Jessica Hagy has received a lot of attention for her blog Indexed, which is now also a book. With Indexed, Hagy posts charts, graphs, and Venn diagrams that simply but powerfully communicate the large and small truths of modern life. Think of it as a fascinating cross between Freakonomics and The Back of the Napkin. Hagy will bring her unique way of seeing the world to PCBC with a talk that will illustrate communities as flexible, portable, and alive—among other things. We’ll look at how communities resemble ecosystems, fan clubs, viruses, art galleries, and even landfills.
Guaranteed you will learn:
• How communities organically grow, shrink, and link
• How the internet is bringing together faraway locations in new and weird ways
• How every community has an alpha citizen and primary location—and how those characters and places can be leveraged
• How to use your existing communities for both good (which is often tax deductible) and evil (which is often quite profitable)
