Admin Well-being What are you practicing every single day?

[joelr]

Two simple rules:

1. You get better at what you practice.
2. Everything is practice.

At first, it seems obvious. If you practice drawing, you’ll improve as an artist. If you practice playing soccer, you’ll get better at the game. But then I thought about how this applies to everything we do—what are we really practicing every day?

For example, I’ve noticed how easy it is to spend time scrolling through social media. Are we practicing getting mad at stuff we see online? Or complaining? Or maybe we’re practicing procrastinating by saying we’ll do something but never actually doing it.

This got me thinking about online communities, too. What are the habits our forums encourage? Are we practicing kindness and collaboration, or are we accidentally building spaces where arguing and negativity thrive?

• What are you practicing every single day, without realizing it?
• In your daily life or on forums, what could you practice more intentionally to create better results?
• If our communities are built on repetition, how can we guide members to practice the habits that make the group stronger and more positive?

 

[Shawn Gossman]

• What are you practicing every single day, without realizing it?
• In your daily life or on forums, what could you practice more intentionally to create better results?
• If our communities are built on repetition, how can we guide members to practice the habits that make the group stronger and more positive?

Content value.

In my opinion, content value is one of the most important things on a forum.

One way to retain a membership on a paid community is to provide valuable content on a daily basis. A friend of mine helped get the paid newsletter "Trends" off the ground once told me the best way they keep a $500 a year membership community active is to create one really interesting discussion every day.

I think the same method could be applied to a forum, even if you just create one beautiful and valuable discussion every day and that's it. You just keep doing the one thing that keeps people coming back to reply and share their thoughts.

This topic is a good example of it. @joelr you definitely have the ability to complete this task

 

[Shortie]

The one thing I know I am practising every day is ensuring that the content I put out there on any forum I am active on is not only informative but also valuable as well.

For the longest time before I learned what I know now about forums, I always thought that the important things were gaining members and how much traffic you could bring to your forum but then I realized that without informative and valuable content, I wouldn't turn those numbers into active members.