Tag Archive for "community"

WTF Community Managers

by Jye on Jun 16, 2010 with 10 Comments

An introduction to Community Management I just walked home from the first meet-up of Community Managers of Sydney.  I'm co-organising and supporting Swankie and Mandi who have kindly started the initiative. So WTF is a community manager? What are they managing and for who? Well that's what we were discussing. It seems that the role of a community manager is as dynamic and as varied as the communities they manage. They need to be able to grow, evolve and adapt just as their communities do. Overall, a community manager, and community management means different things to different facets of the business.  I think the ...

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Social Networks and Time: Some Visual Thoughts

by Jye on Mar 25, 2009 with No Comments

I've been doing some visual thinking around the way that social networks and, in particular, the people who make them up and the content they produce, affects the amount of time we allow to each person (or singular piece of information) in that network. Facebook moving to its new layout was a significant indicator of this relationship. As the popularity of social media and networks increases the amount of people on our individual networks also increases. Driven by the power of weak ties, we're compelled to connect with more and more people from the different circles of our lives. Facebook - which ...

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Twitter rant, /rant

by Jye on Mar 05, 2009 with 3 Comments

Michelle baited me with some Twitter skepticism over at ARN. And as Katie would put it: I got a little shouty.  Reflecting  back, I don't really mind -- the 600 people below and I seem to have some brilliant conversation and share some amazing stories (and you too can get your twitter mosaic). People, conversations, community and network. All in 140 characters. Oh, and you - that's not so frightening is it? The Kevin Rudds, Obamas etc belong to one of many communities on Twitter. There are many, many other influential communities across design, IT, PR, Marketing, Futurism even hairdressing. Story Tellers and ...

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A Digital Perspective: Richard Millington, Community Builder, FeverBee

by Jye on Feb 03, 2009 with 2 Comments

Richard Millington, community builder and author of the online community blog FeverBee.  Richard's down to earth, practical and effective advice is a great resource for online community managers as well as the digital world. He reminds us that this is a conversation.  That this is a real place. People have desires, conversations and trust. What we do with that, is only up to us. What I do: I'm a community builder. This means I help businesses get their customers, employees or other relevant people to talk to each other and develop a sense of community. My biggest client right now is BAE Systems, ...

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Inspiring community and content in social media

by Jye on Sep 03, 2008 with No Comments

If you want your community to generate more dynamic and interesting content - then help them.  There's no point in simply building the platform and expecting them to do it 24/7.  12second.tv have a simple and effective way of doing this - it'd be great to see more social media marketers doing this. the 12second challenge: describe your proudest moment? is there life beyond our solar system? If you could be immortal, would you? (there’s no going back) Not only does this encourage the user to participate in a meaningful way - but it also creates a sense of community (paramount to any social media platform) ...

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