Community manager toolkit: Scale your community with volunteers
At some point you may have found yourself at work long after everyone else has left, the fluorescent lights buzzing above your head, and the sound of a lonely unanswered …
Community managers unite! Handling conflict in online communities
Last week Catherine Hackney of Confident Communities Consulting, Arianna Rehak of AssociationSuccess.org, and I led the first “Community Managers Unite!” Crowdcast. I had a blast and hope you’ll watch the …
Using discussion forums and online communities to generate leads
If you are a marketer or salesperson, you probably have a strategy for using social media to build your brand. But have you considered the power of niche discussion forums …
August in Review: Highlights From Skariphos.com
It’s been a busy month here at Skariphos, so I thought I would take a little break and take a look back at some August highlights. In addition to a …
Retired members make great association community managers
I was getting coffee with a friend of mine, and she was telling me that her association is at the point where it needs a community manager, but they don’t …
Virtual meetings, workshops and vacations: Engage your community with out-of-the-box event offerings
Association executives and other professionals often don’t have the budget or the time to globe trot to every conference they are invited to. So what tools do we have to encourage event attendance while building community among our members?