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243: Engineering Serendipity and Best Practices for Community-Building with David Spinks
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"For the first time in a decade, I feel free again." That’s how one of my earliest blogging friends, longtime community leader David Spinks, was feeling when I caught up with him in-person in the middle of his yearlong sabbatical, after selling his community-based business.
David and I discuss best practices for creating and nurturing communities, for engineering serendipity, what it’s like to build and run a conference (and later sell it), and the freedom that comes with taking a deliberate sabbatical.
More About David: David Spinks is the author of The Business of Belonging and a popular weekly newsletter for community creators. Previously he co-founded CMX, the leading network for community professionals that was later acquired by Bevy.
🌟 From David’s Post on How to Engineer Serendipity
A 2015 study set out to discover how serendipity occurs. Through in-depth interviews, they uncovered the 4-step process (edited for clarity):
- ⚡️ Trigger: A cue that sparks an experience of serendipity. (e.g. meet at an event, see a question in your Slack, get introduced…)
- 🧠 Connection: The recognition of a potential valuable outcome (e.g. learning, collaboration, friendship)
- 🤳 Follow-up: An action taken to obtain the valuable outcome (e.g. set up a meeting, plan a project, chat on AIM…)
- 🏆 Valuable outcome: The positive result of the serendipitous experience (e.g. form a meaningful relationship, learn something new, commit to build something together…)
And there’s one more factor. . . for serendipity to occur, there must be an 🧵 “unexpected thread” throughout the experience. The more unexpected each step feels, the more it will be perceived as serendipity.
📝 Permission
To say no to virtual meetings!
✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next
If you run a community, build a process to facilitate random encounters: Introduce mechanisms that encourage serendipitous connections among community members. For example, you can implement a "random pairing" feature that pairs members together for one-on-one conversations or create opportunities for members to showcase their work or expertise.
🔗 Resources Mentioned
- David on the web, Twitter, LinkedIn
- David’s Substack: David Spinks
- Articles: Substack—How to Engineer Serendipity
- How I Reduced Scheduled Meetings by 90%
📚 Books Mentioned
- The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage
- Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business
- Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
- Life After College
🎧 Related Episodes
- Masters of Community with David Spinks
- Free Time: 141: Process, Permission Slips, and Business Pivots with Tara McMullin
- 241: Finding Freedom and Financial Reciprocity through a Paid Newsletter with Nic Antoinette
- 093: How to Sell Your Online Business with Alexis Grant
- 167: Transform Your Approach to Community-Building with Gina Bianchini
🌟Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review
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Manage episode 384965216 series 2897178
"For the first time in a decade, I feel free again." That’s how one of my earliest blogging friends, longtime community leader David Spinks, was feeling when I caught up with him in-person in the middle of his yearlong sabbatical, after selling his community-based business.
David and I discuss best practices for creating and nurturing communities, for engineering serendipity, what it’s like to build and run a conference (and later sell it), and the freedom that comes with taking a deliberate sabbatical.
More About David: David Spinks is the author of The Business of Belonging and a popular weekly newsletter for community creators. Previously he co-founded CMX, the leading network for community professionals that was later acquired by Bevy.
🌟 From David’s Post on How to Engineer Serendipity
A 2015 study set out to discover how serendipity occurs. Through in-depth interviews, they uncovered the 4-step process (edited for clarity):
- ⚡️ Trigger: A cue that sparks an experience of serendipity. (e.g. meet at an event, see a question in your Slack, get introduced…)
- 🧠 Connection: The recognition of a potential valuable outcome (e.g. learning, collaboration, friendship)
- 🤳 Follow-up: An action taken to obtain the valuable outcome (e.g. set up a meeting, plan a project, chat on AIM…)
- 🏆 Valuable outcome: The positive result of the serendipitous experience (e.g. form a meaningful relationship, learn something new, commit to build something together…)
And there’s one more factor. . . for serendipity to occur, there must be an 🧵 “unexpected thread” throughout the experience. The more unexpected each step feels, the more it will be perceived as serendipity.
📝 Permission
To say no to virtual meetings!
✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next
If you run a community, build a process to facilitate random encounters: Introduce mechanisms that encourage serendipitous connections among community members. For example, you can implement a "random pairing" feature that pairs members together for one-on-one conversations or create opportunities for members to showcase their work or expertise.
🔗 Resources Mentioned
- David on the web, Twitter, LinkedIn
- David’s Substack: David Spinks
- Articles: Substack—How to Engineer Serendipity
- How I Reduced Scheduled Meetings by 90%
📚 Books Mentioned
- The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage
- Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business
- Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
- Life After College
🎧 Related Episodes
- Masters of Community with David Spinks
- Free Time: 141: Process, Permission Slips, and Business Pivots with Tara McMullin
- 241: Finding Freedom and Financial Reciprocity through a Paid Newsletter with Nic Antoinette
- 093: How to Sell Your Online Business with Alexis Grant
- 167: Transform Your Approach to Community-Building with Gina Bianchini
🌟Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review
✍️ Connect with me on Substack: http://substack.com/@jennyblake
❤️ Join our private BFF community for Heart-Based Business owners
💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter for instant access to the Free Time Toolkit
💬 I’d love to hear what’s on your mind! Take the Free Time listener survey
☎️ Submit a voice question or comment: http://itsfreetime.com/ask
🎧 Make sure you’re subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts
📝 Check out full show notes and share with friends: https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/243
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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