5 tips for better communites

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1. 5 tips for better communites
4. •Founded in 2000 •~30 Million in revenue in 2009 •>100 million votes for shirts •100% of the product was designed and curated by the users •Over 2500 designs released. Millions of shirts sold.
6. Even for the veteran, building an online community can be tricky.
7. "I don't design space ships" - @scottvdp
9. control, freedom of speech, creativity, protection, opportunities, motivation, friendship (sense of belonging), territory, sharing - @celinecelines rules, respect, leaders, common interest, ease of use, public/private communication tools, connection types, protective environment, shared belief, membership requirements - @micah
10. 1.Authenticity 2.Purpose 3.Safety 4.Empowerment 5.Trust
11. AUTHENTICITY
12. PURPOSE
13. SAFETY
14. EMPOWERMENT
15. TRUST
16. “The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust” - Abraham Lincoln
17. Resources • How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People ◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSFDm3UYkeE • Please Feed the Unicorns ◦ http://blog.abrah.am/2011/02/please-feed-unicorns-at- apimeetup.html • Real Life Social Network ◦ http://www.slideshare.net/padday/the-real-life-social- network-v2
18. Harper Reed harper@nata2.org @harper