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View allFalse Start Community Flywheels
There's a phrase that I can never get sick of, it's the Community Flywheel. The concept
The next great division
Community Maps as a Model
Community is infrastructure
[Recording] Exploring Community Flywheels
In this event we had an open and facilitated discussion on the topic of Community Flywheels: * what are community flywheels?
Ask questions, continuously
What's your community's love language?
โค๏ธ On creating a Community Love Language Statement. I've been listening to bell hooks, first her book on Belonging
Community is about the action taken...
Asking for and making best use of questions up front
Failing to see the community as volunteered market research
Paying attention to community aliveness
On the idea of "just keep going"
Create your own Slack Community Tracker
One of the things I've been working on is bringing awareness of all the little activities that are
Design (Community) from the Margins
Community work often doesnโt look like community building work
How I've been creating community content with community pain research
I'm having so much fun going down a community discovery focused approach to community building. I recently wrote
What makes a good community conversation?
Community Conversation Exploration
Exploring Community Conversations
We hosted a conversation on community conversations and captured the recording, transcript, summary and poll results.
Modelling real life: The Community Corkboard
Community requires research
What makes a good community question?
โจ I revamped the Rosieland Knowledgebase
๐งน I've been tidying a few things up and as part of this I've done a bit
From Ecosystem to Community
New Community Roles in Journalism
CPR - Community Pain Research
One of the ongoing perspectives that I'm developing with community building is that we are researchers. And having
Capturing in Community
The Butterfly Model: The 4 wings of social change
Leadership is community-driven
In the end, we envy connection, community and care
Find your people
Maybe don't call it a community
Build trust and the conversations will come
The BlackSpace Manifesto
Lack of physical presence isn't a limitation, it's a liberation
Continuous Community Polls
Much of our community work can often rely on sponsorship. This could be for your conferences, events or meetups. Your
Living is a communal
Expanding our emotions vocabulary
The F.A.S.T community-led approach to conference organizing
Practice culture with symbols, heroes and rituals
Looking at the same thing through a different lens
Is it community compatible?
Invest in community like you invest in your assets
Community is sort of like Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Itโs hard to find the fit thatโs JUUUST right.
I was recently chatting community with Nola Simon about community and she pointed me to her words on what she
The (many) definitions of community
A while back (in a previous Rosieland space that I ran) I posed the challenge of sharing a definition of
The best words in the world start with "co" ๐
What to say instead of "how are you?"
Is advocating a community prerequisite?
This is a Milly Tamati inspired post, where she described the hard yet important work of advocating: Part of the
"Our" time is coming
Your core members
What does branding in community look like?
RSS: Read > Summarise > Share
What if we drew a map of our community?
Community is the Business
Community is at the heart of everything I do. To be community-led is to have community at the center of
Community comes and go, the connection stays
The best conversationalists are those who help others to talk
Is twelve the magic number of members for small groups?
Is building community really about problem solving?
We talk about community building in terms of connection, conversations, belonging, and relationships. But what if we talked about it
T.H.I.N.K before you speak
Watch out for the community ideas trap
โ๏ธ One of the wonderful things about community are all the amazing possibilities. There are so many things we could do!
Should we create pods instead of community?
How do your people actually like to show up?
Product X Community Thinking
Community Challenge 2: Distribute your conversations
We talk a lot about distributed community, or the of idea of 'community is everywhere'. We talk less
Women and diversity in communities
The Pac-man Rule / Open Circle Principle
Flippin' community models
Do your community surveys lack diversity?
The perfect community tool is...
The Hell Yeah or No of Community Principles
Community Challenge 1 - The Hell Yeah and No Community Principles Worksheet
About this Community Challenge: Required reading: The Hell Yeah and No Community Principles. Off the back of the article, I
In community, shared ideas are perhaps more important than the relationships made
Community has too much emphasis on relationships
Community is much more than relationships and doing stuff together. I feel we often over emphasize the relationships angle of
The question shouldn't be "what do we automate?โ
๐ฆ The Community Torch
Communities need boundaries too
Prototyping in community
๐Hello. My name is Rosie and I'm guilty of doing community things without properly thinking them through. There
Community, conversations and feedback can happen anywhere
Use the mute button with intention
The Chatham House Rule
Community members become more valuable over time
