Where is Your Community?

Posted on August 18th, 2009 by tim bursch. Filed under Community.


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?



  • Tim, I find community in

    - My annual neighborhood block party.
    - The annual Volunteer Fireman's' Ball for Mendota Heights.
    - My personal Mastermind group I formed to support my professional development (therby also supporting my peers in this group).
    - My day-to-day exchanges at the cafes I regularly support thru working out of the office.
  • Ward,
    Thanks for your input. It sounds like community is grounded locally for you. How has technology played a part in developing your community?
  • Yes, for me community starts with knowing people IRL. I have certainly had conversations and interchange with people online in the various social media channels, but even then I's most rewarding if you can meet people face-to-face. That's what tweetups and conferences are for.
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