Thank you Rich for the recco- and thank you tan, I'm glad to hear Jono's new book is good too- (I bought it on impulse and was having second thoughts about it, but hadn't started it yet)
On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 6:56 PM tan zhongyi <zhongyi....@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your recommendation. > I will check it out. > > BTW: Jono Bacon’s latest book is 《People Powered: how communities can > supercharge your business, brand, and teams》 > Which is also very good. > > Best wishes, > Jerry > > > 发件人: Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> > 日期: 星期四, 2022年3月3日 上午2:38 > 收件人: dev@community.apache.org <dev@community.apache.org> > 主题: The Art of Community > I want to recommend something I'm reading right now - The Art of > Community, by Charles Vogl. I regret that I didn't read it years ago. > > I'm two chapters in, and have had dozens of moments where I have been > floored by the insight, and the clear ways of talking about what makes a > community. > > The first chapter is about how we define a community - what it's > *about*, or *for*. What the shared story is that makes us a community. > It is full of insights that have helped me focus things I feel I have > known for years but never had words for, and also opened my eyes to some > things that I simply had never thought about. > > My impression so far is that the ASF does all seven of the things that > Vogl says are critical for a healthy community, but while some of them > are done intentionally, many of them we kind of fell into accidentally. > Thinking more intentionally about them seems like a useful exercise. > > Note: There's another book called The Art of Community by Jono Bacon. I > have not read that one. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >
