Tag: octribe

  • Reasons to be Optimistic About the Future of Community Practice

    Reasons to be Optimistic About the Future of Community Practice

    The community “industry” is a mess. Good thing we are pretty good at community.

  • Speaking: #OCTribe Meetup | SF Jan27th

      Hi Folks – a quick post to let you know that I am leading a discussion at the #OCTribe Online Community Meetup in SF this Wednesday night. I’ve been involved with this meetup for many years, and it is an honor to be asked to speak! Description and registration information follow. I hope we…

  • Thoughts on the State of Community Management 2015 Report

    Last week my friends and colleagues at The Community Roundtable released their annual “State of Community Management” report. This is the fifth year for the report, and the Roundtable team surveyed over 200 global organizations. Key Points & Findings include: An overview of the excellent Community Maturity model, as well as case studies on ho Microsoft…

  • Supporting Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD

    First established in January of 2010, Community Manager Appreciation Day (#CMAD) is held on the 4th Monday of January to celebrate the role of Community Manager. The celebrations range from small acts of gratitude, like thanking a staff community manager with a note, to major events and meetups all over the world. Jeremiah Owyang, the event’s…

  • Announcing “Community Secret Sauce”: a Panel Discussion Feb 1st in SF

    Join me next Wednesday, February 1st, in San Francisco for the “Community Secret Sauce” panel discussion. The event is part of the #OCTribe  meetup series that Susan Tenby hosts, and these events are always a fun and informative time. Joining me will be Thor Muller from Get Satisfaction, Rachel Luxemburg from Adobe and Gail Ann…

  • Do your Online Community / Social Media initiatives need a living trust?

    It is no secret that there is a lot of turnover happening the social media industry – just take a peek at the regular “People on the Move” updates on Jeremiah Owyang’s blog. This is only going to get worse as more organizations adopt social media, organizational structures change, the economy improves, and people in…

  • Online Community Roundtable – now Online Community Tribe

    Howdy Folks – you may have noticed a name change to the Online Community Roundtable group. What’s up with that? The primary motivation was to give a home to all the great activity that has sprung up with community managers and strategists around the #octribe tag. The tag sprung out of a conversation that Randy…

  • Next Online Community Roundtable: 12/16 at Yahoo!

    The next Online Community Roundtable is Thursday, December 16th, at Yahoo! in Sunnyvale, CA. I’ve been hosting the Roundtables since July of 2005, gathering community and social media strategists to discuss real world problems, opportunities and techniques to create successful social strategies. The format is conversational – the first hour is social, and the next 2 hours…

  • Announcing Community Chat!

    I’m pleased to announce that tomorrow, Wednesday October 13th, Thomas Knoll (@thomasknoll) and I will be kicking off a weekly podcast: Community Chat! Every Wednesday at 12 Noon PT, Thomas and I, plus a special guest, will talk about the building, managing and growing healthy online communities.Details for tomorrow’s show: Title: Episode 1 – Community Chat…

  • #OCTRibe Topic: Valuing Participation in Online Communities

    Note: This is cross-posted from the Online Community Report. I’m pleased to be kicking off the 2nd topic in the #octribe discussion, following the kickoff topic of “Influencers” by Gail Williams two weeks ago. How OCTribe works Write something tomorrow (Tuesday, July 28), tag it #octribe or tweet it as #octribe, and your post will…