13 C's to Building Community Online & Beyond

The world stood still three years ago and like many professionals, I became a content creator. While it started out to build my greentech brand, creating content connected me with folks who share my passions and interests, providing inspiration to level up my career to have a bigger impact.

I took my local lessons and dreams from the energy capital of California with the world. In the process, I not only discovered the technology of my dreams , I learned how to build an online community with direct global impact in the creation of jobs, businesses, investment and public private partnerships that could have global implications in advancing innovation and markets. Yet, we are just getting started .

If I can do this from my backyard, in a shed I turned into a studio, you can too.

Let me share my lessons in the hope that you muster the Courage to Create !

Putting theory into practice, I wrote about and experimented with building community to advance sustainability and trigger a sort of "Sustainability Tipping Point ". Ultimately, I leveraged content creation on LinkedIn and other communication tools to become a global connector in the green technology and innovation space with the intent of building online community to effectuate positive change for people and planet.

The lessons all lined up to begin with a C. I shared and first wrote about the 11 C's to Building Community Online . I later shared the 11 C's with LinkedIn who accepted me into the inaugural Creator Accelerator Program where I met 99 amazing creators across industries and expertise. I utilized the opportunity to apply the 11 C's in facilitating a creator community for community's sake and the results are inspiring. I've continued to learn and have since added two more important C's to building community that I learned from my new friends: courage and convert.

Here's how you (we) can change the world.

You must?care?for a?cause?which?connects?you with others who wish to?collaborate.?Have the courage to communicate?with?content?that is?creative.?Show?compassion?and?consideration. Do it?consistently. Convert your audience?into the?community?necessary for change.

Care

What do you care about? What needs to happen or do you support?

Cause

Make your dream the rally call. Start to take action.

Connect

Find others who share your interests.

Collaborate

Support and encourage others and operate as a team.

Courage

Have the courage whether confident or not to share your subject matter expertise, passions and brilliance for community's sake.

Communicate

Express the value proposition. Spread the information and have dialogue with others.

Content

Spread the message in effective ways. Experiment and find ways to make content and observe results.

Creative

Mix it up and spark interest. Mix up the content and explore your creative side.

Compassion

Be sensitive to other's challenges. Relate to others' inner hopes and dreams.

Consideration

Put thought into the message and the audience. Take time to consider who the audience is and what motivates them.

Consistency

Be someone other's can count on. Constant content creation and collaboration has value and garners interest.

Convert

Convert your audience and network into a network you can reach and count on for support.

Community

You will be a part of a team, making the change you wish to see.

With that in Mind...

Whatever your subject matter expertise or passions, let's talk about it starting in 2023. ??

?? Linkedin has an abundance of knowledge and brilliance.

?? The world has the need for voices to be heard and communities to thrive.

?? Ideas can change the world. Your efforts to share could help people and the planet.

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