Dear Community,
Below is the newsletter for the month of March that was sent out today. 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).
Greetings from sunny Barcelona
Edwina
1. Welcome to Our New Members!
2. Events Happening in the Community Sector this Month
3. Win Free Passes to Nonick Conference in Bilbao
4. The 5 Most Recent Jobs
5. Top 5 Most Read Items Last Month
6. Welcome to Our New Intern, Louise!
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:
Beth Granter, Social Media Consultant at NixonMcInnes in the United Kingdom
Kim Fox, Community Manager at CBC News in Canada
Julia Temlyn, Community Manager and Social Media Consultant in the United States
Daniel Perry, Group Moderator in Spain
Karina Vega, Group Moderator and Project Manager at Tattoodle in Mexico
2. Events Happening in the Community Sector this Month
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: IAB Marketplace, New York, NY, USA, April 5
Blog Well: How Big Brands Use Social Media, Cincinnati, OH, USA, April 7
Social Media Advertising Consortium - NYC Salon, New York, NY, USA, April 7
ConnectNow Conference, Madrid, Spain, April 7-9
Social Fresh, St. Louis, MO, USA, April 19
Social Media: Risk & Rewards, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 19
NewComm Forum 2010, San Mateo, CA, USA, April 20-23
Restaurant & Hospitality Social Media Marketing Bootcamp, St. Louis, MO, USA, April 26
Free State Social, Lawrence, KS, USA, April 29-30
3. Win Free Passes for the Nonick Conference in Bilbao
We're very excited to announce that we have the opportunity to give away 5 tickets (worth 100EUR each) for the Nonick Conference on Social Networks and Online Communities!
Nonick is an international conference on social networks and online communities, taking place in Bilbao, Spain on May 14-15 2010. Together with AERCO, the Spanish Community Manager Association, we helped the Nonick Committé to organize a special session dedicaded to community managers at the conference.The Community Manager Session will be a Roundtable of experienced European community managers, including our Moderator Community members Blaise Grimes-Viort from Hearst Digital, José Antonio Gallego from the Spanish Community Managers Association AERCO, and Mark Ralea from the German Community Managers Association BVCM.
Click here for the full details on how to enter for a chance to win one of these tickets!
4. The 5 Most Recent Jobs
New Digital Media Manager at a Brewery in Germany
Web Copywriter (German) at XING in Hamburg, Germany
Marketing and Online Community Manager at ChildCareGroup in Dallas, TX, USA
Journalist/Community Manager at Shakleton Group in Madrid, Spain
Social Media Strategist at Crimson Consulting Group in Los Altos, Ca, USA
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!
5. Top 5 Most Read Items last month
Here are the Top 5 most read items of the last month!
User Engagement Doesn't Happen Overnight
Top Ten Branded Social Media Nightmares
69% of Companies Focus on Twitter, 61% Have No Clue of Its ROI
What's the Difference Between a Community Manager and a Social Media Manager?
Sean Power Talking About Communilytics
6. Welcome to Our New Intern, Louise!
You may have noticed that one of our new members this month has been particularly active - that's Louise, our new Intern! Louise joined us two weeks ago and will be exploring the social media space with us for the next few months. Louise came to Barcelona last year to teach English as a Foreign Language and is currently paving her way into a career in social media. She will be posting new resources, events & jobs as well as blogging on her experience in social media - look at the resources she has posted, and stay tuned for her first blog post!
We're looking forward to continue discovering the world of online communities with you!
On behalf of The Moderator Community Team,
(Community & Content Manager)
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