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Introducing the Community Weaving Framework
Introducing the Community Weaving Framework
5 elements to weave healthy communities
Fabian Pfortmüller
Jun 17
Community = relationships
Community = relationships
Easy to forget. And yet the essence of all community weaving work.
Fabian Pfortmüller
Jun 27, 2023
Why we stopped trying to engage passive community members — the 3 circles model.
Why we stopped trying to engage passive community members — the 3 circles model.
So many community weavers struggle with trying to activate the passive parts of their community. That can be a frustrating and exhausting…
Fabian Pfortmüller
Dec 15, 2021
Paying attention to Critical Mass in Communities & Networks
Paying attention to Critical Mass in Communities & Networks
How big do groups and sub-groups need to be for them to thrive?
Fabian Pfortmüller
Nov 22
How do we resist the urge to create THE network?
How do we resist the urge to create THE network?
And how can we learn to instead uplift the whole ecosystem around us?
Fabian Pfortmüller
Nov 9, 2023
Who got time for deep community?
Who got time for deep community?
Or: How do we weave thriving communities when everyone is stretched thin?
Fabian Pfortmüller
Nov 8, 2023
Is a community’s purpose best communicated as a question?
Is a community’s purpose best communicated as a question?
Community = Living the questions together
Fabian Pfortmüller
Sep 19, 2023
Show me the goods: Why organizations love investing $ into custom-made community tech
Show me the goods: Why organizations love investing $ into custom-made community tech
And why it’s often not a good investment…
Fabian Pfortmüller
Sep 15, 2023
Communities and nation states
Communities and nation states
A thought experiment: What if nation states remembered that they are simply very big communities?
Fabian Pfortmüller
Sep 14, 2023
Don’t create your own community platform or social network.
Don’t create your own community platform or social network.
Instead, integrate into your members’ existing tech behavior.
Fabian Pfortmüller
Aug 1, 2023
3 thought experiments about the value of relationships within groups
3 thought experiments about the value of relationships within groups
And a reflection on how we define collective success…
Fabian Pfortmüller
Jul 13, 2023
The enticing illusion of clarity in community
The enticing illusion of clarity in community
Or: Clarity in community is an ongoing, always temporary conversation
Fabian Pfortmüller
Jun 20, 2023
How do we make large gatherings more relational?
How do we make large gatherings more relational?
5 ideas: smaller sessions lead by participants, fractals, rhythm, roles and expanding the audience definition
Fabian Pfortmüller
Jun 9, 2023
The (subtle) power of relationships: the story of a photographer
The (subtle) power of relationships: the story of a photographer
A few weeks ago I was fortunate to spend three days with an amazing group of network weavers from the BMW Foundation. I walked away with…
Fabian Pfortmüller
Apr 20, 2023
Community weaving is about creating (safe) excuses for people to connect
Community weaving is about creating (safe) excuses for people to connect
I have been living in Amsterdam for 2.5 years now and found it surprisingly hard to make friends and build my own local community. In New…
Fabian Pfortmüller
Jan 20, 2023
The brutality of the word “Social Impact” — and why metaphors matter
The brutality of the word “Social Impact” — and why metaphors matter
This image is what I think of when I hear the word “impact”.
Fabian Pfortmüller
Jan 4, 2023
The magic of finding my peers of relationship-centred practitioners
The magic of finding my peers of relationship-centred practitioners
Reflections & impressions from the Relationships Project gathering.
Fabian Pfortmüller
Dec 19, 2022
“Networks connect; communities care”
“Networks connect; communities care”
What’s the distinction between a network and a community?
Fabian Pfortmüller
Dec 16, 2022
Beyond the noise of crypto: 4 amazing community technologies
Beyond the noise of crypto: 4 amazing community technologies
Blockchain has a lot of promise for community, but most of it is still largely unusable. Here are 4 powerful non-crypto community tools:
Fabian Pfortmüller
Dec 1, 2022
Relationships before structure — an obvious lesson we keep forgetting?
Relationships before structure — an obvious lesson we keep forgetting?
Have you ever participated in a meeting to debrief a collaborative project, where the ultimate conclusion is that we should have invested…
Fabian Pfortmüller
Nov 21, 2022
How can we make co-creation in community less exhausting?
How can we make co-creation in community less exhausting?
I don’t know about you, but I find co-design of community awesome and often absolutely exhausting. What can we do to make it better?
Fabian Pfortmüller
Nov 16, 2022
We’re all talented at community, but so out of practice. What if we became good at community again?
We’re all talented at community, but so out of practice. What if we became good at community again?
What if we — collectively — became good at community again?
Fabian Pfortmüller
Nov 9, 2022
Community as a place to practice a better future
Community as a place to practice a better future
What if our communities are an ideal place to model and embody - today - the future we’re hoping to create?
Fabian Pfortmüller
Aug 16, 2022
Paying attention to the community cross-pollinators
Paying attention to the community cross-pollinators
Who are the people helping to weave local chapters into a bigger whole?
Fabian Pfortmüller
Aug 2, 2022
The unique motivation of outsiders to run local chapters
The unique motivation of outsiders to run local chapters
At Sandbox, our local chapters are run by volunteers from the community that we call “ambassadors”. At some point I started to notice a…
Fabian Pfortmüller
Jul 20, 2022
Community leadership through role modeling?
Community leadership through role modeling?
In the 1950s, social psychologist Solomon Asch developed a series of foundational experiments around social conformity. One of the famous…
Fabian Pfortmüller
Jun 22, 2022
Gratitude: the most powerful & overlooked energy source in community
Gratitude: the most powerful & overlooked energy source in community
A few years ago, in my role as IIR for the Kauffman Foundation, I went to Cincinnati, Ohio, to experience the graduation ceremony of…
Fabian Pfortmüller
Jun 16, 2022
The personal growth dimension of community leadership
The personal growth dimension of community leadership
Can I weave transformative communities without transforming myself?
Fabian Pfortmüller
May 18, 2022
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