Group Forums

Share your experience and best practice here. Need advice? Ask how others manage their groups!

n this forum we want to provide basic definitions of terms around online communities. What´s a group? What´s a community? What´s a social network? What´s a moderator? What does a moderator do? What´s a community manager? What does a community manager do? And many more ...

Looking for organizing a meetup? Announce it here. Want to know who else will be at the conference next month? This is the place to ask.

How to manage a community for your company? How to use new technologies to improve internal communication?

Are you a group moderator, administrator or officer of a group within a community platform? How do you manage your community or group? Share with others your experience of being a group moderator of a special interest group. Get advice on how to engage and retain members. Are you facing a challenge in your group? You can get help from experienced moderators and managers here!

What are the best practices? What's the best best way to generate revenue from your community? How can you incorporate sponsoring that community and group members support? How do you identify sponsors that fit your community's interests?

Here you can place posts which do not directly fit into the other forums but which are still relevant for Monetization.

Learn about how to get started and write a community plan. What are the decisions you need to make? How do you decide on a strategy and what are all the points you need to think about? This is the place to ask.

How do you grow your community? Are you looking to attract new members to your community or group? This group discusses how you can promote your community or group. Share best practices on how to bring active members to your community through promotional efforts. Note: Please do not offer sponsoring to groups here. This belongs into the monetization group, which has a dedicated forum for these offers.

This is the discussion place for everything related to advancing your career – from college courses to one day seminars and online certifications.

This forum is an archive for Recommended Readings and not-so-new-anymore News. Have a look, especially if you're new to the group and looking for interesting resources!