Week Four: Chapter 7 & 8
Hi everyone! If you've gotten this far you're almost a well-informed community builder! Please read this post for more information on the course. Please read the chapters' summary below:
Ask yourself the following questions to ensure understanding:
What is the main message of each chapter?
How does each chapter apply to 7 Cups?
How can YOU help with the aim of each chapter?
Once you have read and understood please take the following quiz. The quiz consists of a variety of questions including essay questions that test your comprehension. In order to move forward to the next week and eventually receive your certificate, you need at least a score of 12/14. If you get a less score, dont worry you can submit again.
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@Heather225 I scored 10/10 again. It's a wonderful opportunity to learn so much about community building. This is not only going to help me become a great leader here on 7 Cups, but also help me lead my teams in real life aspects.
Done. Thanks
@HealingwithMinionn
awesome! did you learn anything new?
@Heather225 Yeah, it helped me to have more sympathy for imperfect things.
@Heather225
Completed ! Thanks for the resources.
Here is what I learnt from chapter 7 :
This chapter focused on making sure that the leaders understand that a community flourishes when more people are ready and feel responsible to be next leaders, instead of simply followers. It is the responsibility of the current leader to find genuinely motivated and interested people and help them find out positions and responsibilities as community leads. It is also important to keep track of how they are performing and adjusting in their role and either transforming their role or letting them go if they are not a natural fit. Sometimes people change and roles change and it is okay to update our systems accordingly.
Here's what I learnt from chapter 8:
This chapter highlighted the importance of supporting leaders on their journey from the very beginning of their engagement, including welcoming, onboarding and clear set of responsibilities. This chapter also shared a way to solve the problem of excess tasks by classifying them into different categories: valuable, not valuable but necessary, neither valuable nor necessary. In this way the leaders can feel supported and engaged in their activities inside a community.
@ButterflyBuddy
Thanks for sharing your insights! I loved reading your reflections that show you really dug into the material! I also learned about the task classifications when I first took this course—reminded me of the 4 quadrants, on a more individual basis (post on it here).
Thanks for the kind words ! :)
@Heather225
Submitted, got 9/10!
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