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The Platform For Belonging

The Platform For Belonging

Our communities are separated into silos. How do we gather in the dawn of technological advancement? The talk focuses on what communities are; creating, growing and sustaining them.

Presented at Hybrid Conf 2015.

Karolina Szczur

August 20, 2015
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  1. THE PLATFORM
    FOR BELONGING

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  2. Our communities are separated
    into silos; they are a collection of
    institutions and programs
    operating near one another but not
    overlapping or touching.
    —Peter Block

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  3. We’re living in the world of
    technological connectedness
    and emotional detachment.

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  4. We participate in flea markets
    of human interaction.

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  5. How will we gather
    in the dawn of technological
    advancement?

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  6. WHAT IS
    COMMUNITY?

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  7. The desire for interpersonal
    attachment may well be one of the
    most far-reaching and integrative
    constructs currently available to
    understand human nature.
    —Roy Baumeister and Mark Leary

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  12. WHAT DOES IT
    MEAN TO BELONG?

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  13. Communities are
    platforms for belonging.

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  14. Society operates on
    the idea of fitting in.

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  15. People are building
    blocks of communities.

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  16. How do we make
    everyone feel welcome?

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  17. WHAT MAKES A
    GOOD COMMUNITY?

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  18. Communities are as strong as
    bonds between its members.

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  22. Commitment comes from
    different motivations.

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  23. Good leadership is necessary
    but misunderstood.

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  24. We are fascinated with out
    leaders. That’s all that counts
    is what leaders do.
    —Peter Block

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  25. Leadership was never about
    power, but empowerment.

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  26. Caring for persons, the more
    able and the less able serving
    each other, is the rock upon
    which a good society is built.
    —Robert Greenleaf

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  27. We cannot coexist without
    effective, emphatic way to talk
    to each other.

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  28. Communication is the mortar
    that holds together whatever
    structure you decide to build.
    —Colin Wright

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  29. HOW DO WE FAIL AT
    BUILDING COMMUNITIES?

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  30. Our communities
    are exclusive.

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  31. Inclusion is inherently about
    exclusion.
    —Elle McCann

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  32. We only diversify
    endpoints.

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  33. We are full of egos.

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  34. We require
    uncompromised passion.

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  35. We expect more from
    technology and less from
    each other.
    —Sherry Turkle

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  36. We misplace attention.

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  40. HOW DO WE IMPROVE
    OUR COMMUNITIES?

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  41. Enabling participatory culture
    —building with, not for.

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  42. Redefining leadership.

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  43. Giving back the courage to
    claim what’s rightfully ours.

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  44. Embracing and practicing
    vulnerability.

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  45. Fostering candour and
    empathy.

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  46. Empathy conveys one simple
    acknowledgment: You are not
    alone.

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  47. Learning non-violent
    communication.

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  48. Shifting from quantitive diversity
    to qualitative inclusivity.

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  49. Enforcing behavioural
    norms and conflict handling.

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  50. Deemphasising bad
    actors.

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  51. Vocalising zero tolerance
    policies with Code of Conduct.

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  52. Building frameworks for
    reporting rule violations.

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  53. Our future understanding of what
    makes for healthy, safe, and
    sustainable Internet communities will
    hopefully make us embarrassed of
    this era.
    —Adam Brault

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  54. Let’s make the future
    worth being proud from.

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