We just need to think of a local village and the elders who live in it. We can then start
Grow your community like a beat of the drum
"Community Thinking" is the easy part
Is it as simple as Yes or No?
Have we forgotten the humanity behind our online community actions?
A short post from me during a busy, positive yet hard week. I'm reflecting on a moment we
Get creative with a wheel of emotions
Talking to customers
Invest into an ecosystem, not just a community
Without action, community conversations weigh us down
Citation as a community building practice
Have we fallen out of love with the currency of citation? Iโve been trying to place my finger on
Level up your community map
17 Rules for a Sustainable Local Community
Use notifications to encourage action
Are your events wasting people's time?
Exploring scenius
Are we all a product of our communal efforts? I stumbled across the concept of scenius a while back and
Do this instead of a survey
Ask the same question in many different locations
Conversation is important, but constant conversation is dangerous
We can all learn to pass the mic
Create digestible summaries
How do you facilitate turn-taking in community conversations?
How community debt hinders our progress
When we look at community through the lense of a community flywheel, anything that stops, slows or hinders our community
See it, say it
Wherever people come, community naturally arises
The 80/20 conversations rule of community
When we think about building community we can fall into the trap of overly focusing on conversations. This doesnโt
Are you talking into the void?
Are you even a community builder if you haven't sent out a message and all you heard were
One month into our Rosieland community migration
A community migration very much feels like creating a home. You have an idea of how things will look. Where
A Curated Guide to Community Care
๐ฐ I fell down a rabbit hole and resurfaced two days later with a curated guide on Notion. The world talks
The Art of the Community Cross-Post
There's nothing like a good old community migration to get me to re-think how to build community. One
Some ways I enjoy "teaching" in community
I've been designing Glitter, the Rosieland "community space" and I love approaching community with a learning
๐ Let's meet at the Rosieland Retreat
We're going on a one-day Rosieland Retreat. I've been in procrastination and social anxiety mode on
Reframing what scaling a community means
For my Rosieland efforts, I feel it is part of my duty to question the status quo. Just because something
๐ How to Build a Parallel Community
Creating a Parallel Community means investing into building and replicating your community culture in distributed channels, or locations other than your main 'community home'.
How Andy Claremont leads product communities
We continue our Rosieland Community Interview series with Andy Claremont, Head of Community at Glide. Glide makes it easy to
We learn by processing
Community is a key and missing part of product discovery.
The deeper I dive into the world of community, the more conviction I have in the power of what communities
The Town Hall Analogy
When I get talking to people about community and problems I see existing in the world, I often bring up
It's not about ROI. It's about making it make business sense
I don't know about you, but the term "ROI in Community" freaks me out. I don&
How Marie Poulin went from designer to Notion Mastery community founder
We continue our Rosieland Community Interview series with Marie Poulin founder of Notion Mastery. Notion Mastery is a hybrid course
Services as a Community Business Model
๐ A big thanks to Chauntelle Lewis, Stephanie Baiocchi, Karina Mikhli, Sara Saunders, Val Mercandante and Camile Silva for attending and
How Dru Riley went from software developer to Trends Pro community founder
We continue our Rosieland Community Interview series with Dru Riley, Founder of Trends.vc and the Trends Pro Community. Trends
Would you rather?
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.
Offer digestible summaries
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.
How do you facilitate turn taking in community conversations?
Turn-taking is where people speak one at a time, it sounds simplistic, but this approach can be adapted to the communities we build.
How Lexi Kakis leads the Uncovered Community for unsolved missing and murder cases
Next up in our Rosieland Community Interview series we connected with Lexi Kakis, Community Engagement Manager for the Uncovered Community.
LinkedIn Audio Spaces as a Community Strategy
This is a story about kickstarting LinkedIn audio spaces in Rosieland. I'm sharing what I'm doing
Five things community builders can do to battle the myth of self-sustaining communities
Design for Belonging: a Notion resource
Welcome to my belonging and othering notes from the book Design for Belonging by Susie Wise. Please check out the
Learning to follow conversations meticulously
We do research before starting businesses, it would be daft not to! It doesn't guarantee success, but it
See it, say it
A community tactic to help us take action on what people feel and need.
Making following conversations easy, a Substack example.
How Taylor Harrington turned a lifetime of community building into a Head of Community role
We continue our Rosieland Community Interview series with Taylor Harrington, Community Manager for Groove. Groove is a social app bringing
Nothing stands still and the need for a continuous community approach

