Two Communities

Be the match on campus

• Founded 2 years ago
• National Bone Registry: Be the Match

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BTMOC Activity

• Everyone will be given a "card"
• You will have 60 seconds to find your match
• Shapes on cards must match both color and size

3...2...1... GO!

BTMOC Activity Reflection

• If there were 20 times more people in the room and...
• The time limit was multiplied by 31 million...
• There would still only be one match.

BTMOC Observations

• Last Meeting of the Year: April 22
• Spring Jam Event: April 25
• Stephanie and Alanna: April 19

BTMOC Experience

• Friendly and Approachable
• Communicate very well with one another
• Democratic Leadership

BTMOC One-to-One and Coming in Right

• Stephanie Mattson
• Phone interview
• Moved to board in one year
• Displayed passion and enthusiasm

Paintball Nation

• Online Forum
• 663,425 Members
• 1,000+ active members at any time
• Almost 3,900,000 threads posted

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PBN Word Activity

• Split into four teams
• Each team will be assigned a word/term
• 60 seconds to come up with a definition

3... 2... 1... GO!

• Sick
• Shoots Ropes/Shoots LaZ3r Beeamz!
• VSB
• Agg

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PBN Word Activity Reflection

• Confusion
• Learning a new "language"

PBN Observations

• Newcomer Section
• Cyborg 6 Review
• Stolen guns
• Anonymity

PBN Experience

• Not always easy for newcomers
• New "language"
• No strong biases

PBN One-to-One and Coming in Right

• Aaron Fraher
• Keeping an open mind
• Hold your judgements
• Know your intentions

Two Communities:
Compare & Contrast

Comparisons

• Passion from consistent members
• Lack of continuous presence from all members
• Raise funds to host events
• Close knit groups within a larger community

Contrasts

• Student group vs. online community
• Anonymity
• Presence
• Close and open forum
• Advertisement

Takeaways & What We Would Do Differently

Project Takeaways

• All forms of community are valid
• People have the ability to make a difference on other people
• Community provides connection
• Community opens up the opportunity for innovation

what we would do differently

• One-to-ones first
• More aggressively searching for communities
• More ownership and less blame