1. Orient
Explain the promise, norms, and one immediate action.
Onboarding guide
Community onboarding: shorten the distance to the first useful action.
Design community onboarding that moves a new member from signup to first useful action, first connection, and a clear reason to return.
The first week should answer four questions
- Where am I?
- What should I do first?
- Who should I interact with?
- Why should I come back?
Every extra instruction competes with those four answers. Good onboarding removes uncertainty instead of showing every feature.
A useful sequence
2. Introduce
Use a focused prompt that makes member context useful to others.
3. Activate
Point to one lesson, event, challenge, or discussion tied to the promised outcome.
4. Connect
Help the member find peers, examples, or an upcoming live interaction.
5. Return
Tell them exactly what recurring ritual or event makes the community worth revisiting.
For Skool communities
Keep essential onboarding in Classroom or a clearly visible start-here path, then connect it to community participation and an upcoming Calendar event. Do not place mandatory onboarding behind level locks.
Primary sources
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