Why virtual conferences are antisocial (but they don’t have to be)
By Gretchen McCulloch
With two such promising ingredients, it almost seems like the combination of online + conference should be better than an offline conference. What went so spectacularly wrong? And it’s not just one lackluster event — why is an enjoyable online conference so difficult across the board?
Community Psychology PhD Chronicles, Pt. 2
By Cari Patterson
reach out to others connecting networks of similarly minded people you have to know who they are you have to have sufficient credibility, respect, and/or trust with them
🌤 Rosieland
- Building a Community on Lifetime Membership [Pro]
- The Community Building Iceberg
- What is your community product? [Pro]
✍️ Articles
- Community Apprenticeship — Patrick McCrann
- 😍 End Subscription Stress,The Value of Forums, and Creative Video Spaces — David Nichols
- Why virtual conferences are antisocial (but they don’t have to be) — Gretchen McCulloch
- Social Tokens and Creator-Centric Economies — Digital Natives
- Audience-building is not Community-Building — Arvid Kahl
- Who will launch local newsletters in the suburbs? — Simon Owen
🎙 Podcasts & Videos
- Developer Relations (with Sai Senthilkumar of Redpoint) — The Swyx Mixtape
- Becoming the Voice of Your Community Members with Nicole Burch — Community Corner
- The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Data-Driven, Community-Centered Planning — Bottom Up Revolution
🗞 News
- Meet the ‘absolutist’ with the Section 230 tattoo on Google’s new misinformation policy team — DigiDay
- Post-pandemic shifts means Patch will take co-working to UK small towns and suburbs — TechCrunch
- ‘Revolutionary in a quiet way’: the rise of community gardens in the UK — The Guardian
- The NFT Scammers Are Here — The Verge
- Bake Off meets Brassed Off - how a community bakery became a showstopper — BBC
- Stronger communities are emerging out of the wreckage of the pandemic — The Guardian
🐦 Tweets
Just heard @evanspiegel say ‘competition doesn’t drive innovation, focusing on your community of customers does’ and that really hit home.
— Harry Hurst (@harryhurst) September 18, 2021
Most people don't join communities for belonging.
— SPINKS | spinks.eth (@DavidSpinks) September 22, 2021
They join to solve a problem or achieve a goal.
It's only once they form relationships that they'll cite belonging as their motivation.
Lesson: to grow your community promote benefits, not belonging.
🧊 The Community Building Iceberg pic.twitter.com/YXVTqVrf8d
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) September 26, 2021
It’s okay to launch initiatives in your community that aren’t focused on scale. Host an accountability club, yoga Fridays, etc. small events like this can still make a big impact on members. #100DaysOfCommunity
— Max Pete | onehandwonderman.eth (@Max_Pete) September 27, 2021
1/ After months of planning, we're excited to announce:
— 🌐 Community Conference 2021 (@community_conf) September 25, 2021
🌐 The Community Conference 2021
This FREE event will be hosted on Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces. We will be bringing together some of the best community leaders from around the world.https://t.co/ZaOaybSMjy pic.twitter.com/p9KjgfXth5
You don’t need marketing.
— corrales.eth (@corycachola) September 26, 2021
You don’t need positioning.
You don’t need an offer.
You don’t need products.
You don’t need a niche.
You don’t need a large audience.
You need a massive purpose.
Everything is created based off that.
What’s not created is attracted to it.
Describe community with an image.
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) September 25, 2021
📸 Lurkers#100DaysOfCommunity pic.twitter.com/qvftJM3KFv
