ric dragon - Cultivating Community2024-03-29T11:16:10Zhttps://cultivate.ning.com/ning-blog/feed/tag/ric%2BdragonCreating Healthy Communities in Social Media [Video]https://cultivate.ning.com/ning-blog/creating-healthy-communities-in-social-media-video2014-01-16T22:43:25.000Z2014-01-16T22:43:25.000ZCrystalhttps://cultivate.ning.com/community/CrystalC<div><p>On Thursday, we had the pleasure of hosting Ric Dragon, CEO and co-founder of DragonSearch, for an enlightening hour on Creating Healthy Communities in Social Media. From the origins of the term "community" to how dysfunctional communities are like families, this was a fast-paced hour packed with information. Check out the video below and read on for highlights.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/84343642">Creating Healthy Communities in Social Media with Ric Dragon</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/ning">Ning</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
<p>The most interesting takeaway from this talk for me were the analogies between functional families and functional communities. All healthy families will have a small amount of dysfunction. Ric argues that the essential elements for functional and healthy communities are: </p>
<p><strong>Empathy</strong> - Being able to feel the pain of others and identify it. When large groups of people have a lack of empathy, bad things happen. </p>
<p><strong>Addressing the Elephant in the Room</strong> - a taboo or big element that members don't want to talk about can be the downfall of a community.</p>
<p><strong>Boundaries</strong> - Blurring of the boundaries that mark what's appropriate interaction between community members can be a slide down a dysfunctional hill. </p>
<p><strong>Conflict Extremes</strong> - While conflict can be healthy, too much conflict can be detrimental and needs to be addressed. </p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">What did you appreciate most in this webinar? </span></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Other resources mentioned by Ric:</span> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/13/asch-elevator-experiment/" target="_blank">The Asch Conformity Experiments</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.thekmiecs.com/marketing-advertising/the-5-types-of-roles-you-need-in-your-community/" target="_blank">Adam Kmiec's 5 Roles in Community</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.moxnes.com/" target="_blank">The Deep Role Model (Paul Moxnes)</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckman's_stages_of_group_development" target="_blank">Tuckman's 5 Stages of Group Development</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number" target="_blank">Dunbar's Number</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together.html" target="_blank">Sherry Turkle, Alone Together (TED Talk)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=nN5DFNT-6ToC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=dunbar+gossip+theory&ots=7_L9506OTd&sig=tL3tbjzc74T3ZvDcIoPXu2Gf9dw#v=onepage&q=dunbar%20gossip%20theory&f=false" target="_blank">Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language</a> (Robin Dunbar)</p>
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<p><span>Creating Healthy Communities is part of the </span><a href="http://cultivate.ning.com/community-management-talks" target="_self">Ning Community Management Talks</a><span> series. Past presentations cover topics including strategies for generating activity, managing growth, facilitating member engagement, </span><a href="http://cultivate.ning.com/ning-blog/metrics-and-measurement-for-community-health-video" target="_self">metrics and measurement for community health</a><span>, and the science behind it all.</span></p>
</div>Upcoming Webinar: Creating Healthy Communities in Social Media with Ric Dragonhttps://cultivate.ning.com/ning-blog/upcoming-webinar-creating-healthy-communities-in-social-media-wit2014-01-07T01:02:02.000Z2014-01-07T01:02:02.000ZCrystalhttps://cultivate.ning.com/community/CrystalC<div><p><span class="font-size-3">On January 16th, Ric Dragon will host a free webinar on creating healthy communities using social media.</span></p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000" face="arial,verdana,helvetica">Tolstoy famously opened his novel Anna Karenina with, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The same could be said of communities; there is a strong similarity to a dysfunctional community and a dysfunctional family. In this webinar, Ric Dragon is going to discuss some of the underlying concepts behind what makes for healthy communities in social media. </font></span></td>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Thursday, January 16th at 9am PDT</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">(find your <a href="http://everytimezone.com/#2014-01-16,300,6bj" target="_blank">local time here</a>) </span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong>ABOUT THE PRESENTER:</strong><br> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1282056?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1282056?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="100" class="align-left" style="padding: 5px;"></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">Ric Dragon is the author of Social Marketology and the DragonSearch Online Marketing Manual, both published by Mc-Graw Hill. He is the CEO and co-founder of DragonSearch, with more than 20 years of extensive experience in graphic design, information architecture, web development and digital marketing. As an artist, Ric has been shown in countless group and solo shows. He is a regular guest columnist for Marketing Land, and Social Media Monthly, and a speaker at many marketing and business conferences.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2">A recording of this webinar will be available on the Ning <a href="http://cultivate.ning.com/ning-blog/community+management+talks" target="_self"><font color="#75AF2D">Community Management Talks</font></a> channel, and you can follow the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #NingTalk.</span></p></div>[POSTPONED] Upcoming Webinar: Creating Healthy Communities in Social Media with Ric Dragonhttps://cultivate.ning.com/ning-blog/upcoming-webinar-creating-healthy-communities-in-social-media2013-11-18T20:17:10.000Z2013-11-18T20:17:10.000ZCrystalhttps://cultivate.ning.com/community/CrystalC<div><p><em><span class="font-size-3">Edited 11/19: Due to technical issues, this webinar has been postponed. We look forward to announcing the new date and time shortly. </span></em></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">On November 21st, Ric Dragon will host a free webinar on creating healthy communities using social media.</span></p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3"><font color="#000000" face="arial,verdana,helvetica">Tolstoy famously opened his novel Anna Karenina with, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The same could be said of communities; there is a strong similarity to a dysfunctional community and a dysfunctional family. In this webinar, Ric Dragon is going to discuss some of the underlying concepts behind what makes for healthy communities in social media. </font></span></td>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Thursday, November 21st at 9am PDT</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/399740374" target="_blank"><img src="http://creators.ning.com/images/signupnow.png" class="align-center"></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">(find your <a href="http://everytimezone.com/#2013-11-21,300,6bj" target="_blank">local time here</a>) </span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong>ABOUT THE PRESENTER:</strong><br> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1282056?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1282056?profile=original" width="100" class="align-left"></a>Ric Dragon is the author of Social Marketology and the DragonSearch Online Marketing Manual, both published by Mc-Graw Hill. He is the CEO and co-founder of DragonSearch, with more than 20 years of extensive experience in graphic design, information architecture, web development and digital marketing. As an artist, Ric has been shown in countless group and solo shows. He is a regular guest columnist for Marketing Land, and Social Media Monthly, and a speaker at many marketing and business conferences.</span></p>
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