How to think about co-creation in community
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.
Community builders should stop seeking permission and feedback

Community Business Models - A Guide to Community Sponsorship
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.

How Kt McBratney went from marketer to co-founder and Chief Community Officer
We continue our Rosieland Community Interview series with Kt McBratney, co-founder of OwnTrail. OwnTrail โoffer tools, connection and support for

Community Knowledge Management (CKM) โ The missing piece to our community efforts
I'm a bit of a productivity and Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) geek. I wouldn't call myself

Fractional Chief Community Officers
What they are and why you might want to consider them In recent years, the role of the community manager

We'll take community seriously when it's embedded into the product experience
TLDR; The best community experiences are custom built. Here's the thing about good community: it blends in so

You Know Itโs Not the Same As It Was: Job Hunting for Community Roles in 2023
๐This post has been submitted anonymously by a community member as a way to share their recent experiences in hunting

Community Business Models - A Guide to Community Memberships
A deep 5000 word guide to building a community membership.

How Femke built a design community around her expertise
Welcome to our new Rosieland Community Interview series. We sat down with Femke, a product designer, educator, mentor and founder

Community 2.0
All the excitement around community over the past 3 years and I still think we're in it'

Continuous Community Interviews โ Always be interviewing with sincere curiousity
Weโre in an age where community has to get better at proving our worth to the rest of the

Regenerative communities are community-led communities

Workshop Series - Community Business Models
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.

A Guide to Community of Practices
๐This guide is a starting point for further conversations and learning opportunities. Communities of practice are groups of people who

Workshop - How to talk about community building
๐ฎWhat does community building actually mean in our world today? And how can we get better at talking about what

๐ Community Chat

Community engagement is so 2022. Here are 10 things you should obsess over instead.
โ๏ธ Hey everyone! Itโs time to encourage some better community habits! I recently asked what was โso 2022 in community

I created social networks within our community Slack
๐ฑ Amidst the chaos and my personal increased general dissatisfaction with social media I had a seed of an idea. I

๐ Join us for Rosieland Masterminds, starting in January.
We're bringing Masterminds to paid members of Rosieland.

Community as the result of consistent, repeated small interactions
It's a time for re-imagining how social media, audience building and community tools can work together optimally. Today

Co-creating a community curriculum. Step one.

Community Discovery Collective - December 2022
Notes and the recording from our Community Discovery Collective.

Community Job Descriptions Database
๐ Hello from Rosieland This is a database of real community job descriptions that have been published by companies. I created

How to grow your community by writing great content
๐ Hello everyone. I'm Matthew and I will be your guide in Rosieland today. You canโt write for
![[Notion Template] A guide to creating your own Community Journal](/content/images/size/w100/2022/11/communityjournal-2.png)
[Notion Template] A guide to creating your own Community Journal
A Notion template to help you get into the habit of taking note of all the important community activities. โค๏ธ

The AAR Community Maintenance Framework to help you keep a lean community machine
A community philosophy I live by is that we need to think about community maintenance, constantly.

