Hybrid Communities

This was a collaborative session that featured some brainstorming areas that have been incorporated in their correct context within this slide deck.

We're heading deeper into a hybrid future - usually envisioned as in-person events with an online component included. While this is certainly a great way to allow for events to accommodate people who cannot attend in person, what if we could do more? What if we could build an entire community that brings people together in multi-faceted and impactful ways, regardless of where they are in the world? These hybrid communities can go far beyond events and can bring together people in ways they never thought possible. Let's explore what this future will look like and how you can start building a hybrid community today.

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1. Hybrid
   Communities
   Integrating online & offline experiences
   

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2. What is a hybrid community?
   

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3. ...facilitates valuable online connections...
   ...strengthened by in-person interactions
   A hybrid community...
   

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4. How can we connect online &
   offline spaces?
   

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5. How can we connect online
   & offline spaces?
   Tweet-ups used to
   be a thing back in
   the noughties.
   Maybe something to
   think about post
   COVID
   E-sport viewing
   Joint online and
   offline events
   Advocacy to action
   Conferences, AGMs
   and customer
   forums - including
   research/focus
   groups
   Workshop
   Mentimeter for
   checking in on
   sentiment and
   other questions
   Mentoring
   Professional
   learning
   User groups
   Live brainstorming
   - google docs /
   miro
   Third screening
   Brainstorming session
   

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6. Provide accessible platforms
   for collaboration and
   connection
   Tools
   Creating equity
   Create practical content to
   teach your community new
   skills
   Training
   Collaborate with your
   community to facilitate
   interactions
   Teamwork
   

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7. What do you look for in
   platforms and tools?
   

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8. Live interactions
   Asynchronous conversations
   Accessibility
   Localisation
   Multimedia
   Documentation
   Open-source licencing
   Platform
   considerations
   

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9. What do in-person events
   look like for a hybrid
   community?
   

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10. What do in-person events look
    like for a hybrid community?
    Live demos
    Play along
    Cook along
    Make along
    Coming together to
    celebrate
    milestones
    Small in-person groups
    as ‘breakouts’ from a
    larger online group,
    have to report back to
    online space
    Virtual breakouts
    and post session
    catch ups in a
    virtual setting
    Checking back in
    and linking
    members throughout
    the event
    Making sure it’s
    recorded
    Physical pack sent
    for live stream -
    “phygital”!
    Augmenting the pre-
    and post-event
    stages, introducing
    and connecting
    participants
    Ask-me-anything with
    a video-stream
    speaker and type-back
    questions as well as
    in-person questions
    Brainstorming session
    

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11. ...involve collaborative discussions...
    ...that flow from online interactions
    In-person events...
    

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12. What about existing
    communities?
    

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13. How can existing communities
    adopt a hybrid model?
    Open labs
    Lightning talks
    Build a community
    of practice among
    local event
    organisers
    Ambassador
    programs
    Gamify pre, during
    and post
    engagement
    Have a ‘local cmty
    mgr’ how-to pack
    for those hosting
    in-person events
    Brainstorming session
    

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14. The Three S’s
    Provide an accessible space
    for your community to connect
    and interact
    Space
    Build rules and guidelines
    indicating how the community
    will function
    Structure
    Prompt your community
    to initiate discussions
    and make introductions
    Seeds
    

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15. Use accessible tools to collaborate with your community,
    providing relevant training that meets their needs
    on a platform that enables authentic connections
    to inform in-person interactions.
    In summary...
    To grow an equitable, hybrid community, you must:
    

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16. Further reading...
    

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17. @hlashbrooke
    hugh.blog
    learn.wordpress.org
    automattic.com
    Hugh Lashbrooke
    

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