Another week, another newsletter. I struggled this week and I feel sad that I didn’t get to do all the things I wanted to.
But at least I got this done, whoo hoo. Onwards! ❤️
✍️ Blogs, Articles, Resources and News
- On the other side - Erica Kuhl
- What comes after Zoom? - Chris Harper
- Five Personal Tips For Speakers Who Are Speaking At Virtual Conferences - MyCamp.Rocks
- If Slack were built for online communities... - Patrick Lorenzut
- How to Incentivize Moderators in 2020 - Experts’ Roundup - Community Folks
- How Work Will Evolve in a Digital Post-Pandemic Society - Dion Hinchcliffe
- 10 things we learned at the Virtual GCUC Unconference - GCUC
- Coronavirus: The posters spreading kindness across London - BBC
- Is Zoom the next big community tool? - Community Chat Weekly
- Being 'muted' in a game does not violate your civil rights, US federal court - PC Gamer
- How to Connect to your Local Community - Maria Chiozzi
- After coronavirus, the penny has dropped that wellbeing isn’t individual but social - The Guardian
- Ethical community management in a struggling world - Games Industry
- Researching a Reputation System for Online Social Communities - Jule Landwehr
- Brands recalibrate to community-building during quarantine - Mobile Marketer
- Health is Membership - Wendell Berry
- Leveraging COVID-19 to Create a More Resilient Community - The Revelstoke Women’s Shelter
🎙️ Podcasts
- Mårten Mickos on Hacker Powered Security and Building Businesses - Conversations with Bacon
- Episode 019 - "A Look Back at Community and What to Expect in the Future" with Special Guest Brian Oblinger - Peers Over Beers
- Engagement That Scales – Episode #3: Thoughtfully Moving Events Online Thoughtfully Moving Events Online - Conversations with Community Managers
- EP52: How To Measure How “Enriching” Your Community Is w/ Team RWB - The C2C Podcast
- Brian Oblinger Brian Oblinger on Community and Customer Experience - Conversations with Community Managers
🐦 Tweets
Habits are the soul of mental health.
— Nick Wignall (@ndwignall) April 15, 2020
Everything from biology to social environment plays *some* role in our mental health. But for most of us, the thing we have the most control over is our habits.
Here are 4 habits everyone should build to improve their mental health…
A key role for community builders and organisers is all about "Creating Space and Opportunity"#ABCD #CommunityBuilding@deebrooks101 pic.twitter.com/msI8mi34sp
— Jeder Institute (@jederinstitute) April 16, 2020
Zoom is not meant for social things with 8+ people.
— Nat Eliason (@nateliason) April 18, 2020
You'd never stand in a circle of ten people with just one talking at a time.
We need some kind of chat tool that allows natural sidebars, maybe with the other people still talking but quieter?