Month: November 2010

Which of these communities would you most like to join? 1. An online community for local residents to participate in the public consultation process and

Cairns Regional Council (Australia) recently launched this online community for their residents. Here’s a screenshot from today: There are some good lessons here: Have a

Just don’t do it. If you have dozens of separate communities scattered across a plethora of platforms, it’s tempting to bring them together onto a

I sometimes speak to a demotivated community builder/manager. This shouldn't need to be said, but sometimes it does. The work you do is amazing. Your community work

Dick thinks the GolfGTI forum has a lot of problems. He says it looks like crap. It should allow for videos and photos. It’s too

The LV= community has over 7,500 members but less than 5 posts in the past week, 3 of which were from the community manager. It’s

There are, broadly speaking, five different types of communities. You can classify every type of community by the purpose that brings them together. Interest. Communities of

DesignReviver believes a successful online community cannot survive without 10 key elements elements. Looking at some successful examples of online communities. I believe you can

GenerationBenz spent a fortune developing this rubbish. It gets very few discussions from very few members. It’s a huge failure…but it looks lovely.  This is