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How do you build and scale a successful virtual academy?

Building and growing a thriving virtual academy is an art and a science. It's a blend of meaningful connections, curated content, and purposeful experiences.

Every academy is unique, and so are the learners within it. As an academy architect, your mission is to shape a transformative, engaging a learning environment where each member feels acknowledged, inspired, and enriched through their learning journey.

Disco Learning Community System: An infographic showing the community building journey

As you embark on this journey, remember that every community is unique, as are the members within it. Your role as a community builder is to create the conditions for transformation and ensure every member of your community feels valued, heard, and enriched by their learning journey.

Disco Learning Community System: An infographic showing the community building journey

The Virtual Academy Flywheel

Disco Flywheel, Step 4: Grow, Cultivate growth and leadership opportunities within your learning communityDisco Flywheel, Step 3: Engage, Design a mix of synchronous and asynchronous activities and learning experiences that foster meaningful connectionDisco Flywheel, Step 2: Create, Craft and deliver targeted, engaging programs based on member dataDisco Flywheel: Step 1, Discover: Customize onboarding and assessments to gain insights into your members and implement throughout the learning journeyThe learning community flywheel showcasing the different stages of building a learning community - discover, create, engage, and grow - as a loop

Discover

Create

Engage

Grow

“Learning online is not, how do I get someone to pay the tuition? It's how do I create a community so that there's social pressure, status rewards, and affiliation for people who enroll?”
Seth Godin

Seth Godin

altMBA

The Learning Community Flywheel

The learning community flywheel showcasing the different stages of building a learning community - discover, create, engage, and grow - as a loopThe learning community flywheel showcasing the different stages of building a learning community - discover, create, engage, and grow - as a loopThe learning community flywheel showcasing the different stages of building a learning community - discover, create, engage, and grow - as a loopThe learning community flywheel showcasing the different stages of building a learning community - discover, create, engage, and grow - as a loop

Discover

Create

Engage

Grow

Craft the brand you want
Craft the brand you want
Craft the brand you want

Ready to start building your virtual academy?