Art Of Community Online

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  Posted on August 17th, 2009

  Written by Jono Bacon

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  Article: Foreword from Andy Oram

  Foreword to Conversation and Community

  By Andy Oram

  My writing colleague Anne Gentle wrote a book called Conversation and Community about how writers on projects could improve documentation and customer experiences by interacting with customers online as part of the work of developing learning materials. Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation was published on August 3, 2009. I was [...]

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  Posted on January 17th, 2009

  Written by Jono Bacon

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  Facebook

  In recent years Facebook has become a tremendous medium for social networking and community building. They have not only made it simple to articulate information about a person, but to also build groups, campaigns and more.

  It therefore seemed only reasonable to have an Art Of Community Facebook Page. Simply head over to the page, and [...]

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• What People Are Saying…

  "Jono Bacon truly understands communities–and more importantly, how to build communities that thrive. This is the definitive guidebook to building successful communities" -- Ian Murdock, founder of Debian and Vice President of Emerging Platforms at Sun

  "This is the kind of a person you want writing a book on the topic. open source community building cannot be boiled down to a formula. It’s a constant effort, a soft science, an art, and Bacon is an ideal art teacher”. -- Dan Goldstein, Professor of Marketing, London Business School and Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research

  “In the age of participation, there is no better tour guide than Jono Bacon. The Art of Community teaches leaders how to increase collaboration and authenticity to build belonging. This isn’t just for technology leaders; anyone who wants to harness community for their cause should read this book.” -- Amanda McPherson, The Linux Foundation

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• Solving Your Community Challenges

  If you would like to talk to Jono Bacon, the author of The Art of Community about how you can solve your community challenges, email him by clicking here.