by Dave Bayless | community, facilitation
Is Cereal Soup? For YouTube, “engagement” need not mean much, which leads to content of the “Is Cereal Soup?” variety. We community hosts are better off focusing on cultivating the trust required for collaboration. That means starting small and...
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...
by Dave Bayless | community, learning, models, video
What Does It Mean to be Smart? Increasingly, being smart means collaborating with others who are smart in complementary ways. By curating connections and facilitating productive conversations, we’re trying to help smart individuals become even smarter together....
