Building an online community

‘No sector of ... society will have more influence on the future state of our social capital that the electronic mass media and especially the Internet....computer-mediated communication also opens opportunities for hitherto unthinkable forms of democratic deliberation and community building...the key, in my view, is to find ways in which Internet technology can reinforce rather than supplant place-based, face-to-face, enduring social networks’

– Robert Putnam in Bowling Alone, 2000.

This great quote speaks to us all about the potential role of the internet to build and strengthen our communities. An online community building strategy is about the best approach to engaging, interacting and communicating with your community; and in return establishing an environment where people participate and share.

We can help you to develop a strategy to increase online participation and to build a community by utilising the numerous tools and approaches that work.

Energetica is the community manager of the Homelessness Information Clearinghouse. We are building the community and engaging participation. This is has been very successful in what is a relatively small audience.

If you want to talk about how you might build your community please call us.