by Dave Bayless | community, facilitation
Strengthening Community Bonds: Why Small-Scale Conversations Matter Small, frequent interactions build trust and belonging, essential for strong communities. Community hosts often overlook these due to scale, resources, or algorithmic focus, weakening bonds and...
by Dave Bayless | community, learning, social networks
Cultivating Serendipity: A Strategic Approach to Professional Growth Deliberately creating opportunities for unexpected connections through cultivated serendipity can significantly enhance the likelihood of discovering valuable insights, collaborations, and career...
by Dave Bayless | case study, community, process automation, video
Using Technology to Solicit Discussion Questions Good questions catalyze great conversations. That said, identifying, storing, recalling, and selecting good discussion questions and then convening the right people to discuss them at the right time aren’t trivial...
by Dave Bayless | community, social networks, video
Cultivating Community is an Endurance Sport An “inside-out” growth strategy is conducive to the cultivation of relationships and trust essential to a collaborative community. However, membership growth is likely to be frustratingly slow for several years...
by Dave Bayless | community, podcast, social networks
The Community Builder Fabian Pfortmüller is a Swiss community builder based in Amsterdam. He’s an experienced entrepreneur, acknowledged innovator, and prolific writer. I had the opportunity to speak with Fabian about cultivating communities from the inside-out...
by Dave Bayless | community
Achieving Individual Goals…Together A community’s purpose provides direction and delineates boundaries. Nevertheless, its members’ motivation to invest their energy stems from their desire to achieve their individual goals. Fabian Pfortmüller at...
