The Intention
The Community Deans make authentic connections more common, accessible and fulfilling.
We do this by cultivating a community of generous leaders to advance community formation set apart from extractive and manipulative practices.
The Origin
During the COVID pandemic, Charles Vogl recognized the growing need for relevant and more effective means to develop connection leadership while he advised globally influential tech companies and government officials. So, he formed the Community Deans project.
Americans live in the most lonely and disconnected era in the country’s history. The COVID crisis drove Americans into a greater isolation crisis.
The Deans started as a secret gathering of nationally and internationally influential community practitioners and thought-leaders exploring what our era needs to connect us effectively. Together they formed a community to advance community leadership differentiated from extractive and manipulative practices. Each original member worked in some way on the cutting edge of developing supportive connections at scale in our time.
The members meet regularly to share their work, emergent insights, perceived trends, to support one another’s maturation, and to develop relevant approaches for our era.
To broaden the support offered by the format, members at many experience levels are welcome to participate.
Members believe that in order to handle the most pressing dangers in our time, people must come together in ways that we are not. Members work to make authentic connections more common, accessible and fulfilling.