Last week I peopled and it was amazing to speak to my kind of community people in real life.
I got started in community with peopling IRL at meetups. Online is nice, but it will never match the real deal.
Let 2022 be the year I get to meet more of you! π₯³
β Community
- Slow growth β The Rebooting
- What we learned from Substack writers about community building β Bailey Richardson
- Introducing Common Room, the intelligent community growth platform β Common Room
- We all have an audience β Benn Stancil
- Connections Between Permaculture & Systems Practice β Inspiring Communities
- Let's Build a Culture of Valuing Community Experience β Rosieland
- Finding Product/Market Fit with Community β Linda Lian
π Resources, Tools & Communities
- Common Room β intelligent community growth platform. Launched on Product Hunt today. βοΈ
- humand - create a digital community for your company
π Tactics & Operations
- My event facilitation checklist β Nivi Achanta
- Why Moderating Content Actually Does More To Support The Principles Of Free Speech β TechDirt
- Engaging community members on Reddit: 3 original content formats β Elodie Dincuff
- How I Created a System to Transform Communities into Economies and Ecosystems β Osioke Itseuwa
- Encouragement is Actually Important β Ian Vanagas
- 53 Tried-and-tested Engagement Plays For Community β Commsor
π¨ Strategy & Design
- Communities need a budget β Marta Mainieri
- The recipe for building an offline community β Peter Staal
- A Guide For Designing Online Community Governance β Austin Robey
- Do we undervalue the role of personal interest in purpose-driven communities? β Fabian PfortmΓΌller
- The lifecycle of an online community β Osioke Itseuwa
- βYou never know when you need relationships, but when you do, you need them fastβ β Fabian PfortmΓΌller
- A community and a practice are not the same, but they are brilliant together β Emily Webber
- Consolidate your platforms β Tom Ross
π Podcast & Videos
- Collective Intelligence: The Differentiator of Community-Led Growth β Greylock Partners
- #FOSSBack: Bertrand Delacretaz β Surviving large online communities with conciseness and clarity β Plain Schwarz
π The Village
- What does being community-led actually mean?
- What are your thoughts on community βlevelsβ in Orbit and Common Room?
- Is the forum vs. chat dichotomy intrinsic, or a problem that just hasnβt been solved yet?
π©π½βπ» Jobs
- Community Operations Manager β The Business of Community
- Community Manager β Bumble
We currently have β¨ 24 people in our Rosieland Talent Pool β¨. If you're looking for your next community role then join as a candidate or get access if you are actively hiring.
π Events
- π A Rosieland Guide to Community Marketing β Rosieland
- Guild Community Conference
- Community Documentation β Community Opseravations
- The Community Hour: Episode 2 & Pay It Forward!
π News
- Fueled by $52M in funding, Common Room unveils βintelligent community growth platformβ β GeekWire
- Twitter user sentenced to 150 hours of community service in UK for posting βoffensiveβ tweet β The Verge
π¦ Tweets
Who are some unsung leaders in community? Like, not thought leaders, but those who are doing amazing work leading community teams or departments?
— Evan Hamilton (@evanhamilton) March 30, 2022
The answer to "how should I launch my community" is "tell me more about you and why you want a community".
— Matt Mecham (@mattmecham) April 4, 2022
I wonder what I would be doing now if I hadnβt joined @weekendclubHQ π€
— James McKinven (@jmckinven) April 2, 2022
Likely wouldnβt have launched Indie Bites if it wasnβt for the encouragement & accountability from the community.
And without Indie Bites I wouldnβt have met half the new friends and clients I have now π
What are the best examples of onboarding into a community that you've seen, on any platform? I notice that Discord offers an array of options, but have any of them stood out to you as being particularly effective at helping new users feel welcomed and included? π€
— Simon B ξ¨ (@SBkcrn) April 1, 2022
Community can be a powerful multiplier for B2B businesses.
— Ramli John π¨π¦ (@RamliJohn) March 31, 2022
But, most think "B2B" and "community" equal Slack.
It doesn't have to be!
Here are 6 non-Slack community plays for B2B:
Advice for any major brand launching a community.
— Max Rothery (@maximillianroth) March 29, 2022
- Keep a high bar for founding members
- Stay as small as possible
- Measure NPS not growth
- Define vision & values
- Involve members in the roadmap
- Set regular 1:1s for feedback
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