{"id":4211,"date":"2012-03-08T05:45:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T10:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=4211"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:40:13","slug":"blogversation-2012-how-do-you-define-community-and-how-do-you-nurture-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/blogversation-2012-how-do-you-define-community-and-how-do-you-nurture-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogversation 2012: How do you define community and how do you nurture it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2012\/01\/05\/kicking-off-blogversation-2012-join-the-conversation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4212\" title=\"Blogversation Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blogversation-logo.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blogversation-logo.jpg 317w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blogversation-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blogversation-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blogversation-logo-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blogversation-logo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>Throughout this year, several bloggers will engage in a conversation here and on their blogs \u2014 asking questions of each other and responding. Others are absolutely welcome to join the conversation, as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2012\/01\/05\/kicking-off-blogversation-2012-join-the-conversation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about the ladies of Blogversation 2012.<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nToday\u2019s question \u2014 like last week&#8217;s installment, actually a series of related questions \u2014 comes from Amy Throndsen,\u00a0on Twitter as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/amyserves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@amyserves<\/a>:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4213\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2012\/03\/08\/blogversation-2012-how-do-you-define-community-and-how-do-you-nurture-it\/amy-throndsen-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4213\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4213 \" title=\"Amy Throndsen\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/amy-throndsen.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/amy-throndsen.jpg 4752w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/amy-throndsen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/amy-throndsen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/amy-throndsen-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/amy-throndsen-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/amy-throndsen-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/amy-throndsen-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Throndsen poses this week's Blogversation questions about the definition of community and how to nurture community.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSince graduating college in 2003, I joined an AmeriCorps program where lived in four different communities on the west coast over the course of 11 months, and I spent almost three years in China as a Peace Corps Volunteer.\u00a0 After Peace Corps I traveled for five months through Southeast Asia, putting everything I had into a backpack and regularly hitting the dusty trail.\u00a0 I lived in Washington, D.C. for two years after returning to the U.S. and am now in Madison, Wisc.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve found that as I\u2019ve lived and worked in multiple places, my \u201ccommunity\u201d is spread out over the globe.\u00a0 I\u2019m grateful have those shared experiences (they\u2019ve shaped my perspective and make me who I am today), but I\u2019ve been focusing on how to make Madison my home and connect with a deeper sense of community here.<br \/>\n<strong>My question for you is about community:\u00a0 How do you define it?\u00a0 How do some people or places rise to the top of your list, as to where you\u2019ll spend time and energy developing and nurturing those relationships?\u00a0 What are some tips you\u2019d give someone who is looking to establish themselves in a new community?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout this year, several bloggers will engage in a conversation here and on their blogs \u2014 asking questions of each other and responding. 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