One Simple Request

One Simple Request

I do a podcast called [Bad Voltage](https://www.badvoltage.org) with a bunch of my pals. In it we cover Open Source and technology, we do interviews, reviews, and more. It is a lot of fun. We started a contest recently in which the presenters have to take part in a...
New Facebook Page

New Facebook Page

As many of you will know, I am really passionate about growing strong and inspirational communities. I want *all* communities to benefit from well organized, structured, and empowerinfg community leadership. This is why I wrote [The Art of...
Community Management Training at LinuxCon

Community Management Training at LinuxCon

I am a firm believer in building strong and empowered communities. We are in an age of a *community management renaissance* in which we are defining repeatable best practice that can be applied many different types of communities, whether internal to companies,...
Community Leadership Summit and OSCON Plans

Community Leadership Summit and OSCON Plans

As many of you will know, I organize an event every year called the [Community Leadership Summit](https://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/). The event brings together community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects and organizations that are interested...
Getting Started in Community Management

Getting Started in Community Management

If there is one question I get more than most, it is the proverbial: > How do I get started in community management? While there are many tactical things to learn about building strong communities (which I cover in depth in [The Art of...
Exponential Community

Exponential Community

As some of you will know, recently I [moved from Canonical to XPRIZE](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2014/05/19/goodbye-canonical-hello-xprize/) to work *as Sr. Dir. Community*. My charter here at XPRIZE is to infuse the organization and the incentive prizes it...
Community Leadership Forum

Community Leadership Forum

A little while ago I set up the [Community Leadership Forum](https://www.communityleadershipforum.com/). The forum is designed to be a place where community leaders and managers can learn and share experience about how to grow fun, productive, and empowered...
FirefoxOS and Developing Markets

FirefoxOS and Developing Markets

It seems [Mozilla is targeting emerging markets and developing nations with $25 cell phones](https://www.cnet.com/news/mozillas-25-firefox-os-phones-look-to-score-in-india/). This is tremendous news, and an admirable focus for Mozilla, but it is not without risk....