Communities
Communities are social groups of people that are associated by something in common such as industry, organization, location, social, interests, demographic or perspective. The community may share common culture, leaders, processes, laws, rules and a code of what is accepted. The people within the community may have a deeper understanding of its nuances and how it really operates.
People's desire to be accepted, belong and feel like they are part of something can result in the communities having significant influence over their actions. People may make decisions to improve their position in the community or to protect how they are perceived by others within the community. People outside the community may struggle to relate, be dismissed as an outsider or even be considered a threat to the community.
The successful enablement of an eDream may require understanding:
- one or more communities
- how people relate and act within the community and to people outside the community
- which communities may possibly influence each stakeholder
- the role of the stakeholder in the community and how it may influence their decisions
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Industries
Industries are communities organized around economic and not-for profit activities. Industries often share common culture, leaders, rules (laws) and an acquired understanding with experience on how they really operate.
Organizations
Organizations are Communities that are legal entities organized around economic and not-for profit activities. Organizations have a mission, leadership, a common culture and unique nuances in the way they operate.
Location
Location communities have a common physical location like a country, state, city, region, town, neighborhood or even a street.
Social
Social communities are people grouped around or within family, friends, colleagues (co-workers), classmates (alumni) and activities (golf or bowling league).
Resource
Resource communities are informal groups of people that have similar skills/expertise, knowledge or abilities (i.e., computer programmer, plumber). They may know each other by working together formally or informally (i.e., wedding photographer, caterer) or through others in the resource community. These informal resource communities may be tapped into to help make something happen.
Interests
Interest communities are people that relate by sharing common interest like being fan of a sport or or sports team or art or classic cars.
Demographic
Demographic are a group of people that can have a common characteristic like age, gender, medical condition, ethnicity, language, home ownership, employment status.
Perspectives
Perspective communities are people that relate by sharing a common belief such as religion, politics, activism or lifestyle.
