Build Well — The Seven Principles of Community

The Problem

"Many groups never quite become communities: newcomers drift in and out, nothing marks belonging, and the energy fades when the founder steps back. Communities that last share a structure, and it can be learned and built on purpose, mostly at no cost."

What you'll achieve

Outcomes you can expect

Draw a kind, clear boundary and welcome visitors
Design how newcomers become members, with dignity
Create rituals, stories and symbols that hold your community together
Help members grow into elders who serve

The science behind it

What you'll learn

Vogl's seven principles of community
The difference between a healthy community and a cult
How small campfire moments build closeness
How to put your whole community on one page

What's included

Everything you get

28 tools across 8 modules, 16 of them built for this course
A reader for every module, built from the tools and checked against them
An audio guide on every tool and a course audio guide
Private fillable workbooks for 27 tools, kept on your own device; the community check stays online because it works out a score

Who it's for

The right fit

Designed for For anyone who starts, leads, hosts or grows a community: residence and society leaders, team leads, club and congregation leaders, neighbourhood organisers and online community hosts.

A community is more than a group with shared interests: its members care about one another's welfare. A companion to Charles Vogl's The Art of Community, this course takes the seven principles of a lasting community, one module at a time, and helps you apply each to a real community you lead or belong to, so that by the end you have your community on one page.

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Boundary, initiation, rituals, the space, stories, symbols and inner rings, applied to your community

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