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Community platforms do not equal community

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conference in New Orleans about “Building Your Tradeshow Community Online&#. The presentation applies to any event community. We talked about the ecosystem – what your open community online actually looks like. Building Your Tradeshow Community Online. The slides are below. Here are some of the reasons why ).

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Open Community Case Study – American Library Association

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This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Return on Attitude.

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Community, Social Media and Risk Perceptions

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Although the word “community” isn’t in the mission statement, it is important to the organization. on the value of social media in building community, a board member asked, “What is social media?” …I thought, this is going to be a long hour. Maybe as a nonprofit focused on building community they don’t think about that stuff.

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A Tale of Two Communities Part II – Salesforce.com

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This post is the second in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. Open Community Means Collaborating with a Purpose.

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Open Community Case Study – Empowering the Periphery

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This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Return on Attitude.

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Risk Management and Open Community: More Similar than You Think

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I discovered a link between creating a social open community and a risk management community. As I read Open Community , it is also a roadmap for implementing and managing a risk management program. My Enterprise Risk Management presentation from 2005 highlights the similarities to creating an open community.

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A Tale of Two Communities Part 1 – Volkswagen

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This post is the first in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. First, I’ll say that I am involved in 3 major communities. #1