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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

The how, what, why of Egorcast

Alex blogged about our "casual development" efforts over at Big in Japan in three posts: Part I: The What about Egorcast Part II: The How

April 27, 2007

Introducing EgorCast

At Big in Japan, we have devised a plan to release "casual apps" once a month. These apps will span the comical (MyEvilCyberTwin.com) to the

April 24, 2007

Projects: LEGO MMOG Community Support

Back in December, Big in Japan began a project with LEGO on their recently announced Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG). The project was only revealed

March 16, 2007

Six Techniques for Safer User Generated Content Campaigns

I’ve worked with my vendor partner, friend, and all around great folks at eModeration to develop a fun whitepaper: Six Techniques for Safer User Generated

February 22, 2007

New Woodford Reserve site launches

Ah, horse racing and Kentucky Bourbon… not much goes together quite so nicely. Some time back Woodford Reserve (a sister brand to Jack Daniel’s) bought

February 14, 2007

New Social Sharing site launches

Before joining Big in Japan I worked with Slingshot and Dr Pepper to create a cool social sharing site. This site has soft-launched this week,

December 11, 2006

Big in Japan's Fancast Service

If you’ve noticed my blogging slowing a bit lately, it’s because we’re starting up a new project for Dirt (the upcoming FX show). This project

October 18, 2006

New Project Launch: True Ventures!

Big in Japan has been working together with renowned design shop Mule Design to create a Web site and blog for True Ventures, the venture

October 9, 2006

It's Nip/Tuck Day!

Today is a big day for our Big in Japan team. Together with FX Network, we’ve launched the Nip/Tuck Fancast. The Fancast is live on

September 26, 2006

LEGO Ambassadors

It dawned on me that I’ve never really blogged about the projects I’ve worked on at LEGO. The first one I wanted to share is

December 1, 2005

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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.