This week in community building - Issue 32

Well, everything feels a bit busy at the moment!

There are new podcasts that I’ve discovered (Together Apart and In Before the Lock). Together Apart is with Priya Parker, I loved her book and I’ve already started tucking into her podcast.

I was pulling this newsletter together and I realised there are quite a few community events happening. It made sense to group them together this week.

Also, for those that know of my one page community resource…I’ve upgraded it. Whoop! I felt I outgrew what it was and I kept wanting to add more things. So, instead I moved it all over to an open Notion workspace. I’m adding more to it now as I go along - videos, articles, books, websites, snippets…etc! It’s essentially an open and living notebook on community building.

Let me know if you find it useful.

Onwards…

🗓️ Events

• Admission Online #2 - Encouraging Community - Vito
• CMX Global Connect - CMX
• Zoom Out – Tony Bacigalupo
• Cultivating an offline community online with Carrie Melissa Jones – Meetup.com
• Vanilla Conversations Spring 2020 - Vanilla Forums
• CommChat Virtual Summit - Comm.Chat

✍️ Blogs, Articles, Resources and News

• Midges, my writing process, and getting in the trenches as a community manager – Andy McIlwain
• AMAs as a practical community building technique – Rosie Sherry
• Online Events Aren’t Easy. This Guide Will Help. – Alex Hillman
• The Campfire Principle for Community - Carrie Melissa Jones & Charles H. Vogl
• 5 Ways Cities Reducing Poverty Members are Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis – Tamarack Institute
• The Future of Online Events on Meetup – Meetup.com
• [Video] Back to Basics: How to Build a Community With Your People – Stripe / People & Co
• What is an audio community? Clubhouse takes over - CommChat
• Gone Remote: Staying Connected with Communities and Customers - Validity Inc
• ‘Singing with people connects you’: how four UK streets are living with lockdown - The Guardian

🎙️ Podcasts

• Ambassador Programs, Empathy Programs, and Random Coffees Can Build Thriving Communities – Community Signal
• Engagement That Scales – Episode #4: Leading Compassionately Through a Crisis – The Community Roundtable
• Conversations with Community Managers – Ashleigh Brookshaw and Meghan Bates on Change Management – The Community Roundtable
• Casper ter Kuile, author of “The Power of Ritual” and co-host of "Harry Potter and the Sacred Text" – GetTogether
• Developer Relations and Developer Marketing (Ep 46) – Community Pulse
• How is This Night Different Than All Other Nights? – Together Apart
• Light At The Middle of the Tunnel – Together Apart
• You Can't Put the Baby Back In – Together Apart
• Join the circus – In Before the Lock
• The next normal – In Before the Lock
• Sell the why – In Before the Lock
• Secrets to healthy and productive online communities - This Teaching Life
• S2EP15: Transform Zoom Fatigue and Energize Your Community with this Assessment Tool - Virgil Stucker and Associates

📰 News & Company Updates

• The New Normal: How COVID-19 Will Impact Your Community Strategy in the Long Run – CMX
• Don’t Launch Groups Too Soon – FeverBee
• Community FAQ: Help me convince my boss watercooler threads are important! – The Community Roundtable
• Tracking And Responding To Search Traffic – FeverBee
• An invitation to talk shop with People & Company. – People & Co
• Social and Self-Expression – FeverBee
• Checking Your Community’s Page Speed – FeverBee

💬 Tweets