Author: Joseph Porcelli

  • Everything you want to might want to know about SnowCrew

    Everything you want to might want to know about SnowCrew

    Friends, A lot people have been asking me about how SnowCrew works, our plan for expansion, and how they can get involved and bring it to their town or city. Below is my response. What is SnowCrew? How long has it been around? How Does SnowCrew work? What difference does…

  • My Favorite Presentation of 2013: The Next Phase of Online Community Cultivation

    My Favorite Presentation of 2013: The Next Phase of Online Community Cultivation

    The Next Phase of Online Community Cultivation: Measuring and Expanding the value of Community from Joseph Porcelli In my role as Director of Professional Services at GovDelivery, I give a number of presentations and participate on panels. This past fall, I gave what I felt was one of my best…

  • How would you access all your important documents if they were destroyed in a disaster?

    What if, after a disaster or emergency at home or while traveling, all that remained were the clothes on your back? With no wallet, or smart phone, how would you be able to produce your ID or other important documents to get back on your feet? To find out, read…

  • DETROPIA On Exceptionalism

    Exceptionalism is not something you get to keep for life, like an honorary degree. Exceptionalism has to be earned every day. DETROPIA

  • My Top 3 Takeaways on How I used Facebook to Encourage My Friends to Prepare During Sandy

    Two of the four walls in the apartment in DC that I live in with my wife and our old arthritic dog in are made of glass. We call it the Tree House. During Hurricane Sandy, our tree house had me worried the windows would blow in and the three…

  • What you can do right now to prepare for the next disaster or emergency

    Friends, I feel so fortunate and grateful for the work I get to do every day. People used to ask me why I do what I do. I still respond, because I want to and I can! Last year I was presented with an awesome opportunity to bring my neighbor-centric approach to…

  • Good Habits for Self Care

    Certain experiences dampen our ability to process the future. Urgency dominates. We must therefore list many things that bring us joy: activities, foods, locations, etc and match that list with a very short list of people that show up for us..that love us….(not those who love us). Then we have…

  • Lao Tzu on The Heart of the Tao

    The heart of the Tao Is unforced action, And nothing is left undone. If this were understood People would be transformed In response to daily distractions, They would turn toward their still center. Maintaining awareness there, They could avoid diversions, Find tranquility, And woud be at peace. Lao Tzu

  • The First Neighbors: Mesolithic Sharing with @NEAarchaeology

    Earlier today I was going through videos I’ve made and posted to youtube on my Joseph Porcelli and Neighbors for Neighbor channels. I came across one of my favorites called “The First Neighbors: Mesolithic Sharing.” I made this video on flight back in 2009 with Dr. Martin Bale from Harvard…

  • The Community Engagement Formula #cmgr

    Lauren (who I work with at GovDelivery) and I had a very productive week. One of the three presentations we prepared and gave was titled What Motivates an Online Community? For this presentation, we developed a new formula called The Community Engagment Formula. The formula states: Motivation + Supports – Obstacles = Engagement If you have…