So I am a happy disciple of the @Jenna Ostrye philosophy of engagement. One of the things she does (extremely well) is get us to engage and know each other more on her community calls. (If you don't see me for a few weeks, then this is a trade secret and she may have beaten me up!) I kinda thought it was weird at first, but it didn't take long to see how asking even silly questions can deepen the bonds between people as you get to know them. Saturday, I have my 2nd community call - designated as "Breaking Bread" - and I was wondering what questions you might have heard or used, that worked well in that setting. If we come up with a long list, that would help all of us and spawn even more ideas! So, serious, silly, somewhere in between - any and all questions that we might be able to use - slap 'em in the comments por favor!

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If you've been around for a bit and read any of my comments about my favorite feature, then you know it's the Calendar (insert the sound of angels singing). Yesterday, I had a call with my paid community that was a great example of why I love the Calendar so much.. it was a bit chaotic or thanks to @John Felice a bit ZESTY, but really packed full of gold.. (their words not mine lol) But I had a couple pause moments where I had that realization of how grateful I am for Skool, especially the fun factor and how much FREEDOM it gives me. 🙌 One of the moments was where I was explaining that there may be noise in the background for a few seconds, because I was making a balloon animal (technically, a balloon sword) for my little one. Like this is a paid community call and I have set up my life in a way that allows me to pause and make sure my little one is still feeling like his mommy is here for him too. Being a present mom is part of why I do this and it was great to have that awareness moment. (I've had it once before when I was having a coffee chat standing on top of a dump truck load of sand/dirt. 😅) The other moment was when one of the members was listing off a recap of what we had gone through and they used the nickname the group has created for me which is GOATmother. Now.. I don't fully know how this nickname came about. I just woke up one day and saw I was getting called the "GOATmother 🐐" in comments and posts. (Edit: It was @Joe DeFilippo who started this name!) But it's a reminder that one of the fun parts of a community is these inside jokes or nicknames, and this is likely something that would not happen outside of a fun platform like Skool. Today, I saw that a member had made a Loom sharing his level 5 key takeaway, while playing the guitar because someone else challenged him to do it. It was so cool to me that I threw it on my About Page. Why not? 🤷‍♀️ Then a pop up coffee chat led to one client practicing a pitch and it led to them getting their first $99/m paying member. All while I had kids begging for more peaches in the background lol There are no chiseled in stone rules of how to make this "work". You have freedom to be creative and be fun. To test things out and to show up authentically.

Hey guys , so my skool community doesn't get engagement, members are not writing posts, I also setup leaderboard games. Have you guys experienced this and what did you do for getting members to engage. Any advice would be helpful.

@Devon Meadows lives in a forest with his wife and two-year-old daughter. He also runs a successful Skool Community. Here's how: