The Vine

One of the best books I’ve found on community does not have a single author.

It has dozens of them. And it’s free.

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/files/CurrentTribesCasebook.pdf

The Tribes Casebook is a project of the online community www.triiibes.com, launched by author/blogger Seth Godin while researching his latest book.

Each case has a lead author commenting on topics ranging from rugby to Burning Man. (The very first entry, Tribes You Don’t Want to Belong to, will bring tears to your eyes.) What I love most, though, is that the casebook was contributed to or commented upon by more than 3,000 members of Triiibes. Observations on community written by a community.

In Seth’s own words:

“There’s a lot here. Big ideas, small ideas. Useful case studies, irrelevant asides. Links to fascinating information and black holes and time wasters. Of course, different people will have different judgments about what’s what, so we left it all here. You decide.”