I had a bit of an emotional end to the week.
The company I bootstrapped and founded (but no longer work at day to day) was hit hard by coronavirus as 70% of revenue came from physical events. They pivoted quickly and last week hosted their first online conference. It had raving reviews, which took me and the team by real surprise. Everything just seemed to click.
As the original founder I shed a tear as I looked on from the outside, it’s so hard to completely let go of a community. I’m not sure I ever will.
I hope to write something up from my perspective soon. ❤️
✍️ Blogs, Articles, Resources and News
- Are you really building a community? – Jovian Gautama
- In communities, people like to mimic - Rosie Sherry
- <(-_-)> Star Wars Zoom Backgrounds - John Saddington
- Branding a Virtual Conference - Thomas Harvey
- Let’s stay together: running Community remotely - Isabella de Brito
- How “Good Intent” Undermines Diversity and Inclusion - The Bias
- The Day(s) the Community Died - Community Roundtable
- Early Community and Business Building is About One Thing: Communication - John Saddington
- The Art of Impactful Writing - Hugh Lashbrooke
- When Community Becomes ‘Unessential’ - Tamarack Institute
- Recording: Cultivating an Offline Community Online - Meetup.com
- Workshop Resources: Defining a Community Membership Identity - Hugh Lashbrooke
- Trello as a private community BUT looking for additions - Hai Nguyen
- How to revive a ‘dead’ community’? - Community Folks
- Flywheels And How To Create Content Communities - Andy Johns
- 6 questions to ask if engagement is down - Vanessa Peach
- My First $50 Online (How I Did It) - Gabriel Chuan
- Community Finder - Anna Grigoryan
- How To Do Nothing - Casper ter Kuile
- Virtual Event Overload - Community Chat Weekly #28 - Community Chat
- Product-Led Communities Need Picks and Shovels - Spero Ventures
- Start with Who - Michel Bachmann
- How to Turn Your Conference Virtual: Best Practices from Oktane20 - Oktane20
- Only community can save us now - Matt Mecham
- Community in a Time of Crisis: Thoughts from CMX Global Connect - Martina Pocchiari
- My Empathetic Manifesto: Find More Social Connection to Live a Better Life - Kamel Gazzaz
- Digital transformation: How community and collaboration drive results - David Carr
- To build a community online during a crisis, go live - Adam Tinworth
🎙️ Podcasts
- Conversations with Community Managers – Lili McDonald on Being Comfortable with Community Technology - Community Roundtable
- After Pulse: Developer Relations and Developer Marketing - Community Pulse
- EP54: Getting Event and Content Topic from the Community w/ Zendesk - The C2C Podcast
- From Entrepreneur to Intrapreneur with Jake Hirsch-Allen - Create Community Podcast
- How Internal Communities Can Power the Remote Workforce - Grazitti Interactive
🗓️ Events
Upcoming events, let me know if I’ve missed any…
- Podcast Happy Hour Hangout: "How to Build an Online Community" - Podyssey + GetTogether
- Vanilla Conversations Spring 2020 - Vanilla Forums
- CommChat Virtual Summit - Comm.Chat
🐦 Twitter
my biggest realisation is that building communities is like falling in quicksand. u keep slipping in further & further. u just don't want to get out of it! it's been 9 years now and i don't want to do anything but build communities... #CommunityManager #cmgr #CMXGlobalConnect
— asha chaudhry (@ashaonthebeach) April 28, 2020
I'm always telling myself I don't have enough in my head to write; an essay, a book, whatever. But I just wrote 1400 words without stopping in response to a customer question on Facebook. #cmgr
— Orange Girl 🍊 (@orangegirlnz) April 30, 2020
Building a community isn't easy. There are so many ups & downs along the way that make you question everything you know. However, that first time you *really* see your people connecting--that spark--you remember EXACTLY why you do what you do. Community is powerful y'all. #cmgr
— Holly Firestone (@hollyfirestone) April 30, 2020
Amazed at how well @crayzeigh summed up my own philosophy on Community Management. 😁 #DIDevOps #cmgr pic.twitter.com/eGgYIbmTpn
— Kris Freedain (@KrisFreedain) April 30, 2020
I was explaining to someone yesterday why I love managing online community so much and it came down to helping others connect and the amazing people I’ve met in my career. This is really the best work ever. I love it. With my whole heart. ❤️ #cmgr
— Marjorie Anderson (she/her) (@MarjorieAyyeee) May 2, 2020
