The Power of Social Media, Volunteers & Hurricane Gustav

Early yesterday afternoon I put together a compilation of links to information on Gustav that @WayneSutton had started. It was intriguing to watch volunteers come together using social media tools to prepare for the hurricane.
Andy Carvin set up a ning & started coordinating the volunteer efforts. His ning became the Gustav Information Center. There was [...]

Using Social Networking to Prepare for Hurricane Gustav

I was doing some things in MyBlogLog.com and saw Wayne Sutton’s collaborative effort towards building community around those preparing for the hurricane. He is using Twitter but it’s being broadcast in his MyBlogLog stream which allows me to read it as a set. (I have 1500 people in Twitter & the noise level is high.)

There’s [...]

Community Strategy Links

This list of links proved to be popular. I missed last week so this will be a mix of items I’ve gathered over the past while. Hope that you’re all staying busy & have a safe holiday weekend!
Salesforce shares their hierarchy for gathering ideas from their community. Click on the graphic.
Some excellent guidelines if you’re [...]

Are Women Better Community Managers

Does gender matter? should it?
In the blogging world whenever the topic of gender comes up I don’t get involved. I ignore it because I’ve never felt that. In fact quite the opposite, I’ve always felt welcomed, mentored & supported by everyone (no matter their gender). That being said I think that a community manager requires [...]

Community Manager Salary Report

My regular readers know that I’ve been providing salaries for community managers since last fall. In May I asked Bill Johnston at Forum One to collaborate on a survey of salaries. The results have been released so we now have specific numbers.
Here are the highlights:

The majority of the 225 responding were women (55%) vs [...]