Defining a Community Membership Identity

I presented this as a workshop for CMX Global Connect on 28 April 2020: https://events.cmxhub.com/events/details/cmx-cmx-global-presents-cmx-global-connect/

The worksheet related to this talk is available here: https://bit.ly/membership-identity/

The examples I used in the workshop are from the WordPress community.

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1. Defining a Community
   Membership Identity
   Hugh Lashbrooke
   

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2. What is a Community
   Membership Identity?
   

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3. Your community membership
   identity answers three questions:
   Who am I?
   How should I act?
   What do I believe?
   

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4. What does my community
   value?
   

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5. Let’s get started...
   https://bit.ly/membership-identity
   

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6. Who does your
   community tell
   members they
   are?
   Example:
   I am a unique individual with
   something important to say - my
   thoughts and ideas are valuable.
   I have useful skills that I can use to
   make impactful contributions to the
   broader community.
   

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7. What does your
   community tell
   members they
   should do?
   Example:
   I share my ideas and publish
   content that I care about.
   When I can, I volunteer my time to
   contribute back to the community,
   helping others do the same.
   

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8. What does your
   community tell
   members they
   should believe?
   Example:
   I believe my ideas are valuable and
   it’s worth taking the time to publish
   them.
   I believe in the freedom that
   open-source provides and that I can
   take part in sharing that freedom
   with others.
   

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10. Hugh Lashbrooke
    @hlashbrooke hugh.blog
    automattic.com
    

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