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On how Indy Hall is maintaining its community remotely:
Open Hall @Home
One of the biggest aspects of work life lost right now is the casualness and serendipity of interactions with other people, the founder said. So, to mirror its IRL open-house style first Friday events where anyone from the community is welcomed in to the space to meet others and cowork, Indy Hall is trying a virtual Open Hall @Home. Itβs essentially a daylong virtual event where people can come in and out of sessions all day using different platforms or digital tools, if theyβre looking for some casual conversation, to share a cup of coffee through a screen or just to have folks there to keep them motivated.
Anyone have a spare $3500 to spend on a global online community management software market 2020-2026 report? Me neither. π€·π½ββοΈ
COVID-19 is forcing brands to think outside the box - a great example of community action Phylwheel.
One of my favorite brand stories out of the pandemic so far has to be from DoubleTree, an American hotel chain owned by Hilton. On top of free changes and cancellations for new, individual reservations made through June 30, 2020, theyβve also embraced their community in a very sweet way. DoubleTree is well known for its chocolate chip cookies they serve guests at check-in, which have since have developed a cult following, as fans try (and fail) to replicate them with their own recipes. In a stroke of genius, DoubleTree decided to reveal its chocolate chip cookie recipe to the world during the pandemic. The video containing the recipe has been viewed more than 500,000 times. Since the cookies are not part of their primary business model, it doesnβt harm the brand to reveal the recipe. Although, I still imagine that stuffier companies would worry too much about βprotecting the brandβ to reveal recipes like this.
COVID-19 Aftermath: Rise of communities and office productivity - jaack.me

As people are learning how to interact in virtual communities, weβre starting to see a growth of communities that combine multiple approaches, using multiple tools and platforms to maintain the engagement. A community is not a meeting place anymore, itβs a way of being. What one does defines which communities s/heβs in, not the other way around. Community interests are shared across all platforms, that are just a means of best expressing different types of content.
A framework for planning a harvest - Chris Corrigan

Basically the way you use this is in the design process of a gathering. The framework assumes that every conversation, interaction or process will produce outputs and results in all four of these quadrants. If you are not intentional about naming these things, you run the risk of over-focusing on one particular quadrant (usually from the tangible side of the framework). It is entirely possible to do good quality work as a group and destroy group cohesion, trust, and individual commitment. So I have found that supporting a planning team to name outputs in all the quadrants helps them to focus on choosing tools and processes that will be conscious of the effect of their work on the intangibles.
ποΈ Podcasts
- Episode 021 - Michael Sandoval starts a new job and is over all of Digital - How important is on-ramping? - Peers Over Beers
- How the βSingaporean voice of youthβ found cognitive clarity as a community builder π§ Kuik Shiao-Yin, The Thought Collective - GetTogether
- David Finkel on Work/Life Balance and Staying Focused - Conversations with Bacon
- Engagement That Scales β Episode #9: Sahana Chattopadhyay on Leadership as a Quest - The Community Roundtable
ποΈ Events
Upcoming events, let me know if Iβve missed anyβ¦
- Decoded: How a travel community pivoted to virtual experiences - Code Control
- CommChat Virtual Summit β Comm.Chat
π¦ Twitter
Managing a community is hard.
— Jason Jacobs (@jjacobs22) May 21, 2020
When you keep it small the caliber of the discussion is high, but it feels exclusive/unwelcoming.
As community grows, intimacy & the caliber of discussion goes down.
What are some tips to manage this transition effectively? Who has done this well?
Has it been just about building #communities? OR Is it just about bringing people together?
— Shubham Upadhyay (@iamshubhamu) May 21, 2020
Here's my blog on Building an Engaging Communities π₯.
Would love to hear the feedback β€οΈ
πhttps://t.co/8LMmxbAu9zπ#cmgr #Growth
"Community over everything." β I said this in my letter yesterday about @Shopify entrepreneurs, but it also rings true with todayβs news.
— Harley Finkelstein (@harleyf) May 21, 2020
We Shopifolk are a community of risk takers and change makers and together weβre taking this new step toward building our 100 year company. https://t.co/7XDMK7Fajs
Experience, Test, Deliver - evolving digital events. Some background on how we morphed tools & designs for digital events @ifrc Solferino #DigitalTransformation #cmgr https://t.co/avv2Ntg2J2
— HeatherLeson (@HeatherLeson) May 21, 2020
The Era of Sales (1990s)
— Paras Pundir (@iamparaspundir) May 23, 2020
The Era of Marketing (2000s)
The Era of Engagement (Now)
And still, you aren't investing in #community. #CMGR #devrelhttps://t.co/laWp6l55V4
If you're either Building a Community or planning to build one, trust me ENGAGEMENT is something you'll constantly struggle with. This Expert's Roundup is a summary of the best tips by more than a dozen experienced community builders. #cmgr #devrel https://t.co/cc03iVKKFe
— Paras Pundir (@iamparaspundir) May 21, 2020
You can call this marketing, I call this community. β₯οΈ #CMGR https://t.co/jgLelQEmKy
— Abdul Shakur π‘ Investments (@AbdulShakurLdn) May 22, 2020