This week I signed up to this Science of Well Being course. It feels appropriate for people who are responsible for building communities.
I have no idea how I will find the time, I’m struggling to find the time to do this newsletter. Maybe mentioning it here will help me keep accountable, or not! 😬
This is what I found this week in the world of communities, hope you ❤️ it.
✍️ Blogs, Articles and News
- The unique benefits of virtual community events - Andy McIlwain
- 7 functionalities that will make the best platform for online community management - Community Folks
- Don’t make your online community a walled garden - Andy McIlwain
- Building community with what you have, an example from Ted - Rosie Land
- Exploring Conference Session Design: The ‘Combo Session’ Approach - Jono Bacon
- Coronavirus: From clapping to kindness, five reasons to be hopeful - BBC News
- Jeff Merrell on Twitter: "Thread / This is a small thing in the moment. But let me share a practice we use to end a class I co-teach, which uses an online community platform as a central element. It’s about showing gratitude to the community.
- COVID-19 & Community Building - Tamarack Institute
- Solidarity Not Charity: Mutual Aid & How to Organize in the Age of Coronavirus - Democracy Now!
- How Reddit’s Coronavirus Community Became A Global Lifeline - Endless Thread
- How to Build a Community like Lyft, Airbnb and Github - Entrepreneur
- How to Build a Vibrant Global Community, Virtually - OpenIdeo
- A Guide to Hosting Virtual Events with Zoom - Alexa Kutler
- How to Keep the Party Crashers from Crashing Your Zoom Event - Zoom
- How to set-up a Zoom meeting to reduce risk from trolls and opponents disrupting your meeting - Powerlabs
- ‘Zoombombing’: When Video Conferences Go Wrong - The New York Times
🎙️ Podcasts
- Conversations with Community Managers – Alex Blanton Community Manager Podcast, Alex Blanton, Microsoft - The CR Podcast
- How Online Communities are Responding to Coronavirus COVID-19 - Community Signal
- The Ethical DevRel (Episode 45) - Community Pulse
- How Thumbtack Empowers Local Small Business Owners w/ Marie Paoli - Co-matter podcast
- Episode 016 - "Why Start A New Business?" with Special Guest Erica Kuhl - Peers Over Beers
- Resources to successfully start your community management career - Let's Talk Community
- EP50: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on The Power of Community - The C2C Podcast
📰 Industry News
- CMX Summit 2020 – Live or Virtual, the Show Will Go On! - CMX
- A Quick Message to Our Community - Community by Association
- Why Community Moderation Matters: A Conversation with Izzy Neis and Carlos Figueiredo - CMX
- The Best Content For Customer Communities - FeverBee
- Crisis Engagement Guidelines - The Community Roundtable
- Don’t Spend A Lot Of Time On Posts Few People See - FeverBee
- Why I'm Not Doing Social Distancing - Vanilla Forums
- In Praise of Normality - FeverBee
- How Companies are Handling COVID-19 in Their Communities - Vanilla Forums
- Bringing IRL Events Online with Jake McKee - The Community Roundtable
- 20+ creative virtual event ideas to engage your community remotely - Toasty.ai
