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!
