online-community
How to Help a Community Grow
Building an online community and helping it to grow is not always an easy task. I’ve spent many years figuring out what works – and what doesn’t. Even when people are signing up, participating in some way and logging in regularly, does that actually mean you are a success? No, my friends, it doesn’t mean [...]
Why Do We Build Community?
I wear many hats along my chosen career path: writer, live streamer, speaker and mentor. The best part of what I do, though, is to help build our community. Make no mistake, it is our community, not mine. I simply provide the various tools to bring all of you together. Tonight, I was reminded why [...]
LeWeb 2009: Building Communities
When Loic Le Meur asked me last year to come to Paris and speak at his LeWeb Conference, I admit to being honored beyond belief. LeWeb is one of the premiere conferences anywhere in the world, and it’s held in beautiful Paris. When I found out that Queen Rania Al Abdullah was also speaking, I [...]
Will You Give Second Life a Second Chance?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The other day, I slagged Second Life for having been overrun by porn and gambling enthusiasts. After I posted the video last week, several of you out there who live in the Second Life community were none too pleased with my [...]
Can Hanging Out Online Help You Lose Weight?
Thousands of dollars are spent every week by people desperately trying to lose weight. Tips, tricks and hints are found everywhere you look. Weight loss is something that millions of people obsess about, and it’s one of the hardest things in the world to achieve. We try every fad, gadget and food that we can [...]
Creating Community Communication Silos
Every day, I seem to receive at least one email or invitation to a new “social network” of sorts – and just about every one of these networks are networks unto themselves. That is to say: they’re community silos, not community expanders. This is frustrating – and I don’t see the trend changing anytime soon. [...]
Monday Night Live
Last night, on our way home from dinner, I asked Ponzi if she’d come on cam to say hi to everybody who was tuned in. I told her there were probably 100 people in there and she said there probably wasn’t. We quickly discovered the chat room count sitting at 79, so she dismissed me [...]
