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Community management is a growing industry, with more resources than ever before - but sometimes it can be hard to find the golden nuggets within the ever increasing sea of content. Even if you don’t go to the monthly Community Manager Breakfast meetups (in SanFrancisco and New York City), sign up for this weekly newsletter.
Along with this shift in interest has been an increase in awesome resources. We recently came up with a list of must reads , but wanted to do a broader recap of some of our favorite articles and resources from 2015. The Community Roundtable team has so many good resources for community managers. Here they are: 1.
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That’s what happened to BART riders in the SanFrancisco Bay Area two weeks ago. Now wait -- we're not saying they should hide a myriad of gripes behind a private log in - but an organized, open community with extra resources and thoughtful moderation would be much better than Twitter. But what happens if the agency tweets back?
Next week should be officially be named “Nonprofit Techie Week” in SanFrancisco! Organizations that use innovation to fuel their missions are leading the pack in the quest for funding and other resources. Next week should be officially be named “Nonprofit Techie Week” in SanFrancisco!
The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Association exec Mark Golden explains why a future-focused profession needs full participation from all people to reach its potential—the reason diversity, equity and inclusion cannot fall off an association’s strategic agenda. More info/register.
Once your address is verified through your phone number or credit card, you gain access to your neighborhood’s private, micro community -- I just joined mine for SanFrancisco, and it’s approximately a two block by two block piece of Cow Hollow. NextDoor coined itself as the “private social network for your community.”
Those accepted will gain access to mentoring and networking resources; education on the real estate market; NAR’s Insight Panel, which offers feedback from the real estate industry; and exposure through NAR’s existing marketing and communication channels. REach Commercial will take applicants between now and March 31.
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Even keynotes and plenaries can be replayed “live” multiple times, to suit researchers in Tokyo and Lagos and SanFrancisco. To listen and learn, but also to provide a resource for education around online conferencing. But virtual frees us from these constraints. We want to start by opening a dialogue with our community.
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The Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism (CIIJ) at SanFrancisco State University, with help from The Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, released an updated Diversity Style Guide to help journalists writing about diverse subjects and issues.
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