Take what you need…
August resources round-up!
Happy Friday!
“Take what you need” is set to be a monthly round-up of resources I come across, consume, and look forward to, that are absolutely worth sharing. As the name implies, dig in and take what you need.
This month’s covers events, social media posts, articles, podcasts and lots more. Keep reading to find them.
Read
‘…looking for a sharper way to lead meetings, where you give everyone a voice but keep on track’, then read Six Thinking Hats (Community Edition)
10 Tips for Building Thriving Developer Communities - check it out
The golden rule that answers ALL community struggles, according to Beginner Maps. Very detailed, practical, and rich perspective.
How to get members to attend your events - read more
How To Drive Engagement with Gamification for Virtual Events; how incorporating game-like elements such as points, leaderboards, and rewards into events — can be a compelling solution to event engagement.
Watch
How to build a community program that scales with Global Head of Community at Canva. Put together by Community Inc. 👇🏽
Community Dissection: The Best Community-Centered Product 👇🏽
Community Dissection: A High Impact Brand Community that Isn't Sale-sy 👇🏽
Listen
Bri Leever launched a podcast recently and being a fan of her Community Dissection series on YouTube, I’m so plugged in. In each episode, she brings on a community expert to advise on anonymous letters from real-life community creators in distress. Check it all out!
I have been binge-listening to the Get Together podcast starting from their oldest. These are great - How a community uptown comes together to run and The simple idea that spread Margret Aldrich of Little Free Library
Advice is a Silent Community KILLER by People Magic: How to Build a $1M Community
Attend
Led by Community is kicking off an event series and the first one comes up on 4th September (Next Wednesday), tagged Closing The Year Strong: Top 5 Community Action Items for You. You can sign up here!
Community Learning Labs with Brian Oblinger - will cover guidance and best practices as you define your community strategy, select a vendor, implement the solution, and continue to drive long-term growth. Sign up
Community for Africa will be hosting a workshop tagged “How To Scale Up Your Career in Community Management” with Tabitha Kavyu, the Senior Community Manager at AltSchool Africa. Happening tomorrow (Saturday 31st August). Sign up here
Socials
Announcement
Over the next few weeks, I will be hanging out with some of my seasoned community friends to chat about how to navigate the mental and emotional stress that comes with being a community manager. Starting in September, I will feature a new interview every week. Stay tuned for the first one!
Tuned in!