This past week I was at Enterprise 2.0 in Boston. Before Alistair Croll started his session he apologized with a quick forewarning, “I’m going to be beating up on Community Managers”. I’m fine with that! I think that we need to be pushed out of our comfort zone.
Alistair started his presentation with – Community [...]
My friend, Dan Schawbel, has published his first book. And I say first because my guess is that there will be many more because he’s only 26 years old! Somehow he has found the insight that has taken me 40 years to find which included raising a family.
Dan truly walks the talk of personal branding. [...]
Communities have various ways of encouraging participation. At the DeFrag conference there was much discussion about leader boards for internal communities. Personally I prefer featuring those that are adding value to the community rather than just those that are the most vocal. This allows you to highlight contributors for a variety of reasons rather than [...]
Someone told me that community managers aren’t interested in networking because they do it day in & day out. My sense is that that is so not the case! We thrive on being interactive. And the nature of the job results in situations that we want to consult with peers & mentors about. Here are [...]
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 I created a list on my Resources tab here on my blog but people aren’t finding it (and it’s getting out of date).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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