What is a community tool?
๐ฅ What makes a community tool is such a spicy and debatable topic, one that continually gets me fired up. The

Community Discovery Collective - October 2022

The case for the Community Executive Officer
I love giving new names to community things, itโs become a habit of mine over the past couple of

10 Community Business Models
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.

The Scheming Community Flywheel
๐ Learn how to take a positive scheming mindset to create and build upon community growth.

A Curated Guide to Community Code of Conducts
๐ A Notion resource of Code of Conducts to inspire you to create your own.

Community Discovery Collective - Sept 2022
๐ Notes and recording from our Community Discovery Collective Meetup

The Input Output Community Funnel
๐ In community we focus alot on the inputs, however the outputs is where the magic happens!

Freemium community as a strategy
๐ You've heard of free and paid communities, but what about freemium communities?

Stop Measuring Community Engagement
๐ Hello everyone. I'm Michael Hall and I will be your guide in Rosieland today. I want to start

Community Building Podcasts
๐ Looking for community podcasts? We've curated and actively maintain a list for you.

How to capture in community
Capture community as a community discovery process. โค๏ธ

๐ Maybe your community needs a bulletin board

Building in community
Many of us know about building in public, but what about building in community? The lines between them are blurry,

Continuous conversations

I'm building a portfolio of communities

The answer to building a great community is not conversations

Are forum platforms dead?
๐ Hello everyone. I'm Matt Mecham and today I will be your Rosieland guide. It feels that every other

Reframing community introductions
I recently experienced something in a community that has stuck with me. I can't forget it.
![Community Discovery Collective [2]](/content/images/size/w100/2022/08/communitydiscoverycollective.png)
Community Discovery Collective [2]
Host > Hero
The world is incredibly influencer-y.

To build community, work within your ecosystems
Content probably matters more than we think
On platforms doing the heavy marketing lifting
I'm using Substack as an example as I personally classify it as a tool that is great for

Audience to community: a community discovery take
We need more examples of independent and sustainable communities
These days I feel better about building in community rather than building-in-public
Valuing conversation

The community experience flywheel
Communities do a lot of good work, but often don't get the credit for it. This is a

A guide to curation in community
๐ Hello everyone. I'm Kourosh and I will be your guide in Rosieland today. I've been thinking

A look inside a sales community

A guide to community discovery
The future of community building relies on community discovery. This is an introductory guide to what it is and why it matters.

The community engagement trap
The community industry has a problem and it comes in the form of an unbalanced emphasis on "engagement"

Community activities โ the things we do in community
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.
A handful of micro-communities
The future of publishing is focusing on slow and community driven growth
The end matters
I never planned 100+ meetups across the globe
The Future of Community
Empowering people.

A guide to community flywheels
This is your one-stop guide to everything you need to know about community flywheels.
No one framework

Community pairing as a strategy
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.

Conversations before community
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.
![Community Marketing [Recording + Slides]](/content/images/size/w100/2022/04/CleanShot-2022-04-06-at-19.26.42@2x.png)
Community Marketing [Recording + Slides]
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.

Let's Build a Culture of Valuing Community Experience
The future of education and personal development is in community of practices. I'm 10000000% convinced. Though the path

To start a community, create a surround system
I was speaking to someone recently who has had a few stop-start situations with their community โ as in they are

Come for the community, stay for the Community Cam
I started The Indiependent community recently. It's still early days yet, we are six weeks in, but signs
Communities are transformational

Rosie's Community Questions
Rosie loves posting questions on Twitter. This is a collection of them. โค๏ธ

How can we be more intentional about enabling member discovery?
One thing I've been thinking about recently is how our understanding of our members impacts how we can

Reflections on Building in Public with Arvid Kahl
Rosie and I have taken on a sort of bonkers challenge โ 100 days of Twitter spaces, and today was one

