Month: October 2012

One of the first things to look for in a community plan is the amount of interactive activities. What has the organization planned to facilitate

You can go the extra mile, If you know lots of members are attending the same event, you can arrange meet-ups between them. You can

I stole this graph from this paper. It’s a good data set. Let’s figure out what’s happening here:  Looking at the data above, what do

Book clubs have been a staple of traditional communities for generations. These can be used for online communities too. Ask members to put together a

I work most mornings from a café just down the road. Most of our clients have met me there at least once.  I can predict,

The type of community changes what happens in the community. A common mistake is not to align what happens in the community with its type.

I don’t think we should be fascinated by the rise of niche social networks. I think we should be fascinated by the endurance of niche social