The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation (Theory in Practice) (Paperback)

~ Jono Bacon (Author)

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Online communities offer a wide range of opportunities today, whether you're supporting a cause, marketing a product or service, or developing open source software. The Art of Community will help you develop the broad range of talents you need to recruit members to your community, motivate and manage them, and help them become active participants.

Author Jono Bacon offers a collection of experiences and observations from his decade-long involvement in building and managing communities, including his current position as manager for Ubuntu, arguably the largest community in open source software. You'll discover how a vibrant community can provide you with a reliable support network, a valuable source of new ideas, and a powerful marketing force.

The Art of Community will help you:

• Develop a strategy, with specific objectives and goals, for building your community
• Build simple, non-bureaucratic processes to help your community perform tasks, work together, and share successes
• Provide tools and infrastructure that let contributors work quickly
• Create buzz around your community to get more people involved
• Track the community's work so it can be optimized and simplified
• Explore a capable, representative governance strategy for your community
• Identify and manage conflict, including dealing with divisive personalities

About the Author

Jono Bacon is an award-winning leading community manager, author and consultant. Currently the community manager for the worldwide Ubuntu community, Bacon is a regular keynote speaker, has also authored four books and acted as a consultant to a range of technology companies. Bacon's weblog (http://www.jonobacon.org/) is one of the widest read Open Source weblogs and he writes regularly about community management.

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Product Details Paperback: 392 pages Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (August 21, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0596156715 ISBN-13: 978-0596156718 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,375 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in these categories: (What's this?) #7 in  Books > Computers & Internet > Business & Culture > Culture #14 in  Books > Computers & Internet > Home Computing > Blogging & Blogs #23 in  Books > Computers & Internet > Web Development > Web Services

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars The "Must-Have" Community Reference Book, September 1, 2009 By  Amber Graner "akgraner" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews If you manage, lead, or participate in a community (volunteer group) of any kind then "The Art of Community" should be added to your list of reference titles. Jono Bacon, does a wonderful job at engaging the reader while teaching them "The Art of Community". Jono manages to paint the community canvas in a way community members can bring the master technique to their communities and practice the brush strokes of governance, conflict resolution, managing, leading and much more. The artful masterpieces known as successful and effective communities and leaders will be seen as more and more "artist" practice "The Art of Community." 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Guide for Community Building, August 19, 2009 By  David M. Basinger (Salt Lake City, UT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    "The Art of Community" is a fantastic discussion on how to build a community. While Mr. Bacon mostly talk about how community works in the Open Source Ecosphere, the concepts he discusses can be applied to any organization or group who wants to build a community around their product or cause. Jono start by talking "belonging" and why people form communities and goes to building community governance and handling conflict with in a community. While Jono will be offering "The Art of Community" for free under a Creative Common license, I strongly in encourage people to purchase a copy to support such as worthy piece of literature. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars An Open Source Tour de Force, September 1, 2009 By  Daniel Lopez (San Francisco) - See all my reviews "The Art of Community" is a tour de force, a brilliant start to the discussion on how to build thriving communities. The Open Source ecosystem has many concepts that can be applied to most practical business verticals and organizations. Jono defines the psychological and sociological imperatives why communities start and why people want to belong to communities. Purchasing this book also supports Jono's continued work as a pioneer in this field, and the values of Open Source. Highly recommend!		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars A practical guide to community building, and a brave experiment Solidly grounded in theories of social capital formation, this book offers practical advice on how to build communities, on earth as well as online. Read more Published 1 month ago by Leo Romero 5.0 out of 5 stars the art of community Really loved this book. Although focused on open source software, the art of community is interesting to a more general audience. Read more Published 1 month ago by ggs 5.0 out of 5 stars How to make friends and influence people Having read this book cover to cover since release I wish it had been around in 1999 when we started what would become an enormous Open Source project covering all five... Read more Published 1 month ago by Dick Morrell 5.0 out of 5 stars Making a subtle art both understandable and amusing My wife bought me this book as a surprise present, and I have to say that I have indeed enjoyed both the content and the writing style greatly, more so than the last dozen or so... Read more Published 1 month ago by J. Montgomery 5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Any Community Manager Communities are very complex ecosystems of human beings. Cultivating, growing, shaping and guiding the community to make them productive is definitely as much (or even more) art... Read more Published 1 month ago by Mark R. Hinkle 4.0 out of 5 stars Great book but poor Kindle formatting I just bought a Kindle DX a few days ago and was curious about the book and the shopping experience, so I bought this book. Read more Published 1 month ago by Roland Woldt 5.0 out of 5 stars You've found all of my round-tuits and made a rubber band ball Mr. Bacon! As a leader in Western PA Linux User Group ([...]) for 10 years and a board member for the Ohio LinuxFest ([...]) for 6 years, people constantly ask me how I do it all. Read more Published 2 months ago by Beth L. Eicher 5.0 out of 5 stars Not Just for Open Source If you're trying to get your head around what 'community' really means, this book is a must-read. Jono Bacon does an excellent job of walking you through the process of building,... Read more Published 2 months ago by Erky 5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for anyone building or thinking about building an online community I pre-ordered this book as soon as @timoreilly tweeted about it as I work with community managers every day. Read more Published 2 months ago by Mark Sylvester 5.0 out of 5 stars THE Community Building Book The Art of Community is a very thorough book. It details all the steps needed to build a motivated, growing, and successful community. 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Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 1 edition (August 21, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596156715
• ISBN-13: 978-0596156718
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,375 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Must-Have" Community Reference Book, September 1, 2009

By	Amber Graner "akgraner" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

If you manage, lead, or participate in a community (volunteer group) of any kind then "The Art of Community" should be added to your list of reference titles. Jono Bacon, does a wonderful job at engaging the reader while teaching them "The Art of Community". Jono manages to paint the community canvas in a way community members can bring the master technique to their communities and practice the brush strokes of governance, conflict resolution, managing, leading and much more. The artful masterpieces known as successful and effective communities and leaders will be seen as more and more "artist" practice "The Art of Community."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Guide for Community Building, August 19, 2009

By	David M. Basinger (Salt Lake City, UT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"The Art of Community" is a fantastic discussion on how to build a community. While Mr. Bacon mostly talk about how community works in the Open Source Ecosphere, the concepts he discusses can be applied to any organization or group who wants to build a community around their product or cause. Jono start by talking "belonging" and why people form communities and goes to building community governance and handling conflict with in a community.

While Jono will be offering "The Art of Community" for free under a Creative Common license, I strongly in encourage people to purchase a copy to support such as worthy piece of literature.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Open Source Tour de Force, September 1, 2009

By	Daniel Lopez (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

"The Art of Community" is a tour de force, a brilliant start to the discussion on how to build thriving communities. The Open Source ecosystem has many concepts that can be applied to most practical business verticals and organizations. Jono defines the psychological and sociological imperatives why communities start and why people want to belong to communities.

Purchasing this book also supports Jono's continued work as a pioneer in this field, and the values of Open Source. Highly recommend!