Community growth specialists are the future of community
Weโre facing an exciting time in the community industry. New challenges arise as interest grows in the work we

๐ We're Going on a Community Journey
We're going on a community journey. We're going to create a special one. What a beautiful

I started a community where you get kicked for inactivity
As a community builder finding people who will really participate in a community is hard. I'm a member

Maybe it's time to bundle things up again
I'm always thinking about tools. I'm not coming here with solutions, just my rambling thoughts.
๐งน Some things you can tidy up in your community
Community debt is real. It is where you prioritize community activities that will later impact the community experience in the
A quick look at Spotify Greenroom
Don't steal attention. Create what is right.
As we go into 2022, let us think of sustainable and healthy ways to build community. Even more so as
Communities are too noisy
One of the biggest complaints I hear about communities are that they are too noisy โ members enter a community, try
Learning in community โ an introduction
The future of education is in community. I'm convinced. Now I just need to prove it. ๐ I'
Exploring Obsidian as a community knowledge management tool
I'm a bit of an avid reader and have been told I have divergent interests more than once
What communities have you been in a long while?
When we think of communities โ we often think about new communities I'm curious to know, what communities have
Roblox has no ethics as a company and a community
Thanks to Mark for sharing about Roblox, it gave me the nudge to write some notes about it, a habit
Keeping it real with the meh-taverse
Erin and I just hosted a Twitter Space on the Meh-taverse vs IRL.
NFTs feel like (expensive) growth hacks.
Retraining ourselves in community
Much of my thoughts around community are inspired from what I find through 'rosie research'. Here's
Tackling community debt โ What if we kicked out inactive community members?
I've been thinking a lot recently about community debt and how this can be a more considered part
Building Web3 Communities in Discord
As a community builder who has been diving into the web3 area three months ago, I want to share some
Creating a mindset of community before profit
Steve Jobs put product before profit, Rosie puts community before profit.
Community is the way
Building a Community on Lifetime Membership
โน๏ธ Updated July 2023 ๐I recently updated Rosieland membership to include Lifetime access to the community and events. I used

When you're starting a community, really you are designing one.
I had been thinking about what it means to design a community. Some people say community can't be
Social Audio 101 - A Twitter Space Discussion
I jumped onto a Social Audio 101 Twitter Space, it was really good with lots of takeaways. Let me know
A Guide to the Community Creator Economy
What is the community creator economy? The community creator economy is a subsection of the creator economy that specifically focuses
How we are at the small scale is how we are at the large scale
In community, we often say to do things that don't scale. To start small. To get the foundations
What should Web 3 communities be called?
Moving beyond the parasocial
Moving beyond the Parasocial For many, our goal online is to appear relatable, approachable even. Itโs the reason celebrities
Communities of Practice as a perfect place to grow and learn
I'm a slow thinker and this is a big reason why I believe Communities of Practice are perfect
Community Generated Content instead of User Generated Content
We've all probably heard of User Generated Content and have likely dropped that term in ourselves in our
Perhaps the goal for communities is to become relevant
I had been thinking about creativity and community recently and how I feel the two go hand in hand. When
The Community Building Iceberg
Visuals are a great way to communicate ideas and concepts. The iceberg metaphor has certainly done the internet rounds, there&
What is your community product?
So you want to be a community creator โ but first, what's your community product? Understanding what works as
How do you make money with communities?
I get asked this question a lot. For some reason we think community is different when it comes to money.
In community, consider Lifetime Commitment (LTC) instead of Lifetime Value (LTV)
Here's my Rosie thought of the day.
In the evolution of the internet: let's make sure we're building an inclusive one
In the evolution of the internet: let's make sure we're building an inclusive one. As we
Community Entry Points
Recently I've been thinking about the community experience of entering a community. Often when we think about community,
Web 2 community profits do not all go to the founders
In Web 2, the profit of well-run communities does not go to the owners, it is distributed with care and
Positive reinforcement flywheels driving community habits
For those of you who donโt know โ I am neurodiverse. I see a specialist twice a month who focuses

