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Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:59:11 +0000

[...] that might help Ning type communities? Well I have written some of my thoughts previously in my post on creating thriving online communities. I agree with James — ownership will always be an issue and will not be easy to [...]

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By: @Stephen

@Stephen — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:47:22 +0000

Thank you for the tips and links, I am trying to build a community and it is not easy!

By: dswaters

dswaters — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:00:23 +0000

Hi Mike

“To what extent, though, do the citizens of the online community have the responsibility to take over and keep things going?” Not sure, I definitely believe that there needs to be one or more strong leaders that keep the community on task and inspire people to want to engage within the community.

Michelle is doing a fantastic job and I am learning so much by how she manages setting up and engaging the community.

Sue

By: dswaters

dswaters — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:58:12 +0000

Hi Leonard

Thanks for encouraging me never to give up. Parts of this week have been frustrating and I have felt like giving up. Also good to see you back blogging

Sue

By: dswaters

dswaters — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:56:34 +0000

Hi Michelle

We have definitely pulled together a group of top performing 1% which will aid the community.

I think the ideas of the challenges are a good idea but we will need to play a balancing act because so of the members, who are not as overachieving as us, could easily become overwhelmed if we are not careful.

Sue

By: dswaters

dswaters — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:53:31 +0000

Yes Gary

I agree making them easy to join is important. Michelle has done an excellent job explaining how to participate and get involved in simple terms.

Sue

By: Mike Berta

Mike Berta — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:39:32 +0000

This is something I’ve struggled with in terms of creating and participating in online communities. When it is not engaging, people just stop being a citizen of the community.

Michelle has a lot of exciting and renewing activities in the Ning group, that really seems to make the difference for me.

To what extent, though, do the citizens of the online community have the responsibility to take over and keep things going?

By: Leonard Low

Leonard Low — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:11:23 +0000

Hello Sue – I am commenting, and you know why!

One of the other factors in creating a thriving online community – including, say, a blogging community – is to value the champions who never, never, never give up, and who are often the people who bring new and innovative ideas to fuel the imaginations of all those they encounter in that community.

Never, never, never give up Sue.

By: Michele Martin

Michele Martin — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:10:29 +0000

Going back to your point about the lurkers vs. those who contribute a lot, I think that in the 31 Day challenge, we basically pulled out the 1% who were comfortable contributing and who wanted to contribute and then we’re building a community with them at the core. So we’re starting right away with a core group of people who already like to participate. I definitely think that helps.

I also think that having a challenge that we wanted to work on together was important. I don’t think it’s enough to have shared interests–I think that people like to CREATE things together and the challenge gave all of us something that had personal application, but that was also being shared by a bunch of other people going through the same painful process. I don’t think we can underestimate the power of the “boot camp” mentality!