Iβve been diving deeper and deeper into the world of communities. This newsletter keeps me accountable to search, find and share every single week.
Sometimes, nothing beats the input from the people.
Hereβs a Tweet that sent me down a rabbit hole! π°
Who writes on community building?
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) June 11, 2020
Iβm looking to find some Iβm not aware of.
Drop some links π
π What I found this week
The Loop: Feedback Frameworks: How Stack Overflow communities compile and use feedback on our product teams.

- Diversity in conference speakers: Some things I remind myself to do β Tony Bacigalupo
- Why the next professional network will look nothing like LinkedIn β Brianne Kimmel
- Use this segmentation grid to plan your community outreach - Patrick Woods
- The Decade of Community β John Saddington
- Lessons in Leadership, For Turbulent Times β Clayton Dorge
- How To Create Community Member Personas β Carrie Melissa Jones
- A Guide to Giving Circles: How groups of friends are pooling resources for long-term change β Get Together
- Building inclusive communities - Q&A with Danielle Hines of CREED63 β Tony Bacigalupo
- If Adam Grant were to be a Community Manager β The Community Manifesto
- WhatsApp now has group calls β stay away from it if you donβt support Facebook, sounds like itβs essentially run on Facebook Messenger technology π¬
From Tamarack Community, Facilitating Co-Design Virtually:
- Phase One on Sharing Diverse Perspectives
- Phase Two on Forming a Common Vision
- Phase Three on Building New Ideas
- Phase 4: Aligning on Ideas
π§ #podcast
- Trumpβs Executive Order is a Danger to Online Communities β Community Signal
- Building a Human-Centered Social Network with Meena Palaniappan β Cohere
- Engagement That Scales β Episode #11: Jeremiah Owyang on the Changing Ways We Communicate β The Community Roundtable
- [Bonus] How We Can Support The Black Lives Matter Movement β C2C Podcast
- Community Talks Ep 6: Evolution of Video Strategy for Community Stakeholders β Grazitti Interactive
- Graduation: A Sunset Rise β Together Apart
- Eat Out Madrid - Uniting Foodies With Valentina Ruffoni β Create Community
π¦ #tweets
When starting a community, Start with Who by @michelbachmann https://t.co/8pxdvuEpqh #cmgr
— Anfernee Chansamooth (@anferneec) June 15, 2020
Why is community management #CMGR support or training so expensive. We need to make it more accessible to businesses and organisations so they can understand and harness the power of communities.#MissionPossible
— Abdul Shakur π‘ Investments (@AbdulShakurLdn) June 11, 2020
Actually, aiming for a middle-ground here for modern software -- a healthy mix of brand and community support. #cmgr History of Software Development - Part 1 - https://t.co/L153TDVkyp https://t.co/JKJGVMQKJc pic.twitter.com/tC7mCLtSC5
— Chris Hemedinger (@cjdinger) June 11, 2020
How I'm trying to improve the show rate for some @IndieHackers meetups I'm organising. pic.twitter.com/oK7ajHfRiu
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) June 12, 2020
Community is where and how we get to shape culture. That can look like holding space for healing, a place to be seen and celebrated, somewhere to plan and take action. Community is not a quick shortcut to βoutputsβ - itβs about what the connections between us support and empower.
— Lou Woodley (@LouWoodley) June 10, 2020