Get Together: How to Build a Community with Your People

By: Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, Kai Elmer Sotto

Narrated by: Bailey Richardson, Kai Elmer Sotto, Kevin Huynh

"With no jargon and no nonsense, Bailey, Kevin and Kai lay out simple, practical steps for helping people come together in meaningful and powerful ways." (Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps and winner of the TED Prize)

Although communities feel magical, they don't come together by magic.

Get Together is a practical and heartfelt guide to cultivating a community. Whether starting a run crew, connecting with fans online, or sparking a movement of K-12 teachers, the secret to getting people together is this: Build your community with people, not for them.

In Get Together, Bailey, Kevin, and Kai share true stories of everyday people who created thriving communities, both in-person and online. They untangle the challenge of getting passionate people together into clear steps, helping individuals and organizations navigate the intricacies of leading a community, including:

• How to rally the first people
• How to get people talking
• How to attract new, authentic folks
• How to develop leaders and expand globally

The People & Company team reminds us that we each hold the potential to spark a community.

Get Together shows listeners how if we join forces - as company and customers, artist and fans, organizer and advocates - we'll do more together than we ever could alone.

"I highly recommend Get Together for anyone who's looking to crack the code on building a community." (Alisha Ramos, Founder of Girls' Night In)

©2019 Stripe Press (P)2019 People & Company

Insightful Read

Experience from my job as a community organizer confirms many of these principles, and some fresh perspective and ideas were highlighted. Loved the simple breakdown that makes it feel less overwhelming.

Get Together should be an MBA course

The authors do a great job of communicating their ideas enthusiastically. Their passion draws you in and their expertise and examples keep you engaged.

Simple and useful

This is not the ultimate guide to build a community (I don’t even think our knowledge about the subject is there yet), but has very useful stories and frameworks to help build your own community.

Effective

This was a really good and workable roadmap for building community that didn't take long to present. I enjoyed it!

When the student is ready, the teacher appears

I've had this book in my library for a long time, just sitting there gathering dust. I've been struggling to understand how to grow the community I lead for a long time...it's just been sitting there gathering dust 😉. As soon as I started listening to this book my understanding expanded and my first official community meeting is in less than 24 hours, with 24 people registered to attend.
I feel calm and motivated, knowing that I have the steps I need to serve this community better than I ever have before.
Thank you to the authors!
With love
Nathan