Our guest for this episode is Mathijs Vleeming, Online Community Evangelist & Strategy Consultant at Open Social.
Our conversation focuses on community building for associations. Among other topics we cover:
How the biggest value of associations is the ability to connect people
How organizations benefit from being community focused
Why communities must always focus first on the needs of its members
Why bottom-up communities succeed and how this requires organizations to let go of control
How creating a culture of dialogue requires a big shift in mindset
Open Social has recently released "The Association Community Compendium - How to harness the collective power of your members"
