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Get Together: How to build a community with your people
by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, Kai Elmer Sotto

Published: 2019-08-20
Hardcover : 192 pages
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"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.

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"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 readers 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



More advance praise for Get Together:
"Get Together tells the stories and reveals the insights of community building. Don't start one without reading this book."
--Robert Wang, Founder of Instant Pot

"As a leader of a social impact organization, I found Get Together to be helpful in thinking about how we could do better at building and cultivating the community around IDEO.org. I'd recommend Get Together to anyone organizing or participating in communities, personally or professionally."
--Jocelyn Wyatt, CEO of IDEO.org

"Get Together is a book about our most valuable resource--people--and how to get them together. Sounds simple; but then all great ideas are."
--Craig Pearce, Co-writer of Romeo Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, and The Great Gatsby

"In a time of growing social isolation and disconnection from what matters most, Bailey, Kevin and Kai offer a vision for how the world could be. Read it!"
--Casper ter Kuile, Co-author of the How We Gather report

"This book encapsulates what took me 20 years to learn at Surfrider in a 90 minute read. It provides clear guidance on how to methodically build a thriving community."
--Dr. Chad Nelsen, CEO of Surfrider Foundation

"Get Together is a must-read. As a community builder, I have an immense appreciation for the way Bailey, Kai and Kevin broke things down."
--Claire Wasserman, Founder of Ladies Get Paid

"As the producer of the first Star Wars Celebration, I had to work with my team and Lucasfilm to build an event that was worthy of the worldwide Star Wars community. I wish I had had a book like Get Together back then--I would've devoured it to gain insight on building my community to give me a head start!"
--Dan Madsen, Former President of the Official Star Wars Fan Club

"At a time when the extremes have become the norm and acute polarisation is on the rise, Get Together is a much needed roadmap to building authentic communities for good, that can ultimately outcompete the bad."
--Sasha Havlicek, CEO of Institute for Strategic Dialogue

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