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.

Transcript

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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