Tag Archives: facilitation

Community facilitators

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Dave

From Rich Millington: A moderator keeps things normal. A moderator removes the extremes from the community. Moderating isn’t as hard as moderators would have you believe. You can typically find community members to do it. A facilitator makes it easier … Continue reading →

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The importance of community management

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Dave

One of the great arguments in favour of employing social web tools is the fact that they are pretty quick, and usually cheap, to put together. However, that’s not taking into account the other costs, one of which is managing … Continue reading →

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The need for community managers

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Dave

Marshall Kirkpatrick, at ReadWriteWeb wrote a piece that caused a certain amount of flurry yesterday, asking whether startups need community managers: A community manager can do many things (see below) but the most succinct definition of the role that we … Continue reading →

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Planning workshops

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Dave

I’m doing some work at the minute putting together the agenda for Tuesday’s socia media shindig in Coventry for members of the IDeA Social Media and Online Collaboration Community of Practice (…and breathe). It can be tricky keeping an eye … Continue reading →

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On facilitation

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Dave

Had a great meeting today with two of my fellow facilitators at the Community of Practice for Knowledge Management in the Public Sector (don’t worry, we’re working on the name). The community has been running for a little while now … Continue reading →

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