Community is Inevitable: How to Prepare Yourself as an Early Stage Startup

Community for any startup goes beyond just engaging users — it’s the world you want to create for them. Like a teacher, you create the curriculum, set the rules, and guide your students’ interactions so that they can thrive and empower themselves. But if you are just getting started, creating that world might not seem [...]

Saying Goodbye: When a Community Reaches the End of the Road

One of the last things I did before I left Skillshare was officially retire the Master Teacher program I had started, nurtured, and grown with the help of our community team over the course of the past 2 years. As we evolved, our Master Teacher program no longer represented the full scope of our community [...]

Use Your Community To Create Amazing Content

As community manager, you must create engaging content and build a sense of belonging in your community. Fortunately, these two actions can be done together, simply by using your community to generate content for your community. Two birds, one piece of content. Featuring community members is already a common way to boost the feeling of [...]

5 Ways Community Managers Can Blow Off Steam (Without Hurting Anyone)

I don’t need to tell you that online community management is no cakewalk. The job is more fun than most, but it still comes with its fair share of stress and conflict. What do you do when overwhelm sets in during the day and paralyzes you? Even if you’re tempted to do so, you probably [...]

Who’s Hiring? Community Manager Jobs at Amazon, MightyBell, Schoology & More

Looking for a community-focused job? Look no further… here are the latest community manager openings. Amazon – Community and Social Media Manager “Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a highly enthusiastic, driven and talented individual with a passion for building customer communities through AWS User Groups and social media. AWS User Groups are community-driven groups that [...]

Power Network Offline To Build Community Online

There’s no question social networking tools make life easier for community managers however, there comes a time when you need to take things offline and (dare I say) network. Event season is ramping up, and with SXSW on the horizon, you can’t waste opportunities to leave an impression.

With endless tweets, pins, vines, and comments on *insert new network here* dominating your everyday life, community managers easily get trapped behind their screens and sucked into the echo chamber that is, the interwebs.

Some of you may neglect an old-fashioned, yet highly effective form of outreach; in-person networking. Don’t worry, we’re not talking about elevator pitches and awkward business card exchanges here. We’re talking about making meaningful connections… much like you do when building your online communities.