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Creating, maintaining, and growing a community is not for the faint-hearted. It’s an ongoing process of trial and error that requires a huge amount of commitment.

But, if you can get it right, you will see the value and joy it can bring.

As the curator of NeverDoneBefore - a relatively new community - I’ve started to geek out on all things community-based. This episode is the culmination of this obsessive interest, as I speak with Anamaria Dorgo - Head of Community for Butter and founder of L&D Shakers - about what it takes to curate a true community.

Find out about:

• Why your definition of community will determine its success
• How great community practice and behaviour emerge from great modelling
• How to choose the right platform for your community
• Why engagement is the holy grail - and how to avoid chasing it into extinction
• What happens when you focus on members’ motivations for joining, not your vision of the community
• Why a community that’s started purely for financial reasons will never succeed

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Questions and Answers

Part two 
[01:13] What is the impact of hosting a community on a social platform vs. having a closed platform? 
[07:45] How do you make it easy for new community members to join and not feel overwhelmed? 
[10:29] What's the one piece of advice you wish you'd heard before starting a community
[14:34] Do you have a favourite activity or exercise for onboarding? 
[17:30] How do you make a workshop fail?
[25:42] Do you think it is natural, that things we care deeply about never make for smooth sailing?

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