How to Build A Unique Community— 10 Lessons By A Master Community Builder

Read about 10 powerful lessons on how to build value-creating communities — no matter if you are a corporation, NGO or a startup. Collaboration counts.

Frits Bussemaker is an expert in community building and alliance management. He has more than 30 years of experience both in online and offline communities. He was member of the management team of the world-largest CIO community with 7000+ members and more than 300 events, from 30+ countries. His role was Secretary General International Relations.

In the following, he shares how to build a community, what risks to consider and why “Command and Control” becomes more and more an old paradigm.

What is your definition of a community?

A good community is based on asking a unique question.

You need to grab people’s attention and find something that they have in common. It should be unique in the sense that if a lot of other communities already ask the same question and have…