Core Players in Community

The purpose of this section is to identify all the core players in a community, so that the community builder may recognize them and then act accordingly. As such it is quite straightforward, yet two caveats must be made. First, the list is not intended to be complete, for a list of all players would be unwieldy and therefore difficult to use in practice. This is a practical endeavor, not an intellectual one. Second, individuals may often belong to more than one group or change membership over time. Memberships are not mutually exclusive.

The core players in a community (at least as we’ve identified them so far):

• Environment
• Community Members
• Innovators
• Institutions
• Community Builders
• Community Building Team
• Network Access Points
• Resource Providers
• Media Company