A guide to building a Minimum Viable Community (MVC)
๐ Hello, this is the first of a series of guides on important topics for community builders. In the product and
Creating a paid community flywheel with diverse pathways
You may or may not know, I have a not so secret love for flywheels. One thing I've
The need for new frameworks, models and ways of thinking
There are some things I believe with conviction. And this is one of them. It is what drives me every
Most people lie when they say they want community
It's no secret that community is hot. ๐ฅ In days gone by, people would respond to a trend by
Curation is only as good as its maintenance
I've been curating content for a long long time. Before it was even called curation, I was curating.
Monthly Recurring Relationships (MRR)
So, I've been tweeting about an idea of 'Monthly Recurring Relationships' as some kind of community
Live note taking โ a value driven community build tactic
One thing I'm trying out these days is live note-taking at events we host at Orbit. I'
Community growth comes from repeatability
When we think about community and the seduction (or pressure) for growth, how can we create mental models to help
How my Community Initiatives team runs no-code experiments that drive real, statistically significant results
Rosie asked me to share this story that I shared on Twitter originally, and who am I to say no
Be an infinite community player
I stumbled upon this article this week โ a sort of reflection and action statement to Finite and Infinite Games, and
The relationships you have โ boundaries as community builders
Do you ever feel, just.... tired? And you want to be an introvert and not talk to anyone? (wow, you&
Athletes will lead the Community Creator Economy
This past week, many organizations jumped into action given recent NCAA rule changes, but what does this mean for the
The goal of community is not engagement
I've spoken about visions and not ideas in the past and how important it is to work towards
Joyful spaces to discover together. ๐ญโจ
When I think of what drew me to various communities: it is the shared experiences of joy and discovery. Whether
Start virtual, with a goal to meet in real life
Are forums inherently a bad way to build real community?
So, I've been thinking about what makes good communities recently. (Shocking, I know!) One of the things on
Develop a rhythm that is right for you and your community
Starting a community is overwhelming. Think of how it feels for you, as the builder or founder. So many things
When building community, go narrow and deep
Often, our ambitions get in the way of real community building. We dream of big things. Of how the world
The Future of the Community Creator Economy
โI have a bad feeling about thisโฆโ To most people, this is a phrase that you wouldnโt think twice
Media organizations should become more reliant on not only membership, but also community as more than just a business model: itโs a way of functioning as well.
Why? It allows for more relationships and nuance than we currently have in our media environment. Through the power of
The future of professional community roles
I've never liked the job title 'community manager', but until recently it felt like there weren&

Community Building Resources
Community is everywhere, but is it in your user experience?
It's true, community can't be contained to a single forum, chat, or event. It often lives
Try starting with a micro-community
This post is Monica Lent inspired. ๐
What comes first? Persuasion or Community?
"Convincing someone to change their mind is really the process of convincing someone to change their tribe. If they
Communities bring opportunities
One of the biggest questions and challenges of communities is deciding what brings value. Without value, people naturally won'
Change my mind: Marketing should report to community
The Rosieland crew was chatting in our internal Rosieland Slack, when Rosie captured and tweeted one of my off-the-cuff comments:
Calling 'Community' the 'New Marketing' is an offense to our profession
Ok, I know community is the new ๐ฅhot ๐ฅ cool thing. Everyone wants community. It's the new marketing, apparently.
Nomadlist is paying $5k per month for Slack
The role YouTubers, streamers, and gamers played in the community creator economy
These days, when we think of the community creator economy, we often think of a newsletterโs slack channel, a

