A couple of weeks ago, Peter Block said the qualities of successful community initiatives were, in his experience, being slow, small and underfunded. We all laughed, but looking around the room, his bravery in saying it seemed to resonate with many of us. Have we been “communitied” to death? Has the abundance of choice, the … Continue reading A Slow Community Movement?
I found another almost intact unpublished post from 2008. It still resonates for me. For you? Will Richardson sent out a tweet today noting the admissions page of the College of the Atlantic. This line caught my eye. (Alas, dead link… this is what happens when you resurrect a 13 year old blog draft. I … Continue reading Community is not a one shot deal
We missed our partner in crime – er- podcasting, Ed (how can life interfere with our podcasts! Alas!) but Matt Moore and I had a fun time yesterday as he recorded our conversation about Slow Communities . We rambled for about 20 minutes, then finished. Afterwards I said – hm, we didn’t get to any … Continue reading Matt and Nancy blather about slow communities
Tonight I’m sharing a few thoughts at ZAAZ about “Slow Community” and I thought I’d share the slides. They can be found here as well as embedded below. This all came out of a blog post a few months back that generated some very interesting comments. In preparation, I pinged my Twitter network – who … Continue reading Thinking about “Slow Community” (particularly online)
photo credit: CaseyLessard Chris Brogan has a great post today on online community management – a must read if you have or are considering an online community in your business or organization. On Managing A Community . I have two “chunks” I’d like to contribute to this conversation/stream of posts/comments. First relates directly to Chris’ … Continue reading Musings on “community management” Part 1