Someone told me that community managers aren’t interested in networking because they do it day in & day out. My sense is that that is so not the case! We thrive on being interactive. And the nature of the job results in situations that we want to consult with peers & mentors about. Here are places to meet like minded people & connect. And even if you aren’t a community manager, but you’re interested in social networking& branding, feel free to join these conversations!
The Facebook group is very active. We’re soon going to have 2000 members there! And there are 120 discussion topics. People are seeking help & helping each other.
Friendfeed
On Friendfeed I created a room for Community Managers. I just popped over there & see that it’s active. Yay! Join in the conversation there.
If Twitter is your thing then there are the Twitterpacks (I created a section for Community Managers). Here you will find many community managers & you can also add your username. The password is ‘project’. (The info went missing for a bit & gave me a scare, so I put a copy on my wiki. The password is ‘build’. Put your info on either & some day I’ll get them reconciled.)
Contribute to a Project to Create a White Paper
My work is gratifying but my professional involvement also adds to my satisfaction. Here’s an opportunity to get involved to further the community manager role. Axel from Xeequa has started a collective effort for a white paper on Best Practices for Community Manager Responsibilities. We invite you to add your ideas. It’s a pbwiki so easy to edit!
Where are you networking at & getting involved at a professional level?
collective effort for a white paper on Best Practices for Community Manager Responsibilities. http://tinyurl.com/6owug9
collective effort for a white paper on Best Practices for Community Manager Responsibilities. http://tinyurl.com/6owug9
places for community managers to get involved – enjoy! http://tinyurl.com/6owug9
I attended ConvergeSouth in Greensboro on Friday and met many bloggers whom I have followed for quite some time. It was nice to put faces with names and network with people who are familiar with your position and some of the issues that arise. So many of us were twittering while there and posting in the COnvergeSouth FriendFeed group. The day before, I held a session about social media at the NC Center for Nonprofits statewide conference and was pretty shocked at the lack of social media involvement, and the fear of something we embrace so easily. It was a great opportunity to educate and was happy to do it. I think community managers absolutely want to communicate with our peers. it can be a lonely job and we need a place to connect and commiserate. I look forward to contributing to the white paper.
Who told you that?! I’ve found the Facebook group to be really helpful in researching and exploring subjects… next to nitpicking Connie’s brain of course!
I’m also trying to recruit Australian Community Managers to this group so we can form a little collective here in Aus:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32086011751
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Us CMs in the videogame industry are also quite avid social networkers, in general. One thing that I find interesting is that we don’t seem to have a lot of contact with CMs outside our industry, which strikes me as a little odd, because videogames are definitely a social medium.