How to increase activity on BP Groups?

[Joshua Dorkin]

As many of you are aware, we've got Groups on BP where people can elect to connect with others on a smaller and more personal scale then they can on the public forums.

While in theory, having groups is an important feature, in practice, these groups really aren't being used very much, and there is often little activity on them, despite having large numbers of people on them.

So . . . I turn to you - the community - for your advice. How can we turn up the action on these groups? How can we get more activity?

We're already sending email notifications when new posts are created, and users can follow different discussions in those groups. What more can we do to stimulate activity on them?

Thanks as always for helping to improve BP!

Josh