About Fast Wonder

Fast Wonder is primarily a blog and secondarily a podcast focused on online communities, open technologies, open source, web 2.0, social media, and innovation created by Dawn Foster. If you are new to this blog, you might find it helpful to read a few of the posts on the Starting Point page. The blog is an evolution of Dawn’s Open Culture blog originally started in November 2005. A number of other “Open Culture” blogs gradually appeared over the years, and the time came to come up with a more original name and a real logo for this blog.

If you think about it long enough, you will understand why Dawn Foster chose the name “Fast Wonder” for her company and blog. A big thank you to Stephen Way for designing the Fast Wonder logo.

The Portland is Awesome blog is also a Fast Wonder venture where a group of bloggers talk about the many things that make Portland a great place to live, work, and play.

Fast Wonder also provides consulting services focused on social media, community events, and online community building as time permits.

My full-time job at Jive software keeps me pretty busy. For a consulting engagement that looks like fun, I might be persuaded to do a very small consulting engagement in my free time (evenings and weekends) as long it does not interfere with my full-time job at Jive Software or create any potential or perceived conflict of interest with Jive Software.

Social Media

  • Blogging strategy and implementation guidance
  • Podcasting strategy
  • Social networking presence (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

Community Events

  • Engaging the local community
  • Local product launches and demos
  • Blogger dinners

Online Community Building

  • Building a community around your products
  • Managing communities

Contact Information

The best way to contact Fast Wonder:
dawn@fastwonder.com

Fast Wonder LLC
4110 SE Hawthorne #131
Portland, OR 97214
503-702-7223