π π My heart, mind and efforts are with Ukraine this week. I ask that you seek to support them in any way you can. π π
π€ I switched publishing and email platforms to Ghost, you may have noticed a few changes.
β Articles & Blogs
- π² Fostering a Healthy & Active Online Community β Obsidian Roundup
- Lessons learned from six-years leading a community of practice β Scott Colfer
- Furtherfield: The Power of Art and Play in Imagining New Worlds β David Bollier
- Always Be Onboarding: Creating Community Arcades β Ian Vanagas
- Issue #57: Community and Belonging β Vanessa Mason
- Community leadership: is member enthusiasm more important than strategy? β Fabian PfortmΓΌller
- Building Your Engagement Ladder: Five Practices to Start Advocating for Resilience β Strong Towns
- Demystifying Discord Threads β Heather Merrick
- Online Abuse in the Metaverse Untangled β Web Foundation
- That broken tech/content culture cycle β Anil Dash
π€ Podcasts
- Episode 001: Gabriel Ghiglione β Connect Dots
- Dev communities - a devtools discussion with Rosie Sherry β DevTools
- Finding Great Members by Being a Great Member with Dan Bennett, AKA The Antipreneur β The Community Experience
π©π½βπ» Jobs
- Technical Writing Community Manager β Draft.Dev
We currently have β¨ 20 people in our Rosieland Talent Pool β¨, join as a candidate or get access if you are hiring.
π Events
- Workshop: Facilitating Community by Hosting Office Hours βΒ Gwyn Wansbrough and Tatiana Figueiredo
- π A Rosieland Guide to Community Marketing β Rosieland
π Resources, Tools & Communities
- Voice Blasts β A new social audio community for founders
- Dots β Scale your community while keeping it personalοΈ
- The Commoners Catalog for Change Making β David Bollier
π News
- Clubhouse adds text-based chat rooms for the mic shy β TechCrunch
- Being a Facebook Metaverse βCommunity Guideβ Seems Like a Nightmare Job β Vice
π¦ Tweets
Know the difference:
— Stephen Scott (@sscotty) February 27, 2022
Loneliness feels empty.
Solitude feels full.
to build community:
— Grace Lu (@gracelu_creator) February 27, 2022
β’ determine your core mission & values
β’ onboard your most hardcore members first
β’Β create a consistent weekly schedule
β’Β connect members with one another
β’ establish special titles & group rituals
what else would you add to this list?
Who does small groups, salons or micro-communities well?
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) February 27, 2022
π Last year I stopped onboarding community members individually and now only launch cohorts. Here's why...
— Michelle Sims (@MichelleSims_) February 9, 2022
* Automation
* Clear benchmarking
* Healthy competition
* Scale quicker without sacrificing quality
Trying to break my lifelong habit of addressing my communities collectively by βhey guysβ as I recognise itβs not the most gender inclusive. What do you use?
— Tom Ross πΊπ¦ (@tomrossmedia) February 22, 2022
New: The Periodic Table of Community Strategy β a free, essential, visual guide to successful online community building β I think Iβve made a beautiful thing! What do you think? πβ°#CommunityStrategy #Infographic #CommunityManagerhttps://t.co/3BY00kZoi9
— Michelle Goodall (@greenwellys) February 22, 2022
I want to help you = audience
— Sara Candela πΊπ¦ (@Scandela9) February 21, 2022
I want to help you help each other = community