With people constantly coming up with new ideas and requests for community programs, it’s easy for a community leader to fall into the trap of getting spread too thin.
Before you know it, you’ve got a huge slate of different programs, and you wonder how you’re going to keep up with producing—and promoting—them all!
It comes back to a simple reality that we must contend with when building community:
The community will always take whatever you give it, and it will always want more.
The inevitable result is exactly what we see—burnout, disengagement, resentment, and ultimately a need for a reboot.
Good news! You’re reading this, and this is your key to avoiding this whole thing—or digging yourself out of it if you’re in it already:
Focus on just two programs.