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Thursday, August 6, 2009
My current job title includes the term “Community Builder” and I get asked nearly every day just what that means: how do you build community? where is the community you want to build? how can I be a community builder online? I want to take a break from all the hard work building community (does that get a wink?)
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link]. The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
If social media is about individuals conversing authentically with a community, who's in charge of the conversation? . To whit: the second coming of the online community manager. . I'll summarize some of my favorite bits for the rest of you: Are communities any more engaged when there's an official community manager?
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Online Communities: what works, and what doesn't. tags: online communities ). Tags: slideshare community slideshows View more presentations from Bart De waele.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
David Wilcox and I are getting ready for iterations on Social by Social - the first two being applications of the lessons learned and strategies for using social media shared in Social by Social ( read online or download the PDF for free, or buy your hardcopy ) in local communities and the same for local government. of other projects.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
It sounds like a dry subject, but tagging is really super cool and ha massive implications for the design, building and nurturing of online communities and I thought I'd jot down some notes I took straight out of the book so you can see why. Tags: tagging community There can be friction between these. Do you allow user-generated tags?
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
thought his five skills were equally significant viewed through the lens of the future "community manager". agree wholeheartedly with these and think they relate quite naturally to community management and community building (which is really the goal of engaging stakeholders). marketing? membership? Anyway. They are: 1.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
David Gammel hits the nail on the head in his post over on High Context Consulting on " Three reasons Branded Online Communities Fail." Focusing on the technology over the value of the community to its members; Failure to assign experienced staff to develop the community; Poor or no metrics for measuring success This is REALLY IMPORTANT.
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Monday, October 6, 2008
Planning and customizing may make a lot of sense when you need to develop a more strategic collaborative model with specific community networks, particularly less technical and more program-driven and community-based teams. These days, having an “Intranet� comes up a lot as a requirement for website projects. Creating a wiki.
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
An early adopter of social media, the Lance Armstrong Foundation leverages social media to engage, connect, and celebrate its community. The LAF uses its Facebook fan page and Twitter profile as a way to directly connect with cancer survivors on a personal basis and animate the community. Tags: online communities
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