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Fabian Pfortmüller

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How do we resist the urge to create THE network?

And how can we learn to instead uplift the whole ecosystem around us?

3 min readNov 10, 2023

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How do we resist the urge to create THE network?

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Fabian Pfortmüller
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Who got time for deep community?

Or: How do we weave thriving communities when everyone is stretched thin?

4 min readNov 9, 2023

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Who got time for deep community?

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Is a community’s purpose best communicated as a question?

Community = Living the questions together

3 min readSep 19, 2023

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Is a community’s purpose best communicated as a question?

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Show me the goods: Why organizations love investing $ into custom-made community tech

And why it’s often not a good investment…

3 min readSep 15, 2023

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Show me the goods: Why organizations love investing $ into custom-made community tech

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Fabian Pfortmüller
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Together Institute

Communities and nation states

A thought experiment: What if nation states remembered that they are simply very big communities?

3 min readSep 14, 2023

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Communities and nation states

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Don’t create your own community platform or social network.

Instead, integrate into your members’ existing tech behavior.

3 min readAug 1, 2023

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Don’t create your own community platform or social network.

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Fabian Pfortmüller
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Together Institute

3 thought experiments about the value of relationships within groups

And a reflection on how we define collective success…

4 min readJul 14, 2023

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3 thought experiments about the value of relationships within groups

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Together Institute

Community = relationships

Easy to forget. And yet the essence of all community weaving work.

3 min readJun 27, 2023

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Community = relationships

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Fabian Pfortmüller
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The enticing illusion of clarity in community

Or: Clarity in community is an ongoing, always temporary conversation

2 min readJun 20, 2023

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The enticing illusion of clarity in community

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Fabian Pfortmüller
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Together Institute

How do we make large gatherings more relational?

5 ideas: smaller sessions lead by participants, fractals, rhythm, roles and expanding the audience definition

7 min readJun 9, 2023

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How do we make large gatherings more relational?

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Fabian Pfortmüller

Fabian Pfortmüller

Grüezi, Swiss community weaver in Amsterdam, co-founder Together Institute, co-author Community Canvas, fabian@together-institute.org | together-institute.org

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