โ๏ธ It's very sunny in Rosieland today. When there is sun and no rain, that means there are no rainbows!
โ๏ธ Ponder of the week
I'm pondering the fact that perhaps one of the greatest opportunities we have is to rebuild companies as communities.
โฌ๏ธ The downturn
The lows are coming for many startups, Clubhouse included as several core people within their team have left. However, there's some good prediction and insights on Clubhouse. Technically and audio speaking, the product is probably ahead of the likes of Twitter Spaces and Discord.
Much of my problem with it, for me, is being bombarded with lots of irrelevance. Remove the irrelevant spaces, the hype, and the annoying notifications and I may actually consider using it if it can provide a safe space for my community.
If you're looking for a job, check out the Rosieland job board.
Crypto is also currently taking a huge downward dip ๏ธโฌ๏ธ, this post on predatory community is worth a read.
They later find out that the โall-female led projectโ created by โCindyโ, โKeldaโ, and โAndreaโ was in fact created by a group of three white men.
Personally, I still just cannot bring myself to do anything web3 related. Every time I comment on the negativity of web3 there is always someone popping up to protect it. Which is fine. I would do the same for my 'community industry'. However I also think it's important for people to see that there are people who are not into crypto, it's so easy to believe that everyone is into it when there is so much hype.
โค๏ธ Sticking with the heart of community practice
You canโt build or own communityโI like to remind myself about this kind of perspective when building community.
Iโm not sure if I entirely agree with it, but at the same time I donโt really disagree.
I think in my mind I think more in terms of โyou canโt own communityโ. I feel like Iโve created conditions to build community in the past, I just donโt own it.
You canโt make someone love you.
You canโt force respect.
You canโt mandate care.
And you canโt build community.
Please be careful with talk of building community.
Community is a consequence of many contextual relationships intertwining over time, more like a meadow than legos.
Nora Bateson
The above comes from David Gurteen's Conversational Leadership Blook, I discovered it recently and it's a total gem!
๐ IRL events are hot topic atm!
Events are not community, but the best events (imhro - in my humble rosie opinion) are community driven events.
Nathan Barry talks about the value of events for careers. Brian Morrissey shares some good event advice. Over on our Twitter Community Jeremy Fojut asks if there is a future for networking only events. Then Beth Vanderkolk asks how to track the success of events.
And on the topic of events, here are two worth looking at:
- Building Belonging Community Conversation. I'll be there and Laure is ace!
- Community Unconference led by James Cattell who is also awesome!
Other good reads for this week:
- Magic on WhatsApp: A Case Study by Nivi Achanta
- The five principles: safety and support form Hugh Lashbrooke
๐ Book find of the week
- Design for belonging by Susie Wise.
๐ฆ Tweets of the week
Conference speakers who donโt use slides, please be aware, hearing-impaired audience members may lose context and not be able to understand everything. I depend on at least pictures to give concepts & context. Hearing aids arenโt always enough for me & others.
— lisacrispin (@lisacrispin) June 9, 2022
How on a CV would you best share your involvement in the community?
— Ministry of Testing (@ministryoftest) June 10, 2022
Make hypocrisy embarrassing again. https://t.co/R9KBvkj2w5
— Derek Powazek (@fraying) June 11, 2022
What is one transferrable skill for working in the community field?
— David Nebinski (@DavidNebinski) June 10, 2022
Helping people.@rosiesherry has been working in the community field for 15+ years.
If you want to learn how to build a career in the community field, check out episode 218 with Rosie ๐
I struggle with the conflict that:
— Peter Yang (@petergyang) June 9, 2022
1. NFT membership is for your true fans who should want to hold your NFTs
2. You only make recurring revenue from secondary royalties (e.g. when fans sell your NFTs)
Any thoughts about this?
3 underrated community skills:
— Max Rothery (@maximillianroth) June 9, 2022
- strategic thinking
- data analysis
- ability to create proper vibes
Idk who needs to hear this today but not every communityโs core goal is growth.
— Jamie Langskov (@techlorax) June 6, 2022