If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ African Proverb

Community is personal.

My version of community might not match yours, and that's perfectly fine. In fact, it's fantastic.

Creativity and freedom is what makes community both fascinating and powerful.

The ideas in this book are built on more than two decades of experience connecting people to create better outcomes.

Teaching. International development. Public service. Coaching. Family. I've community-built it all.

Some readers will say these ideas are wrong. That's okay.

This isn't a book of rules. It's a guidebook to help you quickly build and scale communities for whatever lights your fire. Your project, your personal life, your passion, or even fundraising.

We all have community DNA hardwired into us.

Given the right conditions, we can explore what that means for the things we're passionate about.

Community isn't just an option. It's an obligation.

Bringing people together in meaningful ways is critical for our survival and our future as a species. Forget your project or business for a moment.

Once you see community as a path for your work, there's no going back.

As you practice building pop-up, time-bound communities, you'll develop your own approach and philosophy.

My goal with this handbook isn't to give you the answers. It's to give you enough spark to get started.