I love the topic of "communities": how to build them, how to maintain them, and understanding the critical factors that determine their success or failure. It's fascinating to me to discover why many ad hoc, unplanned communities succeed while so many more intentional communities fail. The answers are in the common, essential elements that successful communities embody, often organically, and which failing communities neglect.
A colleague recently asked for a short list of recommendations for resources on "community." Here are my top picks:
1. A great "pure" book on building community -- in general, not specifically online -- is Peter Block's Community: The Structure of Belonging. Block's book focuses on the sorts of critical conversations that must happen for communities to happen. It is a "bible" for community organizing, etc.
2.Perhaps the best, ready-to-apply overview I have seen is Guy Kawasaki's How to Change the World: The Art of Creating a Community which (like much of Kawasaki's material) is based on insights dating back to his days as The "Software Evangelist" on the original Macintosh project. His points are nicely mapped onto non-SW and even non-Web communities.
3.The site CommunitySpark.com regularly provides excellent advice. I've followed it for more than a year and have found it to have very good articles, discussions and podcasts on online community construction and maintenance, including very practical articles on dealing with trouble-makers, inciting conversation, etc. I like it because it puts into practice many concepts I've seen in the Block book, etc.
4.Finally, Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Church is full of proven advice on community building from a spiritual perspective, 100% in synch with the practical advice provided by the resources above. Warren's Saddleback Church in Orange County, CA grew from nothing into one of the largest and most successful evangelical congregations in the USA based on these principles.
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INTERNATIONAL CONCEPT OF WORK FROM HOME
ReplyDeleteWork from home theory is fast gaining popularity because of the freedom and flexibility that comes with it. Since one is not bound by fixed working hours, they can schedule their work at the time when they feel most productive and convenient to them. Women & Men benefit a lot from this concept of work since they can balance their home and work perfectly. People mostly find that in this situation, their productivity is higher and stress levels lower. Those who like isolation and a tranquil work environment also tend to prefer this way of working. Today, with the kind of communication networks available, millions of people worldwide are considering this option.
Women & Men who want to be independent but cannot afford to leave their responsibilities at home aside will benefit a lot from this concept of work. It makes it easier to maintain a healthy balance between home and work. The family doesn't get neglected and you can get your work done too. You can thus effectively juggle home responsibilities with your career. Working from home is definitely a viable option but it also needs a lot of hard work and discipline. You have to make a time schedule for yourself and stick to it. There will be a time frame of course for any job you take up and you have to fulfill that project within that time frame.
There are many things that can be done working from home. A few of them is listed below that will give you a general idea about the benefits of this concept.
Baby-sitting
This is the most common and highly preferred job that Women & Men like doing. Since in today's competitive world both the parents have to work they need a secure place to leave behind their children who will take care of them and parents can also relax without being worried all the time. In this job you don't require any degree or qualifications. You only have to know how to take care of children. Parents are happy to pay handsome salary and you can also earn a lot without putting too much of an effort.
Nursery
For those who have a garden or an open space at your disposal and are also interested in gardening can go for this method of earning money. If given proper time and efforts nursery business can flourish very well and you will earn handsomely. But just as all jobs establishing it will be a bit difficult but the end results are outstanding.
Freelance
Freelance can be in different wings. Either you can be a freelance reporter or a freelance photographer. You can also do designing or be in the advertising field doing project on your own. Being independent and working independently will depend on your field of work and the availability of its worth in the market. If you like doing jewellery designing you can do that at home totally independently. You can also work on freelancing as a marketing executive working from home. Wanna know more, email us on workfromhome.otr214428@gmail.com and we will send you information on how you can actually work as a marketing freelancer.
Internet related work
This is a very vast field and here sky is the limit. All you need is a computer and Internet facility. Whatever field you are into work at home is perfect match in the software field. You can match your time according to your convenience and complete whatever projects you get. To learn more about how to work from home, contact us today on workfromhome.otr214428@gmail.comand our team will get you started on some excellent work from home projects.
Diet food
Since now a days Women & Men are more conscious of the food that they eat hence they prefer to have homemade low cal food and if you can start supplying low cal food to various offices then it will be a very good source of income and not too much of efforts. You can hire a few ladies who will help you out and this can be a good business.
Thus think over this concept and go ahead.