Community Chat Weekly #5
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CCW is a newsletter about building and growing communities, featuring collected tweets, posts and thoughts from various community leaders.
❓ Question of the Week
What tools do you use to keep your community organized and process driven?
Last weeks question was “What keeps you motivated to run the community?” 11 of you replied, and LamboCreeper, who runs CodeSupport on Discord shared a heartfelt response:
"I get to watch people get better at programming which can help them progress in life and the working world! It's super rewarding."
Reply with your thoughts on this weeks question for a chance to be featured in next weeks email!
🐦 Tweets
A hot take on the title of "Community Manager" within companies.
With some thoughtful replies:
An interesting discussion on the benefits and challenges of Slack communities:
Tech Ladies, one of the largest female tech communities is shifting part of their community presence from Facebook Groups to Mighty Networks.
📝 Blog Posts
A handful of recommended readings from the past week.
Could Meetup Rise from WeWork's Fall? (3 minute read)
by Jennifer Brandel
Is Anyone Going to Get Rich off of Email Newsletters? (5 minute read)
by Kaitlyn Tiffany
When a Community Raises Venture Capital Money (4 minute read)
by Ben Halpern
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