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		<title>What I Do When I Make Mistakes</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/07/11/what-i-do-when-i-make-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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I work very hard to not make a mistake when it comes to managing my communities. Attention to detail is extremely important to me and I lead by example. Because of that effort, and that care, I limit mistakes a great deal. But, I do make them.
Today, I want to share a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even Before the Internet, It Was Always About Community (You + Your Community = Your Success)</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/06/13/even-before-the-internet-it-was-always-about-community-you-your-community-your-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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It has always been about community. It didn&#8217;t become about community with the popularization of the internet and social media. It&#8217;s easier to build community and it&#8217;s easier for everyone to have a voice, but that&#8217;s not the invention of community.
No, community has always been there. Community isn&#8217;t a choice. It was [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>This Online Community Thing&#8230; It&#8217;s Not for Everybody</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/05/25/this-online-community-thing-its-not-for-everybody/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 18:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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I went back and forth on whether or not to hit publish on this because, well, I agree with Jason Falls and what he said on the whole &#8220;social media expert&#8221; thing. Those of us in this space probably have work to do, rather than talking about this issue, but I also [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>You Are Only as Great as What You Aspire to Be</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/05/21/you-are-only-as-great-as-what-you-aspire-to-be/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/05/21/you-are-only-as-great-as-what-you-aspire-to-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 18:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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I was talking to someone responsible for a Ning site tied to a major label rapper and this Ning site is basically just stealing articles from other sites. He did it to one of my articles, so I filed a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice and had Ning pull it down.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Reign on the Top Was Short Like Leprechauns (or &#8220;Just Manage Your Community, Don&#8217;t Worry About Being #1&#8243;)</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/05/13/your-reign-on-the-top-was-short-like-leprechauns-or-just-manage-your-community-dont-worry-about-being-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/05/13/your-reign-on-the-top-was-short-like-leprechauns-or-just-manage-your-community-dont-worry-about-being-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 16:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing the Community]]></category>
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As I write this post, I&#8217;m listening to &#8220;The Ghost of Christopher Wallace&#8221; by Jay Electronica featuring Diddy. It was made available as a free download recently and I really like it.
The song features two verses from Electronica and lots of ad-libs from Diddy, which I love. The second half of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parents: Instead of Banning Your Kids from Social Networks, Consider Teaching Responsible Usage</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/05/08/parents-instead-of-banning-your-kids-from-social-networks-consider-teaching-responsible-usage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/05/08/parents-instead-of-banning-your-kids-from-social-networks-consider-teaching-responsible-usage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 16:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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&#8220;There is absolutely no reason for any middle school student to be a  part of a social networking site.&#8221;
These were the words of Anthony Orcini, the principal of Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, New Jersey. They were included in an e-mail he sent to parents at the end of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>78</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forums Are Everywhere and Here to Stay, So Skip the Tools Discussion and Focus on Your Objectives</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/03/25/forums-are-everywhere-and-here-to-stay-so-skip-the-tools-discussion-and-focus-on-your-objectives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/03/25/forums-are-everywhere-and-here-to-stay-so-skip-the-tools-discussion-and-focus-on-your-objectives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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One question I get asked a lot goes something along the lines of &#8220;how will forums keep up with [something]?&#8221; or &#8220;forums are old hat, why would people use them over [something]?&#8221; or &#8220;why use forums when you can use [something]?&#8221; However will forums survive? Let&#8217;s talk about it.
This is Limited Thinking
Forums [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>We All Have a Community</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/02/25/we-all-have-a-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/02/25/we-all-have-a-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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If you offer a product or a service, you have a community. It may be small or large, local or international and you may not even acknowledge it, but understand this: you have one.
Your community is comprised of those who use, enjoy and support whatever it is that you do. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Twitterless Social Media Panel at Blog World Expo (or &#8220;A Break From the Backchannel&#8221;)</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/02/19/the-twitterless-social-media-panel-at-blog-world-expo-or-a-break-from-the-backchannel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/02/19/the-twitterless-social-media-panel-at-blog-world-expo-or-a-break-from-the-backchannel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thinking]]></category>

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I organized and moderated the &#8220;Social Media: The Bad and The Ugly&#8221; panel at Blog World &#38; New Media Expo last October (see my recap). It had a wonderful lineup featuring Amber Naslund, Director of Community at Radian6 and blogger at Altitude Branding; Wayne Sutton, Partner at OurHashtag and blogger at SocialWayne.com [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Poachers Are the Bad Guys (or &#8220;Poaching Community Members is Like Building Your Community on an Ancient Burial Ground&#8221;)</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/02/03/poachers-are-the-bad-guys-or-poaching-community-members-is-like-building-your-community-on-an-ancient-burial-ground/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/02/03/poachers-are-the-bad-guys-or-poaching-community-members-is-like-building-your-community-on-an-ancient-burial-ground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Promoting Your Community]]></category>
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You&#8217;ve got a brand new community on basket weaving. You badly want people to come to your site. So, you go to the largest basket weaving community on the internet and start discreetly inviting members. Maybe you instant message or e-mail them off site, so that the people running the established community [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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