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		<title>What Can You Do When Information Leaks from a Private Forum?</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2012/02/06/information-leaks-from-private-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Vivian Chen [陳培雯] Private forums are meant to be private &#8211; the information contained within is supposed to only be for the people who have access to that forum. But, people don&#8217;t always respect this fact and eventually, you may have someone leaking private information to people who shouldn&#8217;t have it. The question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Online Community Management is Censorship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons that words matter so much is that different words prompt different emotional reactions from people. If you call someone a spammer, they are more likely to react defensively than if you said that they were advertising. Even though, when it comes to the action, these are the same thing. Let&#8217;s take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calm Leadership is Vital to Strong Community Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing the Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: jsmjr In the United States, today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, in honor of the late civil rights leader. A few days ago, NBC News released a full episode of &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; from March 28, 1965, which featured Dr. King. It is embedded below. If you watch it, you&#8217;ll notice how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Have the Right to Defend Your Stream</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Managing the Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Gord Bell If you are like me, you have many different social streams of information that you pay attention to. These streams usually contain information from people that you have subscribed to in some way, whether you call it friending, following or something else. When we interact via platforms that have some sort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leveraging Your Development of a Community for an Industry Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: carterse I received an email from a reader who has managed a good sized community for a number of years. It is the largest within it&#8217;s focused niche, growing to host meetups not only online, but also in person. This reader will remain anonymous because although he wrote me to suggest that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Revive a &#8220;Dead&#8221; Online Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Cultivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managing the Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Promoting Your Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: ornello_pics Josh Barraza asked if I would talk about how you can revive a &#8220;dead&#8221; online community. That&#8217;s a great suggestion. Before we talk about the how, there are a couple of simple truths that we need to keep in mind. The definition of &#8220;dead&#8221; will vary by person, by community and by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treat Other Communities as You Would Like Them to Treat Yours</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Gonmi Treat people as you want to be treated. I apply the golden rule to a lot of different circumstances, including how I manage my communities, with respect to other communities. I&#8217;ll give you a few examples. It&#8217;s not unheard of that a member of a community, not necessarily mine, but any, would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Calm and Manage Your Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: M.M.Meeks Like any management role, when you manage an online community, you&#8217;ll be faced with challenges on a regular basis. You&#8217;ll have to put out a lot of fires. Some will be like blowing out a candle, but in other cases, a part of your house may be on fire. You then can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does it Take to Be a Great Community Manager?</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/12/08/great-community-manager-traits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/12/08/great-community-manager-traits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing the Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: achimh Earlier this week, William Ruzvidzo invited me to answer a question on Quora, &#8220;What does it take to be a great community manager?&#8221; Mr. Rudvidzo is a Community Manager at 49Pixels. I thought about this for a while and came up with the following. A great community manager has experience. I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There is No One Path to Successful Online Community Management (and the Importance of Listening)</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/11/28/importance-of-listening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/11/28/importance-of-listening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing the Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Roy Montgomery When you have a unique level of experience in a certain area, have written a book about it, author a blog on it, speak about it at conferences and events and regularly offer thoughts on the topic on other platforms, often when asked, there&#8217;s a lot of good. But, there are [...]]]></description>
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