Published in September 25th, 2008
Actually it was the people that made it fabulous. If you get the chance to go you definitely should. And if you don’t get the opportunity, then make it happen!
What made it unique for me is that I’ve gotten to know these people online through Twitter, Facebook & their blogs. This was my second event [...]
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Published in September 17th, 2008
Jeff Chandler has invited me to join him on Thursday evening for an interview on Perfcast. And I’m inviting you! Come ask questions or just throw popcorn.
We’ll be talking about building community, social networking & branding. All topics that I focus on here at this blog as well as live & breathe.
The Interview is at [...]
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Published in September 16th, 2008
On Friday my husband & I are flying to Las Vegas for BlogWorld Expo. This is our first trip to Vegas & a great opportunity to meet so many bloggers in one place! I’ve been working full time online for a year & am looking forward to meeting my friends!!
People are leaving comments that they [...]
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Published in September 13th, 2008
We are all building our brand. I have enjoyed studying the process & finding ways to maximize my efforts. There are people that are masters at it. My personal branding mentor and THE expert, Dan Schawbel checked in with me last week. If you have mentors (and you should!) then you appreciate their feedback & [...]
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Published in September 9th, 2008
I was happy about the Wikipedia entry for Online Community Manager because awhile ago someone posted links to a couple of my blog posts as ’suggested links’. I was going to blog about it this week.
But today I found this note there with the proposal to delete the entry for Online Community Manager due to [...]
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Published in September 8th, 2008
Today one of my ongoing searches on community brought Chris Pirillo’s Geek Community Building project to my attention. I think we need to take notice. And you’ll probably enjoy yourself at the same time!
What makes his new community so outstanding? He started it four days ago & has over 2800 members. And he is inviting [...]
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Published in September 6th, 2008
Annual performance reviews are a necessity and a part of every organization. If they’re not, then you really should make it so. My experience in a leadership role found me doing 25 each year. At first it was a challenge to provide constructive feedback to my staff & goal setting was even harder. After awhile [...]
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Published in September 3rd, 2008
Last weekend’s blog reading brought me to this post. Someone has a new role as a community manager. That’s exciting! And he also asked some questions.
I’m cool with this new role and loving the challenge but I’m having a hard time learning how to quantify my efforts and set goals. I’m sure I can come [...]
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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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