by Jono Bacon | Mar 25, 2020 | Events
Modern conferences have something of a playbook. A typical conference schedule is a grid packed with full presentation sessions with slides, panel discussions, lightning talks, keynote slots, Birds Of a Feather sessions, and more. While many of these content formats...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 23, 2020 | People Powered
I am delighted to share that my new book, ‘People Powered: How communities can supercharge your business, brand, and teams’, has just been announced as a winner at the Business Book Awards! I was originally planning on being in London to be at the awards...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 15, 2020 | Community Management
Just a quick note to share with you that my friends at Vanilla Forums will be hosting me for a webinar on the 7th April 2020. In this webinar we will be getting into: Understanding a framework for how to deploy a community strategy, invest in the right areas, track...
by jono | Mar 12, 2020 | Conversations With Bacon, Conversations With Bacon Frontpage
Coaching is a strange and interesting concept to most people. We often hear about executives hiring coaches, and many of them rave how about how useful they are, but what do coaches really do? Why is it so valuable? What kind of insight to coaches provide, and could...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 4, 2020 | Community
Today I am excited to announce a new program I am launching called the Community Access Bootcamp. As I have talked about extensively, I firmly believe that communities are going to continue to be a growing force in businesses, charities, campaigns, and beyond. The...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 3, 2020 | Conversations With Bacon, Conversations With Bacon Frontpage
The story of opensource.com is a fascinating one. The goal was simple: create an online magazine, packed with content, tutorials, and news, and focused on open source fans and professionals. The result: millions of page views, and hundreds of articles created by...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 26, 2020 | Community, Writing
Something I have been consistently hammering on about for a number of years is that communities are going to change how we build businesses and engage with customers. With global smartphone penetration expected to reach 45% this year and global data rates dropping...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 13, 2020 | Conversations With Bacon, Conversations With Bacon Frontpage
I know what you are thinking. Probiotics? Those disgusting looking things that are floating in the bottom of Kombucha? Kinda. Zach Abbott and his startup, ZBiotics, has engineered a probiotic that doesn’t just provide relief from a soul-destroying hangover, but...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 11, 2019 | Conversations With Bacon, Conversations With Bacon Frontpage
Events are a core element of how businesses engaging with the world. Whether you are attending, speaking at, or organizing an event, you need to have your event game down. The question is: what really goes into a great event, and what is the balance of content,...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 4, 2019 | Reddit
I am excited to be back for another Reddit Ask Me Anything on Wed 20th November 2019 at 8.30am Pacific / 11.30am Eastern. For those unfamiliar with Reddit AMAs, it is essentially a way in which people can ask questions that someone will respond to. You simply add your...
