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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

Google adds an amazingly cool feature

ReadWriteWeb points out a cool new Google feature: Google Search Wiki. The feature will allow logged-in users to change the order of search results and

November 25, 2008

New site launched: 90-9-1.com

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

November 20, 2008

The era of @POTUS arrives tomorrow

That’s right folks, the next President of the United States will have a twitter account when they transform from candidate to President-Elect. I think it’s

November 4, 2008

iPhone Apps are not dead.

To read TechCrunch and GigaOm, you’d think that the iTunes App Store is crashing and burning. Both articles have used the overwhelming sales numbers as

August 13, 2008

7 Questions with Justin Cooper of Passenger

I’ve been running into Jessie Cooper from Passenger at multiple conferences lately, and I have been really impressed with the direction that Passenger is taking

July 10, 2008

Adobe AIR/Flex Developer Needed

One of my clients is desperately seeking a Flex/Adobe AIR developer. If you are looking for local or remote work and are a badass in

July 7, 2008

Email spam survey – please help

My friend Andromeda is working on a project that she describes as: A survey on email spam filtering to get a better idea of the

June 23, 2008

Mac apps you have to have

The latest issue of Mac Life magazine had a cool collection of 30 great Mac apps that “you’ve never heard of.” Well, that wasn’t quite

June 7, 2008

Socio-Economic changes in internet adoption

ClickZ reports that the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has released some new information about broadband adoption. Factors such as education, income, age, gender,

May 15, 2008

Help Needed: Share your story about the power of online community

On a recent trip through the Dayton airport book store, I came across a book that sparked an idea that I’m really excited about. As

May 12, 2008

Microsoft Photosynth is Amazing

You know those moments where you are introduced to a new technology and the only thing you can say is “Holy f**k”? Microsoft Photosynth is

May 5, 2008

Presdo: What a Web app should be

Thanks to TechCrunch, I found a brilliant new Web app for dealing with online scheduling. As a consultant working on a Mac and scheduling many

May 1, 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.