Summary: An E-Debate or a Time Bounded E-Discussion is a community-wide scheduled member engagement activity on a timely and topical subject of broad interest to members for a set period

Summary: A Fishbowl is a type of participatory event that allows for an interactive dialogue on any topic by a large group. Use a Fishbowl as a participatory alternative to

Summary: A Peer Assist is a type of Community Event whose purpose is for community members to receive feedback or ideas on a challenge they are facing or a problem

Summary: A community roundtable is a highly interactive type of meeting to gather community members and facilitate a conversation in which members share what they are working on and solve

Summary: A Community Event is any kind of a community activity that brings together all members, or a subset of members together, physically or virtually, for a predetermined amount of

Summary: Staging engagement is a foundational tactic to spark online engagement and get over the hurdle of members not participating in online discussions or other community activities Active discussions, especially

Summary: Member Engagement is an umbrella term for anything and everything you do within your Community to engage the Community’s members, facilitate relationships, and build a sense of community Having

Summary: Personas are archetypes or fictional characters with goals, values, fears, challenges and desires who best represent the profiles that you want to include in your Community. Personas help you

Summary: Segments identify key groups of members based on specific characteristics. Segmentation helps you target the groups and the needs of the individuals in those groups who are most important

Summary: Smart growth is a decision: a decision to grow or not grow a community. Growth can be appropriate or not depending on the maturity of a community, member needs,