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The Observatory

Tactics, trends, and observations from the world of community.

Welcome to The Observatory, the community newsletter from Orbit.

Each week we go down rabbit holes so you don't have to. We share tactics, trends and valuable resources we've observed in the world of community building.

Past Issues:

Build, don’t borrow, your own community influencers

What's really stopping your community from acting?

The Community Discovery Framework

Let’s expand the community builder’s dictionary

The engagement traps of modern-day communities

To build community, start with community discovery

Community events can be distributed too

Build spaced repetition into your community

How process drives flywheels

The future of community

Good things come to those who have conversations

Who should own community?

The community craze is a symptom of what the world is going through right now

Gravity is the key to community growth

Let’s build some community flywheels

Giving is the 💜 of community building: here's how to use boundaries to do it well

Using Twitter questions to build a parallel community

Magic on the outside: conversations that create community

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Past Issues:

Rethink the role of community in your business.

A better way to build community