Blaise Grimes-Viort

A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 2nd of July 2010.

Following the article The importance of maintaining impartiality during conflict resolution, I thought some of you would be thinking “That’s all very well saying to be impartial, but it’s not that bloody easy!” You’re right, it isn’t. So here’s a little exercise to allow you to practise impartiality.

An Online Community Manager needs to possess a strong grasp of the art of impartiality when attempting to resolve conflict between their community participants.

A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 25th of June 2010.

With everyone talking about Community Managers and Social Media Managers, you’re seeing your competitors hiring them, and you’ve started thinking you could do with one to manage your brand’s community on your site or social networks. Where to find one?

I’ve just finished reading eModeration’s new white paper: Communities of Purpose for which I contributed, and as well as adding it to the Community Management Resources page, I wanted to share a few thoughts about it.

A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 18th of June 2010.

A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 11th of June 2010.

A generic Social Media Director job description, part of a series of posts on Online Community and Social Media job descriptions including Head of Social Media and Social Media Manager.

A generic Online Community Director or Chief Community Officer job description, part of a series of posts on Online Community and Social Media job descriptions including Head of Community and Online Community Manager.

Find out why I’m addicted to Foursquare, and the bizarre behaviour I have started exhibiting since getting into the geo-location social network. It ain’t pretty.

You heard a rumour you could get paid building and managing online communities. You’ve read all about how to build trust, know what the job entails, and are positive you’re cut out for it. But you’ve hit a wall – where can you find these fabled Community Manager jobs?

A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 4th of June 2010.

Thanks to 180 Community Managers from all over the world, I can publish the result of the first survey into whether certain astrological signs are more likely to be drawn to a career in community management than others. Enjoy!