Tim Bursch

Where do you experience support, acceptance, and protection?
With the new tools of communication today we can be connected 24/7. We can learn about our friends day, without a face-to-face conversation through status updates or tweets or blog posts.

I think community is grounded in face-to-face relationships. But I think something is happening to where we experience community. Maybe expanding community. I think it’s more fluid and dynamic. It’s not just in your living room or the pub. It happens on the fly.

Where do you find community?

Also in this series on Dynamic Community: Who is Your Community?

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Okay, so you have friends that you hang out with. You have friends online. People at work. People in your neighborhood.
Is this your community?

I’ve been asking this question to myself for a long time. For me at the end of the day it would be friends that have my back and hopefully a few people that get me. I would define it as group of people that:
-share life
-are open and transparent
-accept and support each other
-help each individual fly

What would you add? Who do you define as your community?

(Watch for more in this series on DYNAMIC COMMUNITY)

Image credit: brian glanz

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I have resisted the tip to add a blogroll here. Not sure it’s valuable to you.

Instead I want to share with you a handful of good reading.

New on my RSS:

Chris McLaren at The Efficient Guide- A new blog from a friend that has solid business insights to share.

The Active Garage- A variety of actionable ideas on entrepreneurship.

Joseph Rueter as Joseph Rueter.

Standards:

Damn! I Wish I’d Thought of That by Andy Sernovitz- just check it out

Sanders Says by Tim Sanders- Huge impact on the way I do business

Making me think:

Change.org’s Poverty in America

What are you reading?

Tags: blogging.

It seems like some companies just get it. All of these new tools. And others don’t. They just push stuff.

What is your experience connecting with Big Name Brands online? Please share.

I will be attending BlogWell next week. Check back for a full report on how businesses are using blogs and social media to engage customers. (If you’re interested in joining me, use my discount code: Thankstimbursch)

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