Rosieland Roundup 250 — Community side effects, communityship, Barnes & Nobles comeback

👋 Welcome to another week in Rosieland, enjoy! The side effects of building with community in mind Learning to see the

The side effects of building with community in mind

When you build something. When you are deep within co-creation. When you recognise that building community is more than conversations.

Nothing in isolation

Traction is the business of community builders and building in isolation will not help us find it.

Community Conversations

The conversations we have within community are worth looking at from many different perspectives.

Community kits from the lands we create

One of the things I have the most joy out of in community is having fun with branding. I'

The Guide to Community Discovery

🌈This Guide to Community Discovery as a PDF + Google Doc. It's a comprehensive guide to community research with

Community Knowledge Management as a Service

There's a future of community I'm excited for, and it has a lot to do with

Words

Rosieland Roundup 247 — State of community, community newsletters, code of conducts

👋 Welcome back to the one newsletter you need to stay on top of the community industry. 🌈 What I've

What we can learn from the CARE principles

Open data often ignores the communities they came from.

Pass the baton

Of course, community work is team work!

Rosieland Roundup 246 — new towns, Melodrama, collectives

👋 Welcome to another week in Rosieland! Happy learning! 🌈 What I've written and shared this week: 🌊 Two recent examples

Third Things

We often struggle to find ways to connect and start conversations, but perhaps sometimes we need to explore everyday activities

Spaced Repetition

Are we too quick to move on to sharing the latest happenings within our communities?

The freedom to experiment so we can expand

The tool market tends to expand and retract. For a while we had tools focusing on just one thing, many

Two recent examples of exiting to community

As a founder, leading a company, and being responsible to employees and our community, I often find myself contemplating wtf

Community Experiments

Experimenting in community is essential for survival.

Closing down a community

I recently saw someone mention how the community they've been working on was shutting down after many years

5 ways AI is causing problems with community

I'm all for AI, but also there are real problems that it brings to our communities. I'

Why should the social networks have all the fun?

Architecture designed with community in mind

The Community Channel Creation Funnel

My last post was about how community channels can be prototypes of other work we end up producing.

Community channels as prototypes

Looking at channels with an action focused mindset can help us move our communities forward with greater clarity.

Do we really know best? Learning from community centered journalism.

One of the things I've been striving to do is learn from how others do community. Often the

Never has it ever been so important to...

...get out there and do the work locally.

Community flywheels build upon what complement each other

Distractions and short-term thinking are red flags when we build communities.

Fandom is wonderful. Fandom is ugly.

We often fall into the trap of believing that the one thing is the answer. And often this turns into

Lost connection

Making every interaction count

In a world that is constantly interacting. Where we are measured, obsessed, and judged based on engagement. Where we need

Networks that support communities

Data-Driven Community Quilting

I love this idea of Data-Driven Community Quilting so much.

The future of AI is (potentially) about clever connection

Community growing pains

A space of sustainable permanence

Let's have a quick look at a local creative community space.

Community needs good communication

Community is confidently moving toward the niches

The world of community is changing and it's exciting to observe. The loneliness epidemic is real, the way

The Community Search Engine Mindset

As part of Community Discovery we focus on learning and discovering. I've written about many angles of this

The Fediverse Shift

The Fediverse is not new, but there's been a recent and increased shift towards its adoption. For me,

The Power of Two

A lesson in the power of how we think about conversations with two.

Community Curiosity as a Service

The world changes. We change. Our needs change. I started Rosieland in 2020, that wonderful start of the pandemic year.

Backstage community

We have a problem in the community industry where all too often the emphasis of our work is placed within

The Foundations of Community Emergence

In my last article wrote about emergent community processes and how the only way I know how to build communities

🌶️ Make Slacks and communities quiet again

Emergent community processes

It's impossible to fully plan for community as many of the growth and opportunities happen in an emergent

⏱️ Community Clockwork

You know I love community flywheels, right? I'm always looking for new ways to look at community design

Community without the name

Much of my writing these days is inspired by what I'm doing at my current role (Founder + CEO)