This document discusses the concept of community and elements that comprise a community. It contains the following key points: 1. A community is an ongoing conversation around a topic that creates a repeated experience for its members. It involves both experiences (E) and connections (C) between people. 2. Elements that define a community include having a shared purpose or topic, members taking actions and being connected to each other, and establishing protocols for how the community operates. 3. There are different levels for how people can engage within a community from being a passive reader to being an active collaborator or host. The value exchange between the community and each member type should be considered. 4. Examples of Austin communities

1. ATXequation Day 10: Community September 29, 2011

2. Admin Attendance Finalize blog post schedule Groups: Choose Your Experience Unit 3 Overview Excellence, due dates

3. What is Community? An ongoing conversation around a topic, issue, cause, etc. A repeated Experience E + C

4. Market (life) Community (happiness) Political (liberty) The Purpose of the 3 Houses… Whither ATX Equation? Jane Jacobs: Systems of Survival: Ch 3,4,5

5. Elements of Community It’s about something It takes action Its members are connected It creates and communicates protocols Mission Leadership, board structures Behavior Alamo Protocols? Peter Block, Ch 1

7. Commentator

8. BloggerParticipant Contributor Collaborator Lurker Conversationalist Host What’s the value exchange for each of your member types? Peter Block, Ch 9

9. Social vs Market Exchange Gift exchange: Burning Man ($S) The Dinner Party Conversation Resources Knowledge Time Dan Ariely: Ch 4; Richard Flordia: Ch 15

10. ATX Communities Bootstrap Austin (S$) Leadership Austin ($ S) Michael Barnes: Social 500 Style, Interactive, Media, Law, Film, Music, Nightlife, Sports, Non-profits Non-Austin communities: high participation

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13. FloodTwitter, Car2Go, F1, Turnstone $ S Social Capital  Mkt Capital in ATX

14. Knowledge- sharing M Action- oriented R E Relationship Online Communities M: Wikipedia, Linux R: Facebook, Flickr E: MoveOn, ebay, MySpace Twitter? Clay Shirky: ch 1,2,8

15. Scaling the Third House Social Technologies Social Business Exchange Mechanism Governance Austin…

16. Prep for Next Class Reading: Jane Jacobs: Ch 3,4,5 Imagine Austin this Sat 10-2pm, George Washington Carver Twitter/Simversity Other