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Interview with Community Life

May 1, 2023

Yurii Lazaruk and I had a great time talking about … well… me. Yurii’s belief is that it’s important to understand the people behind the work.

Home Game: The web comic for Community Managers

March 30, 2020

I’m proud to announce the launch of a new Web comic that Community5 CEO, Jake McKee and well-known comic artist, Greg Hyland have collaborated on:

Free Zoom Virtual Backgrounds For Download

March 19, 2020

As we all transition to more Work From Home (WFH) scenarios, we’re all learning how to improve our virtual meetings. One great technique to improve

The Community Signal podcast welcomes Jake McKee to talk about his experience building community with the adult LEGO fans. Listen here: http://www.communitysignal.com/lego-wasnt-always-open-to-your-ideas/

Confessions of a Super Fan

January 16, 2019

Community5 CEO Jake McKee takes the stage in Sweden to share insights about Super Fans.

2019 Community Predictions

January 15, 2019

Our friends at Vanilla Forums asked our CEO, Jake McKee to his observations of online communities in 2018 and the predictions for where the industry is going

10 Questions with Patrick O’Keefe, Moderation Guru & Author

My friend Patrick has written a great book about managing online forum communities. I’ve talked about him and his book quite a bit lately so

May 21, 2008

10 Questions with Alaina Browne of SeriousEats.com

A couple years back, I had the pleasure of working on a project with Alaina Browne when she was with Mule Design. It was a

March 12, 2008

10 Questions with Andrew Mason of ThePoint.com

If you haven’t seen the (relatively) new site, The Point take a swing by. The concept is extremely interesting (more on that below), but I’ve

February 18, 2008

10 Questions with Michael Broukhim

I’ve been having a great time on a new(ish) site, Why08.org where you can identify yourself with a candidate and engage in some rousing political

January 2, 2008

10 Questions with David Nelsen of TalkShoe.com

Time to continue the ongoing series of 10 Question interviews with great services and sites that have community as a strong component. We have several

December 18, 2007

10 Questions: Gregg Brockway from TripIt.com

I’ve been playing with, and fascinated by the new travel site, TripIt.com for a while now. It’s helping me wrangle my large collection of travel

November 5, 2007

10 Questions with Jonathan and Peter of Picnik.com

If you’ve read my blog, checked out my Flickr stream, or stood within 5 feet of me for more than 10 minutes you know I’m

October 17, 2007

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DINNER5

Dinner5 is a comfortable, casual virtual gathering I host once a month at no charge for senior-level community professionals across the country. I designed it as a free, small group, no-sales event where people can relax, relate and get real about the challenges and rewards of customer communities. It has since expanded into two career development options, Dinner5 Professional and Dinner5 Mentor, which are 3-month, cohort-based programs designed to advance community-building skills for beginners and longtime leaders alike.