Community Building Books
A whole list of books related to the art and science of community building.
Supporting People, Programs, and Products with Community
Let's talk about building community strategies that support an organizations people (the team), programs (from marketing to education)
Before you start a community
I wrote recently about obsession of being community-first and thought it would be worth diving more specifically into to the
It doesn't have to be community-first
As much as I love community building, I'm here to be a skeptic too. With all the hype
Building a Brand Community Strategy
200+ Minimum Viable Community Ideas (MVC)
Weโre almost midway through our Rosieland Community Building cohort and we thought the results of a collaboration activity would
Recruiting as a business model
I've been aware of, and been an (admittedly inactive) member of Elpha for a while now. I knew
A community vision is better than a community idea
The whole thing of โvalidating an ideaโ is thrown around so much in the startup and indie world. I nodded
What we can learn from Communities Gone Wild
Communities arenโt something that should be taken lightly โ while yes, communities can be glorious, happy places to be, if
Just because you run a community focused business, it doesn't mean you can't pay people who help you build it.
I had strong ethics when building up Ministry of Testing and always felt uncomfortable asking people to do stuff without
Seven lessons from a legend: Big news gave us some big insights
Team Rosie here (Ali, Danielle, Erin, Leo). Weโre so proud of Rosie Sherryโshe continually shows us what courage,
Helping you think through your community onboarding process
Earlier this week, Danielle asked an important question about the topics we donโt talk about enough in community building:
Get past the introductions โ Or how I built a minimum viable community for indie women
Or how I built a minimum viable community for indie women. Sometimes I just have to write on the spur
How I handed over my community ๐ญ
Good community builders know how to tag
Thereโs certainly an art to community building and much of it comes down to the sheer intention of โstudying
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 โค๏ธ
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 โ An interesting way to host conversations
Subscriptions are the community dreamโthe 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 Idahoโcamping, hiking, and exploring in the world was second nature. The number one principle
A mindset of starting afresh
2020 is so full of ๐ฉ 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

A very big list of community models, frameworks and ideas
Updated September 6th 2022. When I think about building communities I like to check my thinking alongside other community building
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 ๐
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

Building communities around products
Increasingly, communities are the larger parts of the marketing ecosystem, becoming one of the trending topics as of late. But
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
Communities help people stumble upon happiness
Stumbling upon communities brings people all kinds of opportunities, discoveries and real happiness for people. The more communities we create,
Lurk as a Service
Have you heard of the idea of a 'productized service'? First, imagine you run a consultancy or agency
Building a community with introverts in mind
Hey everyone. My name is Rosie Sherry and Iโm an introvert. ๐ When I was young I would literally not
Use your forum as a blog
I noticed today that Airtable use Discourse for their community. They also use it as a way to announce and
Messy and fragmented paid communities
Covid has brought on a new wave of focus on building communities. Alongside this is a strong interest in paid
Building community with email and newsletters
Today I want to address a trend! ๐ Newsletters everywhere can be communities! ๐
You, your community, and all the content
My early days of community building were very much influenced by marketeers and the social web. These days Iโm
Mirror Your Community Flywheel
When you are challenged with growing your community, consider how you can get the word out by creating a '
How to start a community
"Rosie! I want to start a community. Tell me, what should I do?" And I be like.

Community Culture Flywheels
Iโve been stumbling upon flywheels recently, mostly in the context of marketing and business building and it (naturally!) got
Adding value by doing things together
I donโt know about you, but covid has made me rethink so much about community. And especially what community
First Study Your People
All too often I see people dive in head first into building communities. Often on impulse without fully understanding what
Events as core to building community
This is a reflection on my years doing events as part of my community building efforts. The world has definitely
Everything takes longer than you expect
Life is wild. Exciting. And tough all in one. I literally do not know how time is flying by. How
Can you create community in places like Instagram?
So this question comes up often. Would love to know the thoughts around communities being on Instagram. I don'
Creating a community container
If you canโt create an entire digital community garden, how about a container? The best community builders are often
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Rosieland Roundup 245 โ Forums, arguments and kid friendly digital third spaces
Rosieland Roundup 244 โ Organizing, community rounds, community data protection
