Elements of Community Podcast

Unpacking The Magic of Community

A Deep Dive From Our First Three Guests About What Community Means

Elements of Community host, Lucas Root, has developed a framework for the elements that are required for a “group” to become a “community” — Common Language, Project, Value, Purpose, and Heart. Today, Lucas will discuss the highlights from the first three episodes with Liana Ling, Zach Hammer, and Giuseppe Grammatico. Listen as Lucas

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Show Notes

Welcome to Elements of Community!

I am your host, Lucas Root, and in this episode, I am going to talk about the highlights and some of my favorite pieces from the first three episodes with our amazing guests.

Here’s just a taste of our talking points this week:

The Leader of a Community is not Necessarily the Creator

First, Liana brought up the idea that the leader of a community is not necessarily the creator. This is awesome because it creates this new opportunity for us to look at leadership because you don’t necessarily need to create the community in order for you to end up in leadership.

She also came out and specifically said that the job of the leader is to recognize and support the desired engagement for the community. And in order to do that, the leader will set the tone or the culture for that community. This is interesting because it brings up the idea that culture and community are not the same.

The Perspective of Doing Battle

I love the conversation with Zach. He came at the idea of a community from the perspective of doing battle. There’s a lot to be learned by thinking about our engagement in the world, from the perspective of doing battle.

Zack said the leader is the person who picks a fight for the community. Meaning if you’re going to pick a fight, you have to be capable of that.

Bringing and Receiving Value

And then, Giuseppe. Giuseppe’s focus was on bringing and receiving value. He has managed and built a one-way communication tool that he’s able to galvanize and engage a group of people. His podcast builds a community with a powerful message.

He talks about both of them side by side, and it’s important to separate them out but to keep them together. Separate them out and that bringing value is different from receiving value. A lot of people focus very much on bringing value which is good. But remember that in order for a community to feel they’re engaged, they have to bring something to the table as well.

Other subjects I covered on the show:

  • Talked about the characteristics of Liana, Zach, and Giuseppe’s community.
  • And then, talked about each guest’s CPOP or what’s called the Community Point of Pleasure, the Community Point of Purpose.

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Lucas Root

Lucas is the host of Elements of Community. He is a community growth strategist and works with mega companies like The Pokemon Company to help build and foster community. This podcast is Lucas' way of giving back what he has learned about the magic of building and growing community.

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Like what you hear on the podcast? We have more secret recordings from every guest. We keep the microphone rolling after the podcast is done and get our guest to spill the beans on the best tactics for growing their communities profitably. You don't wanna miss this.