Exploring the intersection of life, running and the business of online communities
It’s been 136 days since I began my experiment to not watch any sports for a year. So how’s it going? Well, it’s been fun, hard and revealing to say the least. And here’s a collection of thoughts, findings […]
For the last several years, I’ve watched others do the “my three words” yearly mission. And it’s time for me to jump in. Yes, I’ve thought of my three words before, but I’ve just thought about them. Until now, I’ve […]
I recently had the pleasure of kicking off the Community Roundtable’s new Community Manager spotlight series. It was tons of fun chatting with Jim Storer and sharing the inside scoop of the development of our enterprise social […]
This Fitbit experiment has been fascinating. It’s really opened my eyes and I’ve learned a lot. So, in no particular order, here’s a quick round up of all the things I’ve learned so far; the good, bad and the ugly, […]
It’s inspiring and encouraging to see how much Community Manager Appreciation Day has evolved since it was started in 2010. Four years later CMAD has become the dedicated day to not only give thanks to community managers and recognize them […]
When you’re building an enterprise social network at a large company and aiming to make your organization more social and collaborative, one of the most important things you should do is surround yourself with smart people who have […]
It has begun. I’ve officially started my “Not Watching Sports for A Year” experiment. As you know, experiments have been at the center of Live Fix since the get-go and I’m excited to embark on this new sports-lated […]
Continuing our exploration of community management and social media, here’s a video and the deck from a presentation I gave when I spoke at the Socialmedia.org Blogwell event in New York City. My talk was about how, at Walgreens, we’re using […]
On this episode of Live Fix Radio we’re continuing our exploration of live music fashion and chatting with special guests Brittany Abeijon, editor in chief of The Facets Magazine, and JP Chookaszian, Urban Offering as we traverse through the exciting and controversial […]
On this episode of Live Fix Radio we’re continuing our exploration of the social curation and list-making platform Listly and chatting with it’s co-founder Nick Kellet about why Listly is an essential community building tool for concert fans, and a […]
I’ve got an excellent update to our ongoing experiments on concert rioting, live music fears and similar concert crisis related explorations. According to Physics Central a group of students at Cornell University have begun to share their research about comparing […]
On this episode of Live Fix Radio we’re continuing our exploration of Bon Iver and the power of the little things and chatting with fellow concert fan Isabel about how this picture of Justin Vernon’s “that was then” tattoo […]
This Fitbit experiment has lots of fun and challenging! I’ve been learning a lot about the importance of community in this self-tracking adventure and how to work through failure even when I’ve supposedly set realistic goals. So let’s jump right […]
I’m thrilled to share with you some exciting news as we continue our exploration of community management! This year I took an active role in helping to develop the research for The 2013 State of Community Management, a yearly industry report […]