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Welcome to the latest episode in our community management podcast series, “Conversations with Community Managers” featuring Kirsten Laaspere, Community Manager at Akamai.

Join TheCR’s founder and principal, Jim Storer and director of marketing, Shannon Abram as they chat with community managers from a variety of industries about a variety of community topics, including:

What’s your best advice for someone just starting out in Community Management?
What are your best practices for increasing community engagement?
How can you survive the zombie apocalypse? (Ok – they might not ALL be community questions…)

Episode #40 features Kirsten Laaspere, Community Manager at Akamai. Join us as we chat about how to prioritize her community career journey, her advice for people who want to break into community management, best practices for launching a social collaboration tool, and more!

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About Conversations with Community Managers*
To better reflect the diverse conversations our podcast covers we’ve changed the name of our long-running series to Community Conversations.
Community Conversations highlights short conversations with some of the smartest minds in the online community and social business space, exploring what they’re working on, why they do what they do, and what advice they have for you.
These episodes are a great way to begin to understand the nuances of community strategy and management.
Each episode is short (usually less than 30 minutes) and focuses on one community management professional.

By Georgina Cannie, Community Fellow at The Community Roundtable.

One of the most exciting and valuable aspects of TheCR Network is the regular Roundtable calls we organize for members. These calls are most often lead by distinguished industry experts and experienced community practitioners. It goes without saying that we love to boast about the amazing roster of guest speakers we host. Most recently, we have had the honor of partnering with Jane McConnell, Michael Sampson, and Peter Gloor.

Jane McConnell is a thought-leader, researcher and adviser to global organizations on digital workplace strategies. She led a call for TheCR members about helping workplaces evolve via digital work solutions. Jane is the force behind the renowned Digital Workplace research report, which has been published annually since 2006. Her extensive research knowledge makes her an utmost authority on organizational intranets and digital strategies. She has worked with corporations, government bodies and international agencies. Jane writes a magnificent blog and leads thought-provoking conversations at public conferences and private briefings.
Michael Sampson is a consultant who provides organizations with assurance of their strategy regarding the effective use of collaboration tools and approaches. Michael joined us in TheCR Network to share his insights on building a culture of collaboration and to explain his ROADMAP acronym, which he uses to approach collaboration technology as a business initiative. Michael works with financial, professional and legal firms, academic institutions, and public sector clients. Michael has a monthly newsletter, two subscription-based publications and also gives presentations across the globe. He has written five books. Most recently, Collaboration Roadmap and User Adoption Strategies.
Peter Gloor stopped by TheCR Network in January to discuss his theory of Six Honest Signals that drive innovation and collaboration. Peter is currently a research scientist at the Center for Collective Intelligence at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He leads a project called COIN that explores Collaborative Innovation Networks. He is also the founder of galaxyadvisors– A company that helps clients analyze social networking patterns to their advantage. In addition to being a guest lecturer and honorary professor at a handful of Universities, Peter has written seven books (Yes, you read that correctly). Most recently, Swarm Creativity, Coolhunting and Coolfarming.

Are we bragging a bit? Maybe. It’s hard not to talk about the accomplishments of our distinguished guest speakers and the extraordinary value they bring to our members.

To see a full list of experts who have shared their insights and experience with TheCR Network members, click over to TheCR Network Expert Pinterest page.

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