February 2010: The latest from the world of online communities

Dear Community,
 
Below is the newsletter for the month of February that we sent out yesterday. If you are not receiving our newsletter yet but would like to in the future, you may subscribe in your profile settings (Go to your profile --> Edit --> My Newsletters and select the monthly newsletter) .
 
Have a great rest of the week! We look forward to sharing many more discussions and insights on online communities with you!
 
Greetings from sunny Barcelona
Edwina
 
 
1. Welcome to Our New Members!
2. Events Happening in the Community Sector this Month
3. The 5 Most Recent Jobs
4. Top 5 Most Read Items Last Month
5. Recent publications on online communities
 
 
 
1. Welcome to Our New Members!
 
As the Community & Content Manager of The Moderator Community, I'd like to extend a very warm welcome to all new members this month!
 
Please feel free to tap into the community with your questions and post them in one of our groups. Also, we encourage you to add your own blog articles (or those of your favorite bloggers) to our resource section and to promote your community or group in your profile.
 
If you've been a member for a long time, we encourage you to take a look at the community again! Is your profile up to date? Have you introduced yourself to the community yet? Take a look at the discussions that have been taking place, or add your blog articles to our resource section so even more people will find their way to your blog!
 
 
Here are some new members that have joined in the last month:
 
Alex Sass, Community Owner and Head of Digital at Renegade Media, from the United Kingdom
 
Chandler Thomas, Community Manager at Frenzoo, from the United States
 
Craig North, Community Owner at Alestero, from the Netherlands
 
Terrance Barkan, Community Expert
 
Alexa Groener, Community Manager at Weltbeweger, from Germany
 
 
 
2. Events Happening in the Community Sector this Month
 
This month, we'd like to specially mention Europe's first Social Business Summit, an invitation-only event in London on March 18th, which is aimed at business and technology thought leaders interested in the future of social business.
 
About the event: "Today, the use of social tools in business has progressed from the experimental stage to the beginning of mainstream adoption. As with all transformational technologies, organisational culture change and technology adoption are closely related, with both influencing the other in subtle but important ways. We want to look ahead and consider the impact of social tools on the way we organise, structure and manage knowledge- and people-intensive businesses in the future, both internally and externally."
 
If you are interested in participating in this event, you may fill out this form to be considered for the invite list.
 
 
Here is our monthly overview of events in the community sector. If you think we're missing an important event, feel free to add it to our events section!
 
 
Social Media for Government, Ottawa, Canada, March 1-4
 
Legal Aspects of Social Media: SociaLex Conference 2010, Washington, DC, USA, March 2
 
PR + MKTG Camp, Seattle, WA, USA, March 3
 
Girl Geek Boot Camp, Cape Cod, MA, USA, March 6
 
Nevada Interactive Summit, Reno, NV, USA, March 6
 
Digiday: Social, Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 9
 
Social Media World Forum Europe, London, UK, March 15-16
 
Social Business Summit, London, UK, March 18
 
Marketing 2.0 and Social Media Conference 2010, Paris, France, March 22-23
 
 
 
3. The 5 Most Recent Jobs
 
Training Manager (Children Safety) at LEGO Digital in Billund, Denmark

Part Time Forum Host/Moderator at Everyday Health in Brooklyn, NY, USA
 
Social Media Account Executive at Renegade Media in Gloucester, UK
 
Community Development Manager at Sclipo in Barcelona, Spain
 
Community & Social Media Relations Intern at Somesso in Zurich, Switzerland
 
 
Check out our job section in collaboration with Monster for more jobs in the online community and social media space! Our job section is becoming very active, so have a look if you're on the job hunt. If you have a job to offer, we encourage you to add it - it's free!
 
 
 
4. Top 5 Most Read Items last month
 
Here are the Top 5 most read items of the last month!
 
Building and Sustaining Brand Communities
 
The Loneliest Job in Business
 
Value of a Community Manager
 
How to Build an Online Community: The Ultimate List of Resources
 
The Art of Responding to Feedback
 
 
 
5. Recent publications on online communities
 
There have been quite a few publications of white papers and guides that members posted on The Moderator Community in the past, so we'd like to present the latest ones to you separately here:
 
Moderation in Social Networks
"Marketing to consumers on social networks is a fast-growing area for brands, who now want to “fish where the fishes are” as Coca-Cola’s recent social media strategy put it.   The aim of this guide is to arm brands and agencies with the knowledge they need to deal with user-generated content on social network pages.  The white paper linked to from this blog post talks about brand protection, legal/moral responsibility and the practical difficulties of moderating the major social networks."
(Thanks to Tia Fisher for sharing)
 
Online Community Management Guidelines for Associations
"The "Online Community Management Guidelines for Associations" was created to provide organizations with a frame on which to build internal community management policies. The author is requesting feedback on the content of the paper, good, bad or otherwise!"
(Thanks to Terrance Barkan for sharing)
 
We're looking forward to continue discovering the world of online communities with you!
 
On behalf of The Moderator Community Team,
Edwina Dendler
(Community & Content Manager)
 
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