all in one. I literally do not know how time is flying by. How
So this question comes up often. Would love to know the thoughts around communities being on Instagram. I don'
If you canโt create an entire digital community garden, how about a container? The best community builders are often
Your one stop shop for community strategies, insights, trends and tactics.