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Start Your Community With Role Models, Not Influencers

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On the other hand, if you're looking to build a vibrant community of brand advocates who will buy your products, share your messages with their networks, give you honest, constructive feedback and build other brand advocates, then you should instead look for people who will model those behaviors.

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Ten “Boring” PR Skills You Need to Have

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Do you know how to give honest, constructive feedback to a colleague? One of the best skills a junior person can develop is the ability to accurately estimate how long it will take them to do a job. Give feedback. To your boss? Learn how to give both positive and negative feedback.

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Ten Things Your Boss Should Be Saying to You

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Your boss's feedback should always include a mix of positive and constructive feedback – while it's certainly important for you to clearly understand your mistakes (see #7 above), it's also important that you understand what you did well and why. "Here's "Here's what I'm looking for."

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What Kind of Online Community Do You Have Behind Your Firewall?

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Balanced, professional discussion containing constructive criticism, ideas, and empathy. "I'm not going near that one!" " Complaints and criticism. Praise for leadership and the difficult job they have to do.

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What Does Government 2.0 Mean to Me?

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They BELIEVE people are motivated by the fear of getting in trouble (whereas most people in fields like this are actually motivated by constructive relationships). They BELIEVE people are motivated by the fear of getting in trouble (whereas most people in fields like this are actually motivated by constructive relationships).

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Is Enterprise 2.0 Learned From a Book or From Doing?

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Constructive post as well, with the good and the bad. Constructive post as well, with the good and the bad. Seems like folks who want to hire 2.0 “gurus&# are going to have their work cut out for them evaluating skills and certificates. link] Adriel Hampton Thanks for the great report, Steve.

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I Started a Blog But No One Cared | Social Media Strategery

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People should not underestimate the effort required in blogging and sharing knowledge successfully in a manner that generates lively constructive interaction. People should not underestimate the effort required in blogging and sharing knowledge successfully in a manner that generates lively constructive interaction.

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