This Community of Practice is focused on building and sustaining online and offline communities for nonprofits, charities, and other mission-based initiatives. Anyone interested in community building, whether you are formally in a Community Management job or not, is welcome to join the group and participate in the weekly chats. 

You do not need to be a member of NTEN to join this Community of Practice and you do not need to be a member of the group or any organization to participate in the Twitter chats.

How to Participate

• Join the group to participate in discussions, share resources, and more
• Participate in the Twitter chats weekly, on Tuesdays, from 1-2 pm EST at #CommBuild 
• Suggest a topic for discussion via this discussion thread. 

More about the CommBuild Chat

These chats originated out of the #4Change network and are open to anyone interested in learning and sharing about building community, on and offline, with the use of social media or other technology tools. If you have a topic or question you'd like to explore in an upcoming chat, feel free to join the group or let us know anytime! Hope to have you join us next time! You can find previous chat archives from June 2011 or earlier here.

Participation Guidelines

Anyone is invited to join the chat, but we ask that the following guidelines be followed to ensure an open, respectful exchange:

• No personal attacks (this includes demeaning comments, name-calling, and so forth) 
• No question is a stupid question 
• Nothing is assumed (this means knowledge, experience, or anything else) 
• Have lots of fun! 
• Imagine your mother is watching the chat

Never participated in a tweetchat before? No problem! Check out these tips for tweetchat beginners from TechSoup.