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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.

Interview: Community Hour

November 22, 2022

I had a great conversation with my ol’ friend, Blake Ethridge of the The Community Hour show about community, the early days, and all the

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.

Clue Unit Podcast: 3 new episodes!

We’ve released several new episodes of The Clue Unit. Subscribe to the feed here. Regularly scheduled episode: Clue Unit #12: A Grab Bag of Topics

May 3, 2007

Clue Unit: Co-creation and Contest

The latest Clue Unit podcast has been posted, this time we focus on co-creation. (click here to listen – MP3) (click here to subscribe to

April 26, 2007

Pitching Bloggers

Ben started a great conversation about how to pitch (or not to pitch) bloggers. A communications expert is quoted in the paper advising companies to

April 22, 2007

Clue Unit iPod Giveaway

As a thank you to you, dear listener, we’re giving away a brand spanking new 4gb iPod Nano (red), courtesy of our friends at eModeration.

April 12, 2007

The Clue Unit Podcast Updates

I’ve been remiss in sharing the posting of new Clue Unit podcast episode updates. To help you out, here’s a link to the the last

April 12, 2007

Blogging the Presidential '08

My buddy Dave is putting on a fun event on Monday. Check it out if you’re into politics, or blogging. Who: Blogfusion.com and BrainBand is

February 16, 2007

Clue Unit Podcast: Episode 4 is live

Lee, Chris, and I knocked out a quick recap of the Community Next event that took place this last weekend in Stanford. If you’re interested

February 15, 2007

The Clue Unit – Introducing a new podcast

You know those great ideas that build out of you and a friend to two sitting around a beer and saying "you know, we really

January 31, 2007

Recap 2006: Lucy in LA

I dare you to make a case that Lucy isn’t the cutest video pocaster on the net. I dare ya. See, you can’t do it.

January 6, 2007

Quote of the week

This is a fantastic quote from Arianna Huffington from a recent Playboy interview: "The mainstream media has ADD, and the blogosphere has OCD" Perfect description.

December 23, 2006

Need your feedback

For a while now I’ve been using the del.icio.us function that automatically uploads links to this blog based on things I’ve posted recently to del.icio.us.

December 21, 2006

Bloggers are not remora fish

Not to belabor a much written about topic, but I had to respond to the recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal about blogs,

December 21, 2006

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CX 5essions

CX 5essions 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, CX 5essions Professional and CX 5essions Mentor, which are 3-month, cohort-based programs designed to advance community-building skills for beginners and longtime leaders alike.