Category: ecosystem
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The Future of Online Communities – Insights from the Online Community Unconference 2025
The Online Community Unconference 2025 made one thing clear: the need for meaningful connection has never been greater, but the challenges of fostering it have never been more complex. This post explores the key insights from the event—where community leadership is evolving, where it’s stuck, and what we must do next.
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Unlocking Community Intelligence in Events: Embracing Participant-Driven Methodologies
As we transition from virtual to in-person meetings, conferences, and workshops, there is a noticeable hunger for novel and engaging experiences beyond the typical “expert in front of the room” sessions. What if every event participant had the chance to be the smartest person in the room? Rethinking Event Models Imagine events, meetings, and working…
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Exiting the Social Boom and the Entering the Era of Transformational Communities
I feel very fortunate to have established a career developing communities (both on and offline) over the last 20+ years. During this time, I’ve seen a steady series of boom and bust cycles for “community” – large waves of investment and development followed by retreat and divestment. During the transition times between the cycles, one…
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The Value of Community Ecosystems
In short: many organizations are missing the community opportunity because of a short sighted focus on transactional value in the context of specific use cases. Growth-minded companies are fully embracing community as a concept and integrating community ecosystem development practices into the fabric of their business with great success.
Bill Johnston 