Published in August 31st, 2008
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 [...]
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Published in August 30th, 2008
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 [...]
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Published in August 29th, 2008
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 [...]
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Published in August 28th, 2008
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 [...]
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Published in August 27th, 2008
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 [...]
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Published in August 25th, 2008
There seems to be a need for a comprehensive list of resources for community managers. I created a list on my Resources tab here on my blog but people aren’t finding it (and it’s getting out of date).
So I have created a wiki & invite all of you to contribute your favorite resources. Let’s build [...]
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Published in August 23rd, 2008
Yesterday we took our daughter to college again. The house will be quieter without a group of kids moving around at all hours. She’s an only child but always had friends over.
This is her second year, so the move was quite different. She moved in the day before the freshman arrive. So we [...]
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Published in August 21st, 2008
I need your help in compiling a list of types of online communities. The categories are broad. The criteria is that they would have a community manager or be interested in community manager topics.
*Update - Scott pointed out that there should be some organizational framework or taxonomy. My goal isn’t to create an exhaustive list [...]
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Published in August 19th, 2008
Today I was helping a client write guidelines. That’s a good time to be succinct & concise. People will glaze over them so make your points easy to skim. Less is more.
That exercise reminded me of this great welcome I received when I registered at docstoc. I saved it to share as an example. [...]
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Published in August 16th, 2008
On a recent post, one of you asked about crowdsourcing. Definitely ask when I use a word that’s new to you. I created a new tab on my blog called Definitions to describe words I use regularly. I know that I need to make them more specific.
Crowdsourcing is a relatively new term. I’ve seen it [...]
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