A Simple Way To Be Better At Building Online Communities

Read about community development.

Forget all about the internet for a weekend. Discover the ideas of people who have been building communities for centuries. If you enjoy building communities, then this should be a lot of fun.

Dig as deep into the theory of community development and pull out a few great ideas. It’s an easy way to be better than other community builders.

Communities are about people, not technology.

Here are three books to get you started.

• Cultivating Communities of Practice
• Community Building: What Makes It Work
• Building Powerful Community Organizations