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Are dead communities the sign of a dying industry?

May 20, 2009

With each new hype, new projects form often without appropriate staffing and resources, only to die down or off a short time later. Today, for

Thanks for the memories, Ford!

May 18, 2009

A few weeks back, the folks at Ford recently reached out to offer me a test drive of the new Lincoln MKS. I was a

The power of a great story

May 16, 2009

Shortly before Christmas last year, I needed a new watch. It was time to step up to a “big boy watch”, forsaking the $100 jobs

Success by 1000 Paper Cuts

April 2, 2009

As many of you know, I do quite a bit of public speaking. Most of my engagements focus on social engagement and customer experience, specifically

New site launched: 90-9-1.com

November 20, 2008

If you play in the community space at all, you’ve almost certainly heard or been part of a discussion revolving around the 90-9-1 Principle. Basically

Liveblogging WOMMA Summit

November 14, 2008

Yesterday and today I’ve been in Las Vegas at the WOMMA Summit. I’ve been doing the live blogging together with the always fantastic Shannon Stairhime

A few corporate blogging links

The corporate Weblog Manifesto – well worth the read 10 Rules for corporate blogs and wikis Small business blogging

October 27, 2004

Are you afraid to blog

A great look at corporate blogging and fear. Fear of being different. Fear of telling your boss your ideas. Fear of speaking up in meetings.

October 26, 2004

Travel Blogging

Travels blogs, the next big thing? I have to ask… if you’re on vacation, why are you blogging?

October 23, 2004

Blog Introductions

A brief introduction to blogging…

October 23, 2004

BlogExplosion!

Cool blogging that’s just started up that helps you get more traffic to your blog. Pretty cool, and seems to work. Check it out!

October 23, 2004

Blogging Cartoon

Dork Tower has the goods on the power of blogging comments.

October 19, 2004

Blogging Look and Feel Templates as Ads

Sony Pictures is giving away free blog templates as part of their promotion effort for Spiderman. Pretty cool idea. If you wanted to, these templates

September 25, 2004

Blogging Basics

Blogging Basics – from Technorati.com. Technorati is a pretty interesting site. Nothing quite as fun as searching for your blog URL to find new people

September 11, 2004

Increasing Readership

An interesting read on increasing readership for your blog.

September 11, 2004

Video Blogging

Man, I’ve been blogging a lot about blogging lately! Just came across VblogCentral.com, a site to help you add video to your blog entries. With

July 30, 2004

Convention Blogging

Check out this cool resource that aggregates all the Democratic Convention blogging. Neat stuff.

July 26, 2004

More Corporate Blogging

Microsoft goes so far as to actually link to their “employees blogging for fun on the side” on their corproate Web site. Check out the

July 21, 2004

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CX SessionS

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