So far, we've covered the micro and the macro aspects of community building. There's one more key element to communities, and that's defining who isn't in your community. This is probably the hardest part, and also the most important. People with good aims--creating strong communities, wanting a thriving business, whatever--tend not to also like being the … Continue reading Making a Community: Inclusion Is Exclusion
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Making a Community: Plan Big
Last week I talked about how keeping your focus narrow and your interactions intimate help create a strong, robust community. Today, I'll talk about how to use this for big plans. Have Goals While the scope and attention should be laser focused on the fandom or experience that binds you all together, it's still important … Continue reading Making a Community: Plan Big
Making A Community: Thinking Small
I know nothing about starting a community, okay? An influencer I am not. But I do spend an inordinate amount of time reflecting on what makes a community and how we help them flourish. Over the next three weeks, I'll be talking about some reflections I have on what I think is important when cultivating … Continue reading Making A Community: Thinking Small
An Excess of Moderation
As you may know from my *ahem* discreet, completely modest, not at all obsessive hints, another activity I engage in is moderating a genre fiction group on Goodreads. People have been saying nice things about the group lately, and I'm quite proud (discreetly and modestly, of course) of the community we're building, the books we're … Continue reading An Excess of Moderation
The Summoner Sisters 