{"id":2630,"date":"2020-07-15T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T16:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2021-06-23T18:06:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T22:06:28","slug":"recording-learn-the-art-and-science-of-growing-a-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-learn-the-art-and-science-of-growing-a-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: Learn the Art and Science of Growing a Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>David Spinks, Founder of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cmxhub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CMX<\/a> discusses the art and science of growing a community. Learn how to create a strategy to grow and support your community in a changing landscape and how to overcome challenges faced by community leaders at all levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moderated by Greg Giusti, GM of Meetup for Business who oversees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/lp\/meetup-pro\">Meetup Pro<\/a>, which enables organizers to easily scale their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Spinks Meetup Live\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dttWNl-k-uo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Takeaways:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The pandemic has shown us how important community is. I think we\u2019ll see a whole new level of appreciation for community and a craving for community. And businesses have an opportunity to create a curated community.<br>If you are creating a community for a business, think about the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cmxhub.com\/the-space-model\/%E2%80%A9\" target=\"_blank\">SPACE model<\/a> (or SPACES model) to demonstrate how your community creates value.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Delegation is important for growing a business. How many times have we seen the solo community manager spread really thin? If you are managing everything, you are the bottleneck to growth. <\/li><li>Resources mentioned:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cmxhub.com\/the-7ps-of-community\/#:~:text=I%20always%20ask%20this%20question,forms%20in%20our%20personal%20and\" target=\"_blank\">The 7Ps of community<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/icebreaker.video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Icebreaker<\/a> is a fun speed networking service. You can also check out <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1McbYMJKHiU5u7Y_9Oz9-SjJ4iJVCBMgJ2IMP70VeZpQ\/edit#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\">this spreadsheet <\/a>with a list of virtual platforms&nbsp;<\/li><li>CMX Blog article: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cmxhub.com\/a-comprehensive-list-of-tips-tools-and-examples-for-event-organizers-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Comprehensive List of Tips, Tools, and Examples for Event Organizers During the Coronavirus Outbreak<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cmxhub.com\/summit2020\/\" target=\"_blank\">CMX Summit<\/a> is October 6-7, 2020 and is free<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmxhub.com\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CMX newsletter (opens in a new tab)\">CMX newsletter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Q&amp;A Questions:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What do I do if my members prefer in-person and don\u2019t think online events are worth it?<ul><li>Online events aren\u2019t for everyone, I was a skeptic too. But you can be very intentional in an online event and create a very warm, positive, welcoming, engaging vibe. <br>When you\u2019re thinking about switching to online events, I recommend going back to first principles. I think a mistake that a lot of organizers make is saying, \u201cwe had this offline experience, how do we replicate this online?\u201d and I don\u2019t think you can replicate in-person. Instead, think, \u201cIf we were to build this experience from the ground-up online, what would we do?\u201d Start from scratch and re-think what engagement looks like online.<br>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>&nbsp;How do communities engage outside of events? Communication is one way for me right now.<ul><li>One fun way you can think about creating more diversity of experience is to write out \u201cannual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily\u201d on a piece of paper. Under each, write 3-5 ideas for what you can do to get your community together on those time frames. For example, we use rituals like a new member thread, weekly promo thread, Friday Fun day, monthly jobs thread, etc. An example of a &#8220;Daily&#8221; idea may be asking your community one question to create discussion.<br> <br>Tip: Instead of asking people to answer either\/or questions, take a stance and ask people to agree to disagree. For example, instead of asking, \u201cdo you like apple pie or pecan pie?\u201d say, \u201capple pie is the best pie. Discuss.\u201d<br>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li> Do you have a message for young community leaders?<ul><li>There\u2019s no more important work to be doing today. I think there\u2019s only going to be a ton more opportunity to build community and build a career around community. The beauty of this space is that it\u2019s very easy to learn because you just have to join communities and the barrier to entry and to start your own community is very low. Learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/start\/organizing\">get started on Meetup<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\"><p>David Spinks, Founder of CMX, teaches you strategies for supporting your community and how to overcome challenges faced by community leaders at all levels.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,52,46],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Recording: Learn the Art and Science of Growing a Community - Meetup Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-learn-the-art-and-science-of-growing-a-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recording: Learn the Art and Science of Growing a Community - 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