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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

Job Board Update: 4 New Jobs

The Community Guy Job Board has had several new positions posted. Yahoo! has added 3 new positions and an unnamed startup has added 1 position.

September 12, 2007

Let NBC know how you feel. Politely!

From a TechCrunch commenter on the topic of NBC jumping ship on iTunes: Feeling shafted by NBC’s proposed $4.99 an episode price hike that got

September 3, 2007

SXSW Panel Concept: Can I count on your vote?

Last year I had an absolutely fantastic time running the “Community Ecology: Finding balance when working with fan groups” session at SXSW. The panel was

August 22, 2007

Want to know more about LEGO Universe?

As you may know, I’ve been working with LEGO on their LEGO Universe project, helping drive and implement strategy for community relations. It’s all highly,

August 16, 2007

Drupal Designer Needed

I have a project for a designer who also knows their way around CSS, specifically for implementation into the Drupal system. Know anyone? Ping me!

June 25, 2007

Common Internet Morality?

If you haven’t noticed the rush of comments here on the blog lately, let me apologize on behalf of the spammers. That’s right, despite my

May 7, 2007

Females can invade personal space too

I almost hate to post about this because I don’t want to continue the discussion… so just consider this a vent of a quasi-political nature.

April 26, 2007

I've been everywhere, man…

A fun activity – here’s all the states I’ve visited. I’m bound and determined to visit the rest!

February 27, 2007

The Dawn of My Music

Had Kurt Cobain lived, he’d have turned 40 this week. He died when he was 27. Ouch. I suddenly feel really old. Cobain’s death still

February 22, 2007

OK! We get it!

OK, OK! We get it, Saint Anna Nicole Smith’s death is a tragic loss for all of mankind. Without her here to guide us through

February 15, 2007

CommunityGuy.com gets dusted off

After several years having the same, marginal design I spent a few minutes last night dusting off the design and moving some things around. Nothing’s

February 15, 2007

FTC requires Sony to respect their customers. Sorta.

Sony. Once a giant, a seemingly unstoppable force of high quality, well-thought technology, seems today to be floundering under it’s own weight and cluelessness. I’d

February 1, 2007

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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.