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TL;DR I watched this TEDx talk as I've been learning more about what actually makes a community work. The speaker gives a simple framework: start with a clear purpose, know who you're building for, an…
The core reading, plus the recurring research that tells you what the profession is actually doing. Books Get Together — Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh and Kai Elmer Sotto on building communities with…
The unglamorous half of community work. These are the references and peer communities we would point a new moderator or community manager at. The Community Manager Handbook — Advice and lessons from d…
Two separate questions here: how creators convert an audience into recurring support, and how organisations justify a community program internally. The first three entries are vendor sites. Patreon — …
Worth knowing what else exists, and what each design optimises for. Most of the entries below are vendor sites — read them as product positioning, not neutral analysis. The last one is independent. Di…
Launching a community and sustaining one are different problems. These resources cover both: attracting the first members, and keeping participation alive once the novelty has worn off. Get Together —…
Community building has a body of practice behind it. These are the frameworks and organisations we point people to when they are designing a community from scratch, or trying to work out why an existi…
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