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		<title>This is What I&#8217;m Thankful For Right Now (Community Management Edition)</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/11/24/community-management-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: proudcanadianeh Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it. In honor of the day, I thought that I would take a moment to talk about a few things that I am thankful for right now, as they pertain to managing an online community. I have a lot to be thankful for, both professionally and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Device Specs Debate and How it Applies to Online Communities</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/11/17/community-forum-features-specs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: grabbingsand Scott M. Fulton, II of ReadWriteWeb wrote earlier this week (care of my friend Jared W. Smith) about the debate in technology media circles about the value of device specs in tech reviews. The discussion is centered around this question: when it comes to reviewing a device, just how important are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Community Efforts: Start Small, Be Great and Expand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Tambako the Jaguar With community efforts, sometimes there is this temptation to offer your members a lot of different touch points with which to enter some form of content. Not only do we want forums, but we want sections for specific types of content, like reviews, formatted in a different way that fits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Forums Should I Have?</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/09/22/how-many-forums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: mightyohm Steve Magruder asked: &#8220;Is it worthwhile to promote individual forums within a board, and make at least one very popular, even if the other forums don’t get as much attention?&#8221; Thank you for the question, Mr. Magruder. This gives me an opportunity to dig into the topic of forum structure and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Changes to Your Community (without the Backlash)</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/08/29/community-changes-backlash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: music2fish2 (eric lanning) ren asked: &#8220;What [do you] do when upgrading to new software causes a downturn in user engagement? How [do you] get it back?&#8221; Thanks for the question, ren. For me, it relates to the general issue of change on communities and what you can do to make your changes more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SitePoint Podcast Hosts Online Community Management Roundtable</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/07/21/sitepoint-podcast-hosts-online-community-management-roundtable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am one of the co-hosts on the SitePoint Podcast, a weekly podcast from SitePoint, one of the largest web development communities in the world. Recently, I led a community management roundtable that spanned two episodes and featured Matthew Haughey, creator of MetaFilter; Sarah Hawk, Community Manager for SitePoint and Venessa Paech, Lead Community Manager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Community with LinkedIn Groups (and Cutting Down on Self-Promotion)</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/07/04/building-community-with-linkedin-groups-and-cutting-down-on-self-promotion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/07/04/building-community-with-linkedin-groups-and-cutting-down-on-self-promotion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Cultivation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May, at WordCamp Raleigh, I ran into Ray Mitchell, a Winston Salem, North Carolina-based web designer, who I had met previously. SixFour Web Design is his company. Mr. Mitchell recently shared a blog post request for me Twitter: &#8220;Special tips for managing LinkedIn Groups to build real community vs. self-promotion.&#8221; Thank you for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Community Around Empire Avenue</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/06/30/building-community-around-empire-avenue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developing Your Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Empire Avenue is a stock market where you can purchase shares in your favorite individual or corporate social media presences. I&#8217;m on the service with the ticker symbol IFROGGY. My friend Damond Nollan has been riding the Empire Avenue wave. He&#8217;s a popular user and has dug in pretty deep. I asked him to write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appreciation is One of the Most Powerful Builders of Community</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/03/28/appreciation-is-one-of-the-most-powerful-builders-of-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/03/28/appreciation-is-one-of-the-most-powerful-builders-of-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Cultivation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Etsy Ketsy Have you ever thought that, when you thank someone, you are building community? Well, you are. Appreciation is one of the strongest ways that you can build community, online or off. Whether you are talking about customers, audience or registered members, retention &#8211; getting people to come back &#8211; is crucial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Best Forum Software? The Definitive Answer</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/03/03/what-is-the-best-forum-software-the-definitive-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/03/03/what-is-the-best-forum-software-the-definitive-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: aresauburn™ It&#8217;s one of those ever present questions from people who are looking to start their own forum: what is the best software? I&#8217;ve been asked it or seen it asked countless times. In some way, it&#8217;s a frustrating question because it brings out the people who treat software as if it is [...]]]></description>
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