What is a Virtual Community andWhy Would You Ever Need One??

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What is a Virtual Community andWhy Would You Ever Need One??

Steps to build a virtual community

Go and nurture it!

Draw in the members

Build it

Think about how you want to host or facilitate your community

Think about which interaction tools would serve your purpose and audience and how to structure the space.

http://www.fullcirc.com/community/conferencestructure.htm

Identify your target audience

Identify your community purpose or goal

Examples of community

Nancy Rhine and Women's Wire

Case Study: the IBM/Electric Minds 'Kasparov v. Deep Blue Chess Match'

Case History: A Community of Purpose - John Aravosism of Wired Strategies

Why do people join and build virtual communities?

to work together (issues)

to work together (community - geographics)

to work together (business)

to socialize

The Effect of Online Communities in Offline Lives

The kind you're playing out a phantasy role

will affect you emotionally, but they won't tend to integrate into your life as what I would call 'augmented reality' communities do.

game communities

The kind you are yourself

"augmented reality" where you're "you," and you're there to integrate with your life -- deal with the issues in your life.

According to Amy Jo Kimthere are two ways we participate in online communities:

What is a virtual community anyway?

Online or virtual community is the gathering of people, in an online "space"where they come,communicate, connect, and get to know each other better over time. From that point on, the rest is up to you. Your community will be what you and your members make of it!