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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

USS Green Bay, here I come!

A few months back, some bloggers were invited to fly onto the USS Nimitz, a working aircraft carrier. Reading the stories of the trip (here,

August 24, 2009

Confusing the blogging concept with the current ecosystem

Paul Boutin published an odd, and fairly short sighted article in Wired. His basic premise is that three things are driving blogging to irrelevance: Twitter

December 17, 2008

Graco blog is fantastic

As a (relatively) new parent, the Graco brand certainly has made a footprint in our household. Through a new Twitter friend, I found out about

March 3, 2008

My tips for a great presentation

(This is part of Ask the Community Guy, an ongoing series of questions posed by readers for Jake, the Community Guy) In the last few

January 27, 2008

Join me Friday for a Community Tips Webcast

On Friday I will be joining fellow blogger and podcast, Stuart Crawford for a webinar taking about my favorite subject: "Everybody goes home happy". Everyone

June 13, 2007

Blog Birthday Today!

Three years ago today I posted the first blog post on CommunityGuy.com. I’m taking a break from a client on-site session, which is good. Nobody

June 8, 2007

Big news on the CommunityGuy.com front

After watching the "Viral Garden Top 25 Marketing Blogs" list for some time now, I feel lucky to see that this very blog has made

June 1, 2007

Clue Unit #15: Interview with Deb Schultz on Transparency

To round out our month theme of transparency, the Clue Unit team interviewed Deb Schultz. Deb is a consultant and speaker who describes herself as

May 28, 2007

Clue Unit #14: Non-traditional Discussion of Transparency

Continuing our May theme of Transparency, Clue Unit episode 14 has been released! (click here to listen – MP3) (click here to subscribe to this

May 24, 2007

Comments have returned

Apparently I really have won the war. After only 48 hours of having comments turned off, I got the following message in my inbox: Hello

May 17, 2007

Lost the battle, won't lose the war

OK, fine. I’m throwing in the towel, at least temporarily. The manual spammers have won this battle, hopefully they won’t win the war too. In

May 13, 2007

Clue Unit Podcast: Transparency and Communities

Hot on the heels of the Digg.com craziness this week, we launch a new Clue Unit podcast. This episode is the first in a new

May 5, 2007

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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.