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Community platforms do not equal community

SocialFish

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. More on that in a minute.

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7 Skill Sets for Nurturing Open Community

Convince & Convert

Tweet Guest post as part of the virtual book tour by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer to explore concepts from their new book Open Community : a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. We come from the association industry and for many of us “membership” people, community is old hat. It’s what we do.

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The Future of Community Management

Ignite Social Media

So, when I was asked to share what the future of community management would be like, at first it felt like an impossible task. Perhaps you are feeling the strife of defining “community management”, or trying to figure out where a discipline that touches so many areas of your business fits on your org chart. You’re not alone.

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Interview: EMC Does Social Media From The Inside Out

Adam Cohen

To that end, the first major step in our journey was the launch of EMC|ONE – An internal community platform for our global employees. Many of our public bloggers, as example, honed their voice and refined their blogging skills on EMC|ONE before going public. LD: Openness and transparency are key.

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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

Build community platforms around real communities of shared interest. Start a community group on Facebook or Ning or MySpace or LinkedIn around the space where your customer does business. Consider the value of hiring a community manager. And try more than one hosting platform to test out features.

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Tap User Psychology to Build an Indestructible Community Around Your Blog

ProBlogger

Many blogs attempt to build a community, but few succeed. However, if you want your blog to be the hub of a major community, then you need to develop a strong sense of community. However, if you want your blog to be the hub of a major community, then you need to develop a strong sense of community.

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Link Love Monthly: Best of September 2010

SocialFish

Technology is just a tool… but are you skilled with it? Offline-to-Online-to-Offline: Lessons Learned in Building a Custom Community Platform (Frogloop). The Attention Stream: Keeping Your Market Engaged in a Constant Stream of Content… (ClickZ). Scott Brinker). How To Be The Jack Bauer Of Your Company (Adam Singer).

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