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Community Building Resources

This list will serve as an editable group of resources that community builders can use as a force of change and education!

List of resources, separated by type

Books

Title	Link	Author	Description
Buzzing Communities: How to build bigger, better, more active online communities	http://www.amazon.com/Buzzing-Communities-Bigger-Better-Active/dp/0988359901	Richard Millington	Mainly focused on communities of interest based in discussion forums, but lots of good information about communities in general, such as the "community lifecycle". (I wrote an endorsement blurb for the front matter, where I'm listed as a "Developer" at Mozilla; my title got severely truncated.)
Building Successful Online Communities: Evidence-based social design	http://www.amazon.com/Building-Successful-Online-Communities-Evidence-Based/dp/0262016575	Robert Kraut, Paul Resnick and others	Gathers social science research about various aspects of community building and offers recommendations based on it.
Building Web Reputation Systems	http://www.amazon.com/Building-Reputation-Systems-Randy-Farmer/dp/059615979X	Randy Farmer and Bryce Glass	Describes building blocks and structures for capturing reputations for things and people, based on experiences at Yahoo and elsewhere.
Cultivating Communities of Practice: A guide to managing knowledge	http://www.amazon.com/Cultivating-Communities-Practice-Etienne-Wenger/dp/1578513308	Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William Snyder	It's focused on CoP's within businesses (because that's a good way to sell books). Most communities within Mozilla are communities of action (working together toward a common purpose), but our CBT is also a community of practice (sharing expertise and applying it to our individual efforts).
Building United Judgment: A Handbook for Consensus Decision Making	http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/094149201X/ref=oh_details_o09_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1	Michael Avery	" If you have only one consensus book in your library, this is the one to have. If you are a group attempting to use consensus, you will benefit hugely from the practical advice this book has to offer."

Websites, Online Courses

Title	Link	Author	Description
The Online Community Guide	http://www.feverbee.com/	Richard Millington	a blog about online communities.
Feverbee Community Management Course	http://www.amazon.com/Buzzing-Communities-Bigger-Better-Active/dp/0988359901	Richard Millington	[Janet] took all three modules of this course over the past year. I could do a series of brown bags summarizing what I got out of them and how I think they apply to Mozilla, if there's interest.
The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation	http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Community-Building-Participation/dp/1449312063	Jono Bacon
Community Event Planning	https://leanpub.com/community_event_planning	Christie Koehler, Sherri Montgomery, Audrey Eschright	If you’ve ever thought about hosting a code sprint, hackathon, (un)conference or workshop, this book is for you.

Youtube Videos, DVDs

Title	Link	Author	Description
Building Community: Jessica Posner at TEDxMileHigh	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0nM8l9qeGY	Jessica Posner	When a problem presents itself, do you stand by and watch it happen or do you tackle it head on? For humanitarian Jessica Posner, the answer is simple: do something about it.