Places include the spaces where people interact with the community. These places may include:
1. Main location
- This is community’s main location. Depending on your community size – you may have multiple spaces – like prayer halls, activity rooms, banquet halls, washrooms, offices, etc.
2. External locations
- Places that include external venues, homes, parks and other locations where members and staff meet.
3. Website
- In todays digital environment your community website might become a key place of contact for people who interact with your community.
4. Social Media
- If your organization has social media profiles on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc – then you should consider them as places where people can interact with your organization.
Pay attention to each space individually, as a ‘point of experience’.
For example, a community may have a great prayer service – but because the washrooms are dirty and don’t have paper, it hinders the experience of the people visiting the community – and creates negative feelings.
Over time these negative feelings can affect critical decisions – like coming more often, donating, volunteering, etc.