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What Burning Man's 10 Principles Can Teach You About Building Community

Higher Logic

When organizing a community, it’s important to clearly define what you expect from your members if you want them to be willing and active participants and advocates. Burning Man co-founder Larry Harvey , who passed away before this year’s annual event, wrote the “ Ten Principles ” in 2004 as guidelines for the newly-formed Regional Network.

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Eric Lanke: Stop Calling It Strategic Planning

Eric Lanke

Member Engagement. Its messy, and constantly evolving, with only a handful of guidelines to afford enough structure to keep people grounded and more or less understanding what were trying to do. Ive never written these guidelines down before, and maybe I should. I also use guidelines similar to the ones you posted.