• Community Building Playbook
  • Hey there!
  • Introduction to the Series
    • The Imperative of Our Times
    • Taking a Closer Look
      • Communities are Gestalts
      • Communities are Living Beings
      • Communities are Spaces
    • What sustains a community?
      • Narrative Building
      • Sharing Power
      • Iterative Processes
    • The Illusion of Control
    • Moving Forward
  • Phase 1: The Desert
    • Setting the Stage
      • Creating a space
      • Building a narrative
      • Approaching work
    • Time to Perform!
      • Activity 1: How do you show up to yourself?
      • Activity 2: What are you getting people excited about?
      • Activity 3: Spread the word.
      • Activity 4: How do you participate in your community?
      • Activity 5: Create your manifesto.
    • Common Roadblocks
    • Conclusion
  • Phase 2: The Valley
    • Setting the Stage
      • Fostering your community
      • Setting decision-making processes
      • Resolving conflicts
    • Time to Perform!
      • Activity 6: Where does your community reside?
      • Activity 7: Define the paths of involvement.
      • Activity 8: Allow everyone to lead.
      • Activity 9: How do you make decisions?
      • Activity 10: Set up a governance process.
      • Activity 11: Elect an ombudsperson in your community.
      • Activity 12: Define your community’s code of conduct.
      • Activity 13: Revisit activity 1.
    • Common Roadblocks
    • Conclusion
  • Phase 3: The Carnival
    • Setting the Stage
      • Encouraging participation
      • Acknowledging outliers
      • Demonstrating progress
    • Time to Perform!
      • Activity 14: Create functional teams.
      • Activity 15: Create a check-in ritual.
      • Activity 17: Appreciate and acknowledge the effort of your outliers.
      • Activity 18: Articulate your learnings from growing your community.
      • Activity 19: Create a regular cadence of progress updates.
    • Common Roadblocks
    • Conclusion
  • Phase 4: The Village
    • Setting the Stage
      • Maintaining your community
      • Expanding your influence
    • Time to Perform!
      • Activity 20: Guarding the gates.
      • Activity 21: Get good at giving and receiving feedback.
      • Activity 22: How are things different from the early days?
      • Activity 23: Host or coordinate community-wide events.
    • Common Roadblocks
    • Conclusion
  • References
  • The Playbook in Action
    • The First 5
    • Culture
    • On-chain Strategy
    • Words of Cheer
  • Index of DAOs
    • Lobby3
    • The Symmetrical
    • DAOhaus
    • Myosin
    • Kokonut Network
    • MetaGammaDelta DAO
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References

We are grateful for all the operators and builders who shared their thoughts, learnings, and ideas online.

The following links played a massive role in creating this playbook’s first draft.

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In no particular order:

The Laws of Lorecore - ZORA ZINE

Life After Lifestyle

1,000 True Fans? Try 100 | Andreessen Horowitz

Green Hollow | Amble Studio

What I Learned From My Time at TiA

The Art of Community: Seven Priniciples for Belonging

Craving Canon

Gardening Platforms

1,000 true fans? Try 100

Slime Mold

Mobile Gaming ‘Whales’ Are Fitting New Descriptors

On Schelling Points in Organizations

How to DAO 102: Conflict Resolution

How to give and receive feedback in an agile organization

The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al Ries and Laura Ries

The self-sustaining flame

Howard Rheingold on the past and present of virtual communities

Chapter Two: Daily Life in Cyberspace

Chapter Six: Real-time Tribes

A Slice of Life in My Virtual Community

Green Hollow

Microsolidarity

How to DAO 101: Choosing a Tech Stack for CabinDAO

Social Objects, Knitting in America

Internet as Religion

Life After Lifestyle

The Clairvoyance of TikTok

After Authenticity

The Hard Thing About Communities

The Laws of Lorecore

Focus, Form, Flow

What I Learned From My Time at TiA

Community-Led Product & Growth (Jonathan Hillis)