Community Building Tree Workshop at Impact HUB Tokyo
What does it actually take to build and run a community?
One evening at Impact HUB Tokyo where people who do it lay out the work and the skills behind it, together. Free to join.
Running a community looks simple from the outside: pick a topic, invite people, keep showing up. Anyone who has done it knows where the real work hides.
Why do some events fill up and others don’t?
What makes a newcomer come back a second time?
How do you keep a group alive once the first wave of enthusiasm has passed?
When members start running things themselves, what did you do to make that happen?
And how much of all this is luck, and how much is something you can learn?
What We’ll Explore
On this evening, people who build and run communities in Tokyo work that out together.
We’ll explore:
The actual work: What does running a community involve week to week?
The skills behind it: What skills does each part of the work require?
The learning journey: How do those skills develop, from someone running their first meetup to someone who has held a community together for years?
The result is what we call a skill tree: a picture of one area of work, drawn by the people who do it, that shows where you stand and what to work on next.
We’re running this event with Impact HUB Tokyo, whose community team has been doing this work for years and will be in the room.
How the Evening Runs
We start from what you actually do, not from a textbook.
Collect tasks: Everyone puts their actual community-building tasks on the board.
Group the work: Together, we identify the main areas of responsibility.
Identify skills: We dig into each group to uncover the skills it requires.
Explore skill levels: We examine how beginners and experienced community builders differ in each skill.
Build the skill tree: We refine the picture together until the room agrees.
What you’ll take away:
You’ll leave with the finished skill tree and a clearer view of where you are on it.
We’ll also publish the result on professions.skillforests.com so other community builders can use it too, with everyone in the room credited.
More about the method: Skillforests Method Guide
Who It’s For
Anyone who runs or helps run a community of any kind, including:
Meetups and coworking member groups
Discord servers and online communities
Alumni networks
Newsletters with engaged readers
Open-source projects
Company customer communities
Whether you started last month or have been at it for a decade, the tree is only accurate when both perspectives are in the room.
When & Where
Date: Wednesday, November 4
Time: 18:30–21:00
Location: Impact HUB Tokyo, Meguro
Cost: Free
Language: English and Japanese
Please note: The café is closed in the evening, so bring your own drink.
About Skillforests
Skillforests is a Tokyo startup that builds skill trees for professions together with the people who work in them.
Later in November, we’re doing the same for UX designers at Impact HUB Tokyo, over several evenings.
See our upcoming events: Skillforests Event Calendar
Questions?
Join our Discord and ask: Skillforests Discord Community