Community Builder is out now
I ordered my copy! 🥰
Crafted by Lana Kristine Jelenjev. (Read her LinkedIn launch post)
Practical toolbox for starting and developing a community. More than 40 different tools to help you understand WHO your community members are and what they need from the community. Also to clarify WHY your community exists and HOW to make the best out of it.
Perry Chen and Theaster Gates on Community-Driven Creativity
The Kickstarter co-founder Perry Chen understands how communities can fuel creativity. The artist Theaster Gates knows how creativity can invigorate a community. What happens when they put their heads together?
The 'big society' is long gone. How can we sustain the surge of lockdown volunteers?
From The Guardian
Mutual aid groups flourished in the UK during this pandemic. We need proper state funding if they are to continue to grow
More in the community building world…
- Podcast 254: Code Newbie talks education and community on the web - Stack Overflow 🎧
- Publishing a book through crowdfunding 💪Elena Favilli, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls - GetTogether 🎧
- The perils of impersonation tooling - Ryan Donovan (Stack Overflow)
- How gatsby.js builds community - indiepanda (Indie Hackers)
- Building community beyond events - Hugh Lashbrooke (Wordpress)
- Silicon Valley and “community” - Andy McIlwain
- The Loop: Our Community Roadmap for Q3 2020 - Sarah Chipps (Stack Overflow)
- Create a Community Strategic Plan for the whole team - Alfredo Morresi
- What’s in Your Movement Pantry? - Building Movement Project 📄
- Redemption: My Community Management Career Mistakes (and How To Avoid Them) - Jono Bacon 📺
- 10: Back to Failtown - In Before the Lock 🎧
- Design Jam: Community Building in a Virtual World Part II - Beedie School of Business 🗓
- Local communities and local news need a new economic narrative: Why not create it together? - Reynolds Journalism Institute
🐦 Twitter
Every consumer social company will have a Chief Community Officer.
— Shweta (@shweta_xyz) July 20, 2020
It’s a question of when, not if.
Community management = the future of organisations https://t.co/kEf3UxIna7
— venessapaech (rhymes with cake, she/her) (@venessapaech) July 25, 2020
I'm seeing a lot of talk from VC and entrepreneur folks about "community" or using the word, at least.
— Patrick O'Keefe (@patrickokeefe) July 25, 2020
One thing I would really respect is if you talk up front about how the community will be shut down if your thing fails and put money aside to ensure it's done correctly.
If I’ve learned one thing studying paid communities it’s that Facebook Groups are TRASH.
— Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) July 22, 2020
- highly disorganized
- unintuitive channel features
- poor integration with other content
Someone is about to rise as the paid community platform of choice.
The overlap between community professionals and indie journalism/publishing is immense, especially as publishers move towards member-supported revenue streams.
— Andrew Claremont (@andymci) July 26, 2020
Content and community go hand-in-hand.🕊️#cmgr
What’s So ‘Disruptive’ About AOC Standing Up for Herself? // This is a very good analysis of the language used by the NYTimes to report on this incident and puts the reporting in a broader context on language and power. https://t.co/Q6vUAekk5s
— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) July 25, 2020
Almost all communities have formalized community standards that they ask members to read and accept.
— Noele Flowers (@NoeleFlowers) July 24, 2020
But what communities out there have formalized community *values*? #cmgr
The talk no one will have with you: Twitch income
— Third Artifact (@third_artifact) July 24, 2020
Last year on twitch, I made approximately $10K.
$5K of that Twitch took.
$2K went to taxes.
Of the $10K my community spent on me, I received $3K.
Just let that sink in.
Community first as a business strategy. 🥰
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) July 27, 2020
From @RoamResearch pic.twitter.com/247YMmAUbb
Community first as a business strategy. 🥰
— Rosie Sherry (@rosiesherry) July 27, 2020
From @RoamResearch pic.twitter.com/247YMmAUbb
If I understand the current narrative correctly, Slack is now underrated as a community building tool.
— Charlie Ward (weekendclub.co) ✌️ (@charlierward) July 25, 2020
Lesson of 3yrs building a community based business.
— Naya is away (@bossnayamoss) July 26, 2020
Folks will complain & won’t appreciate you. It may feel like a jab at you & your hard work.
The lesson
Address the complaints, but give your energy & attn to the folks who actively want to get involved & are truely passionate
