📚 CB Resource Collection

What distinguishes a series of gatherings from a proper communty.

Yes, here!

Why it’s important to get interpersonal relationships right before you can properly collaborate and how to do so.

Principles for growing a community, especially relevant for those that operates globally and follows an altruistic goal.

A different view on what communities are, focusing on facilitating connections without forcing them.

Four different models to understand community building that are or have been used by CEA.

See key takeaways in the context of Local IAA Community Building here!

The difference between a community in the classic sense and a network, with a focus on hoe we overvalue engagement and an impact case on the latter.

How to turn a series of events into a community.

Yes, here!

Facilitating seemingly lucky and special moments by providing a fitting frame.

Ideas to get people more autonomous and self-driven.

See key takeaways in the context of Local IAA Community Building here.

Lessons from the book “The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Succeesful Groups”.The post also links to a summary of the book, a worksheet as well as slides of a presentation about the book.

See key takeaways in the context of IAA Community Building here.

The case for thinking beyond “local EA groups”.

See key takeaways in the context of IAA Community building here.

Tips to manage volunteers, particularly to retain volunteers.

See key takeaways in the context of IAA Community Building here.

Three tips to make community members more agentic.

Defining “Community”.

The case for prioritzing “who” your community is over “why” your community exists.

What to do when you're challenged with moving an established community to a new platform.

Slightly more elaborate framework on what makes communities succesful.

Yes, here!

The impact case for prioritizing community building.

This is a resource for organizers of EA groups who want to welcome great people to their groups and events, including people from groups that we're currently largely missing out on.

Summary of the book “The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters”

Summary of the book “The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters”

The distinction and value of user-centered (i.e., service-oriented) and volunteer-centered (i.e., co-creation oriented) communities.

Ways in which EA Community building might shy away the people EA needs most right now. Somewhat EA-specific, but with valuable learnings and things to keep in mind as you scale up.

From community platform to managing events to analytics and more, here's every tool to help Community Managers run their community seamlessly

Summary of the book “Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Manager's Guide to Getting Results”

Some tips on managing volunteers.

Yes, AI-generated Summary here!

Collection of resources by Fabian Pfortmüller, co-founder of the Together Institute and co-author of the Community Canvas.

Collection of resources and practices relevant to community building. “The first objective of microsolidarity is to create structures for belonging. […] The second objective is to support people into meaningful work.”

Collection of tools to build impactful networks, ranging from templates to group exercises, texts, etc.

“A framework to help you build meaningful communities.”

Resources to run (community-led) events.

Blog with articles often focused on (and tagged with) community.

This is a collection of resources for EA group organisers curated by the Groups Team at the Centre for Effective Altruism.

Mainly in-person indoor and outdoor gamesbut also some online games

Go-to resource for preventing, managing, and ending infighting.

List of event formats other than talks, group discussions, panels, or mixers