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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.

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

Feed Reader Highlights – February 14, 2009

The theory and practice of movie website design February 13, 2009

February 14, 2009

Rapid Fire – Sunday, November 23

Code: Flickr Developer Blog » Lessons Learned while Building an iPhone Site Good overview for coders. Tags: iphone, dailylinks Flickr: The Stick Figures in Peril

November 24, 2008

Rapid Fire – Thursday, November 13

Pixar’s New “Up” Teaser Trailer « THE FIRE WIRE Looks like Pixar has another hit in the queue. This one looks to be pretty hilarious.

November 14, 2008

Rapid Fire – Friday, November 07

Traffic Bollards …or How To Stop a 10 Ton Truck Instantly Wow…. seriously, don’t run into one of these things! Tags: humor, video, dailylinks Barack

November 8, 2008

Rapid Fire – Wednesday, October 22

BlockSite :: Firefox Add-ons Spending too much time reading the political sites and not enough time working in these last few days before the election?

October 23, 2008

Rapid Fire – Tuesday, October 21

Twitter / Amber_Alert The Amber Alert system joins twitter. Very simple, very effective. Hopefully, anyway. Tags: twitter, dailylinks AppLoop – Mobile Application Services Very interesting

October 22, 2008

Rapid Fire – Monday, October 20

Solutions Stars Video Conference Delivers Online Marketing Tips » The Buzz Bin “Network Solutions is producing the Solutions Stars Video Conference on October 29 at

October 21, 2008

Rapid Fire – Sunday, October 19

Social Media: More Sought After Than Sex – ClickZ “Yes, you read that right: social media properties are searched for more often than sex. Even

October 20, 2008

Rapid Fire – Thursday, October 16

Will Algorithms Make Human Editors Obsolete? Not If Journalists Collaborate – Publishing 2.0 “Will algorithms replace human editors on the web? It’s a bogeyman question

October 17, 2008

Rapid Fire – Wednesday, October 15

50 Most Influential Powerful Women in Social Media “In every industry there are a few people who are inarguably outstanding at what they do. In

October 16, 2008

Rapid Fire – Sunday, October 12

FOUND Magazine | Find of the Day This site collects “FOUND stuff- love letters, birthday cards, photos, to-do lists, poetry on napkins, doodles- anything that

October 13, 2008

Rapid Fire – Saturday, October 11

Photojojo » Ten Ways To Look Fabulous in Pictures Always good for a community manager to know how to better appear in photographs. After all,

October 12, 2008

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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.