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Popularize your user group / community

At the recently held TechEd 2011 in India, I was asked the following question by a user group leader, “How can I popularize my user group “. I shared a few ideas which can help drive traffic and raise awareness … Continue reading

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Interview with Emily Parker, Community Manager Telerik – Working with user groups.

  What does a typical sponsor look for while working with the user group community? What matters to them? What kind of events are they interested in? We posed these and other questions to Emily Parker, the Community Manager for … Continue reading

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Best Practices for cultivating your community

Nurturing your community is the single most important task a community leader does. There are six key areas which you need to pay special attention to, 1. New members, 2. Acknowledging contributors, 3. Feedback, 4. Transparency, 5. Motivations, 6. Leaders. … Continue reading

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Top 7 reasons why people join a user group community

In order to better lead their user group communities, leaders need to fully understand why their members have joined their communities. This article aims to illustrate the 7 prime reasons why user group members join a user group. It also lists tactical steps which a leader needs to take. 1. Finding out prime motivations of user group members and 2. Facilitating each of these community needs. Continue reading

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