Online Community Builders

Meet fellow online community builders to discuss trends and expand your network.

Members

  • Stephanie
  • Paul Renzi
  • anita koleva
  • FreelancerCrowd
  • Peter Kindness
  • Eric
  • Danielle Gable
  • Ruthann Swain
  • John Clifford
  • Daryl Holland
  • Jeremy Latimer
  • Chris d'Eon
  • David J. Manley
  • Greg Cherry
  • Jill Finlayson
  • Dan McComb
  • Ade Adewunmi
  • Chris Sparshott
  • gbcherry
  • JennyWaggo

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Latest Activity

Stephanie added a discussion
Inactive discussions: to delete or not delete
Hello, my colleagues are asking about deleting inactive discussion topics. I quote "I thought that if a discussion wasn't generating new content and became moribund we would eventually take it down." My answer: We don't delete threads without an i…
January 15
anita koleva is now a member of Online Community Builders
Welcome Them!
December 27, 2009
Steven Eidson replied to Paul Renzi's discussion 'Share your twitter ID'
http://twitter.com/askcoachsteven
November 13, 2009
Steven Eidson I look forward to learning about developing an online community with a focus on small town economic development.
November 13, 2009
Steven Eidson is now a member of Online Community Builders
Welcome Them!
November 13, 2009
Paul Renzi added a discussion
Which Social Network Are You Deriving The Most Value From?
I've gotten plenty out of linkedin personally, but im looking to better my efforts with both facebook and twitter. What networks do you feel are helping you market your brand, learn more about your business, or increase your networking abilities the…
June 4, 2009
Paul Renzi replied to Jill Finlayson's discussion 'Online Community Unconference'
unfortunately i wont be able to attend, but i did make it to the last unconference in NY. It was extrememly helpful for both networking and learning. I urge anyone who has not attended the conference to go - but be quick; the tickets go up in price…
June 4, 2009
Greg Cherry and Jill Finlayson joined Online Community Builders
May 21, 2009
Jill Finlayson added a discussion
Online Community Unconference
June 10, Mountain View, CA http://www.socialedge.org/features/opportunities/archive/2009/05/15/the-online-community-unconference
May 20, 2009
prsun replied to Paul Renzi's discussion 'Share your twitter ID'
http://twitter.com/prsun
May 20, 2009
Ken Vanosky replied to Ken Vanosky's discussion 'Questions'
Google is a great example of a couple of guys who took mathematical formulation into methodology and took that into a software system that earned them “billions” of dollars. Google wasn’t the first in the search domain (neither Yahoo nor Microsoft w…
May 6, 2009
Jeanine Buford added the App Box.net Files
May 6, 2009
Jeanine Buford added the App Twitter Tracker
May 6, 2009
Paul Renzi replied to Ken Vanosky's discussion 'Questions'
One of my favorite methodologies comes from Google; That is, Create a platform (for some form of openness), help people use it, then get out of the way. I think the most difficult section of that is probably the "help people use it" part, which ties…
April 30, 2009
Peter Kindness and Chris Sparshott joined Online Community Builders
April 30, 2009
Ken Vanosky added 2 discussions
April 29, 2009
Paul Renzi added 3 blog posts
April 29, 2009
Paul Renzi replied to Ken Vanosky's discussion 'Question of Purpose'
One thing I intend to take away from what you've said is the importance of blatantly showing my lack of knowledge as openly as possible to help engage more knowledgeable minds here in the community. I also plan to take your lesson on openness by exp…
April 29, 2009
Ken Vanosky replied to Ken Vanosky's discussion 'Question of Purpose'
In terms of intention we are structured as a community of practice, i.e. a community of people engaged in a process of social learning. In theory we have the common goal to learn from others by engaging in the sharing of experiences and practices in…
April 28, 2009
A video by Paul Renzi was featured
How to Build Communities Online
- The Hacker News Interview
April 28, 2009
 

Forum

Stephanie

Inactive discussions: to delete or not delete

Started by Stephanie in Community Talk Jan 15.

Paul Renzi

Which Social Network Are You Getting The Most Value From?

