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Your notes, feedback & questions for the next iteration

• Move sign-up rationale stuff, push it into right column
• use left two columns for real content, to follow site-wide design template better
• Include rationale on how you collect karma points -- highlight the "people" process the way we've explained and highlighted the "projects" process

People Page strategy

• We need to explain our assumptions about how Drumbeat's social architecture will work
• Include most recently edited profiles -- some measure of activity
• Also need to tie that to our technological capabilities -- how will CiviCRM track and advance our ability to promote high-profile creators

Could do Weekly People Profiles?

• Would be interesting to regularly profile someone from the Drumbeat community
• could be one of the content streams for the blog, etc.
• Not necessarily just project leads, but active community members
• Need to consider the staffing / resourcing implications of this. It takes work

• Should help PROMOTE and RAISE the profile of Drumbeat community members
• Should draw heavily from social media feeds (esp. Twitter and individual's blog posts) to feed into the drum circle
• This should feel like a conversation & collaboration where Drumbeat people INVENT the FUTURE of the INTERNET
• Highlight those members of the Drumbeat community who are helping / contributing the most. Those earning the most "karma points"
• Should feel like a space where everyday Drumbeat heroes and helpers are "rubbing shoulders" with Internet celebs and thought leaders. A diverse mix of people you haven't heard of -- rubbing shoulders with people you have.

Page description

Primary elements:

1) Join Drumbeat Prominent participation box to PARTICIPATE by signing up to join the drum circle

2) Explain Explain the community and social aspect. What does it mean to join Drumbeat? Answer the question: "Who are we?" (the community)

3) Highlight the best people

• active community members
• magnetic attractors

4) make it look like a global conversation, inventing the future of the Internet

5) Help project leads and others find people that can help

• make it easy to sort through and search the Drumbeat community to find people with relevant skills and background. So you can
  • invite them to help work on your project
  • message them
  • just follow them

6) be a platform to raise the profile of Drumbeat community

• highlight people we like, making the web better and more open
• be a platform for them to raise their own profile

Examples of Drumbeat's most inspiring & recent people in the drum circle

3) Showcase "magnetic attractors" to help draw people in -- but not in an obnoxious way. It's about a diverse mix of people you've heard of rubbing shoulders with people you haven't.

4) Connect people to projects. Show what they're working on.

5) Highlight those earning the most "karma points."

• Champion the ost active members of the drum circle
• See this page as example:

http://railrankings.com

Secondary Elements