Blaise Grimes-Viort

Here is the roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved or retweeted for the period ending 20th of January 2012. Enjoy!

New Features

Changing Careers: From IT To Community Manager

Where Does Community Generated Content Come From?

Why Community Managers Should Be Worried About SOPA

Crowdsourcing and Open innovation: Part 1 – The changing face of innovation

Crowdsourcing and Open innovation: Part 2 – A community approach to solving the world’s problems

Communities – Gamification in B2B, Is It Worth It?

Private Social Network: An Oxymoron?

Five reasons to shut down your community, today

Realistic Targets For Community Development

The Core of an Enterprise Social Media Strategy: Community Management

Is Community Management Dead?

Soundbite: real names don’t mean higher quality comments

Don’t tell my mum I’m a community manager, she believes I play piano in a brothel

Calm Leadership is Vital to Strong Community Management

Post-Mortem Part 2: Community Management Lessons [by @terakristen]

Asset Based Community Development – Let More Members Be Involved

Community Management 101 webinar – Key Takeaways

Improve Customer Experience Using One of the Best Online Community Models

The Needs of the One

A Peek Under the Hood: How we Manage the SEOmoz Community

4 Community Management Predictions for 2012

The next step to social networking is building your own online community

Are you heading up a creek without a community manager?

How To Convert Newcomers Into Regular Members

You’re Invited to Celebrate Community Manager Appreciation Day with us! #CMAD

Latest Activity -vs- Latest Discussions

Infographic: How Brands Listen in the Digital Age

Did you find any other great article about Community Management this week that I missed? Let me know in the comments and I’ll add them to the next roundup.

[photo by auburnxc]