Fast Wonder: Online Community Consulting

Here is this week’s summary of links to my posts appearing on other blogs:

Intel Software Network*

• Cloud Computing, Virtualization and Open Source on Intel
• Interview: H. Peter Anvin, Linux and Microprocessor Architecture Geek
• Robert Kasten on OpenSolaris Collaboration

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*Disclaimers:

• Intel Software Network: I provide consulting services to Intel, and these blog posts are one part of my consulting engagement.

Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

Why Brand Communities Don’t Exist

Defenders of Belief vs. Seekers of the Truth – A classification of communities based on members

Invigorate your online community by closing it down

How to Market an Offline Event Online

Consumer Social Media in Government: Resistance Is Futile

The Second Life of Second Life

Getting started 2: What do you want to achieve?

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Here is this week’s summary of links to my posts appearing on other blogs:

Twiki Enterprise Agility Platform Blog*

• Companies as Communities: Productivity Through Collaboration

Intel Software Network*

• Hadoop and Cloudera: Open Source for the Cloud
• Interview: Wilfred Yu, Open Source Virtualization Engineering Manager
• David Stewart talking about Moblin
• Red Hat and Microsoft Partner on Virtualization

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*Disclaimers:

• Twiki: I provide consulting services to Twiki, and this blog post is part of my consulting engagement.
  
• Intel Software Network: I provide consulting services to Intel, and these blog posts are one part of my consulting engagement.

Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

How to build and maintain trust in online communities

Online Community Welcome Pack

The Unspoken Role in Community Management

The Art of Aligning Social Media Strategy With Communications Strategy

Kellie Parker » Social Media “Experts” are Killing Us

You might be a community manager if…

Social Learning Isn’t Just for Kids: Learning in Public at Conferences and Workshops

7 Considerations for Tracking Social Media Success

Forrester: Coolhunting with Teen Social Networkers

What’s next for billionaire Twitter?

Low CPMs Stall Social Network Ad Spend

Survey Finds Small Business Adopting Social Media Rapidly

Gartner Says Enterprises Must Get Control of Their Avatars

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On Tuesday, I gave a presentation about Demystifying Social Media Tools and Techniques for the PDXTech4Good group organized as part of NTEN’s 501 Tech Club, so the presentation was targeted to nonprofit organizations. It was about a 30 to 40 minute presentation followed by 2 breakouts:

• Learn more about the tools (Twitter, etc.) with Crystal Beasley
• Monitoring social media sites with Dawn Foster

Here are the slides from the first part of the presentation, and you can download the full size version from SlideShare if you want a better copy than the version embedded below.

Monitoring Breakout Section

In the monitoring section, I shared some of my favorite tools.

Keeping up with industry news:

• Find any good RSS reader and populate it with the top blogs from your industry. Netvibes and Google Reader are good choices.

Real time Twitter monitoring:

• TweetDeck (my favorite): Desktop application
• Monitter: Good solution if you need something browser-based
• More info on real time Twitter monitoring

Find shortened links to your websites when posted on Twitter:

• BackTweets: This is a fantastic tool

Advanced monitoring on the cheap:

• Yahoo Pipes: More involved tool, but you can do some very advanced monitoring. I have a bunch of video and written tutorials for getting started with Yahoo Pipes.

Here is this week’s summary of links to my posts appearing on other blogs:

GigaOM’s WebWorkerDaily*

• Keep Track of Workouts With the RunKeeper iPhone App

Intel Software Network*

• Open Source, Cloud Computing and Virtualization Come Together
• Interview: David Woodhouse, Linux Kernel Engineer
• Linux Kernel Roundtable Video
• Dr. John Busch from Schooner Information Technology

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*Disclaimers:

• GigaOM’s WebWorkerDaily: I am a paid blogger for the GigaOM network.
• Intel Software Network: I provide consulting services to Intel, and these blog posts are one part of my consulting engagement

Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

Social Network Statistics

2009 Tribalization of Business Study

Thoughts on the Emerging Discipline of Community Management

Will Work for Whuffie?

Breathe new life into old features

How to Blog Almost Every Day

7 Tips for Measuring the Success of Your Blog

5 Ways Clarity Can Replace Control

How Speakers Should Integrate Social Into Their Presentation

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People often ask me for a list of my favorite blogs, books or other resources to help them learn more about online communities. I’ve mostly been providing this list to people on an ad hoc basis, so I thought that it was time to create the list here and keep it updated!

There are many great blogs, books and other resources for people who want to learn more about online communities, but I’ve limited this list to just a few of my favorites. I will be keeping this list updated on the Learn More About Online Communities page. I hope you enjoy it!

Online community thought leader blogs:

• Dawn Foster
• Jeremiah Owyang
• Connie Bensen
• Bill Johnston
• Rich Millington
• Angela Connor
• Beth Kanter
• Forrester Groundswell

Good books about online communities

• Companies and Communities: Participating without being sleazy by Dawn Foster
• The Whuffie Factor by Tara Hunt
• Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
• Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky

Here is this week’s summary of links to my posts appearing on other blogs:

GigaOM’s WebWorkerDaily*

• My Favorite iPhone Apps

Olliance Blog*

• Interview: Jeff Campbell from SugarCRM
• Interview: Peter Galli from Microsoft

Intel Software Network*

• How to Shine in a Crowded Field: LinuxCon Keynote by Dirk Hohndel
• Glynn Foster from Sun Discussing OpenSolaris

If you want a feed of all of my blog posts across multiple sites, you can also subscribe to my über feed.

*Disclaimers:

• GigaOM’s WebWorkerDaily: I am a paid blogger for the GigaOM network.
• Olliance Blog: I am the Senior Executive & Online Community Practice Manager at Olliance
• Intel Software Network: I provide consulting services to Intel, and these blog posts are one part of my consulting engagement

Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

Inside the mind of an online community lurker

Twitter Blog: Soon to Launch: Lists

How LIVESTRONG Uses Social Media To Animate Its Community

The 11 Fundamental Laws Of Building Online Communities

Is It Now Web Squared?

Social Site Users Depend on Their Networks