Started by Paul Renzi in Community Talk Jun. 5, 2009.

Jill Finlayson

Online Community Unconference 1 Reply

Started by Jill Finlayson in General Discussion. Last reply by Paul Renzi Jun. 5, 2009.

Ken Vanosky

Questions 2 Replies

Started by Ken Vanosky in General Discussion. Last reply by Ken Vanosky May. 7, 2009.

Ken Vanosky

Recent News

Started by Ken Vanosky in General Discussion Apr. 29, 2009.

Ken Vanosky

Question of Purpose 9 Replies

Started by Ken Vanosky in General Discussion. Last reply by Paul Renzi Apr. 29, 2009.

Paul Renzi

A Great Green Living Site

Started by Paul Renzi in Community Talk Mar. 18, 2009.

Paul Renzi

Share your twitter ID 3 Replies

Started by Paul Renzi in Community Talk. Last reply by Steven Eidson Nov. 13, 2009.

Paul Renzi

What projects are you undertaking currently?

Started by Paul Renzi in Community Talk Mar. 10, 2009.

Blog Posts

Paul Renzi

From Glue to Revenue?

I'm just starting community events in my gaming community, but I'm wondering where else I can take those events. As I mentioned in my last post, you don't need physical meetings to get events going with gamers. What I thought of doing is offering cash games to get competition going again. I would of course host them at first, but, hopefully, they would lead to community led cash events. Has anyone tried a similar strategy with their web business? If so, do you know of any software that might sup… Continue

Posted by Paul Renzi on April 29, 2009 at 4:30pm

Paul Renzi

The Importance of Events in Online Communities

I've mentioned in other posts my other social network here on Ning. Just recently, I decided to grab some people up and start hosting events to get the community moving a little more in sync. Already, I've got people jumping at the chance to work on the events with me! Now, I have to admit, this particular community revolves around gamers, meaning it can easily be brought together for virtual events rather those of physical nature. Since most gaming events are as simple as piling a bunch of peop… Continue

Posted by Paul Renzi on April 29, 2009 at 2:52pm

Paul Renzi

Amazon Associates Helps Monetize Information-Based Communitites.

Well If you haven't noticed, I've added a bit of code that allows everyone to check out reviews on the books that both I and other members have been reading. I just learned how the "Amazon Associates" works thanks to my very helpful internet marketing professor. He showed us class the site only a few days ago, and I immediately saw an opportunity I wanted to share with the community. I have always loved the book recommendations you can make on Linkedin, and thought they would make a great additi… Continue

Posted by Paul Renzi on April 28, 2009 at 5:00pm

Paul Renzi

The Joy of Building a Community for Young People

On the Ning network, I've got another community called L3g3ndz (or legends). It's a community for gamers to meet and greet, build teams (often called clans or guilds), arrange events, and keep track of one another when they move from game to game. Let me tell you, the people I've gotten to join the cause have created such a great place to chat. In the gaming community, there's a lot of humor, a lot less restriction, and an ethnically diverse set of fun and competitive people. There's no other gr… Continue

Posted by Paul Renzi on April 23, 2009 at 6:17pm

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   In an effort to make the site as open and personable as possible, I'd like to ask everyone to do their best to use real profile pictures and real names.

  Thank you,

-Paul

Created by Paul Renzi Mar 2, 2009 at 7:40pm. Last updated by Paul Renzi Oct. 9, 2009.

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Created by Paul Renzi Feb 26, 2009 at 8:50pm. Last updated by Paul Renzi Oct. 9, 2009.

Help Our Community Generate Content

 
Welcome,

I'm really excited to get some discussion going! The more we all contribute to the content and discussions, the better we all learn from one another! I personally really value, as I hope you do, openness in a community -- that's why I put this site up. Sites like linkedin.com, which similarly focus on business oriented communication, seem overly rigid and not very conducive to the sharing of ideas or engaging in common interest based discussions. This is a place to fee… Continue

Created by Paul Renzi Feb 22, 2009 at 6:57pm. Last updated by Paul Renzi Oct. 9, 2009.

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