by Jono Bacon | Jul 23, 2017 | Community, Community Management
Community health is a struggle for many organizations. What does “health” mean, what are the dimensions we should be measuring, and how do we measure it? Can we really measure things such as how happy, impactful, and fulfilled people are, or is it just the...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 7, 2017 | Community, Community Management, Events
A little while back I announced that I am starting a new conference called the Open Community Conference in conjunction with my friends at the Linux Foundation. Put simply: the Open Community Conference provides a raft of presentations, panels, and BoFs with pragmatic...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 5, 2017 | Bacon Roundup, Community, Community Management, Gamification
As part of my work, I tend to write a lot of articles, participate in interviews, and various other things. Previously I have not done a very good job at sharing these things on my blog, but as the number of people who subscribe to my posts seems to be growing, I am...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 15, 2017 | Community, Community Management, Interview
I recently did an interview with Jeff Atwood, co-creator of StackExchange and Discourse about his approach to building platforms, communities. and more. Read it here.
by Jono Bacon | Jun 14, 2017 | Community, Community Management, Organizational Development
Back in the 40s, TVs were giant, ugly behemoths. They were jammed with vacuum tubes, big bulky components, and were prone to overheating and failure. Earl “madman” Muntz was an engineer and businessman who started repairing radios when he was 8 and built...
by Jono Bacon | Jun 5, 2017 | Community, Community Management, Metrics
A few weeks ago I spoke at DevXCon in San Francisco. I delivered a keynote about measuring the health of a community and how we can tie effective measurements into community reputation, incentives, and other elements. In that talk I touched on the importance of...
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