Entrepreneur, community builder, writer and advisor
#Edit: Jun 10 – we are hiring a content manager/editor# #Edit: Feb 25 – we have closed applications for this role for now# Just tried reblogging a post via WordPress and it was a bit of a fail – apologies if you got an email notification! Anyway, you might have seen on The Fetch Blog that […]
Community is a long-term slog… I’ve been wanting to cherry pick some of the info from my community management (mostly startup-focused) classes and share it here for a while. For starters, here are five top-level tips to help guide your community strategy below. Expect more over the coming months. 1) Be honest about your product roadmap […]
What is it with some people on LinkedIn lately? I don’t know if it’s just me but we should call the etiquette police because from what I can tell, the art of how to build relationships is dying. These thoughtless connection requests are getting rather annoying! I know a lot of this is about dealing with […]
In celebration of the annual Community Manager Appreciation Day coming up on 23 January and after a pretty amazing sell-out 30-person event last November, I’m going to be running another workshop to discuss current happenings in community management. I’m off to San Francisco on the 9 February again so am hoping Tuesday 7 February date suits people! I […]
Be sure to grab a copy or peek of The Age’s (melbourne) magazine tomorrow as the annual Top 100 list for 2011 is out and a panel of judges deemed me worthy for inclusion! The Top 100 (which is apparently not ordered but for the record, I’m number 66) is a compilation of Melbourne’s most […]
Another post to briefly announce we’ve launched The Fetch in Brisbane. For those not aware what the fetch is The Fetch, I’ll recount some details… It’s basically a what’s on guide to your city’s business, digital and creative communities. It goes out fortnightly (or ‘biweekly’ for those in the US) and curates all the meetups, […]
EDIT: I’m running another workshop on Tuesday 7 February! I’ve got a backlog of posts to come including a new Startups to Watch list, some thoughts on location transience and more info on my new project but for now, I wanted to share a workshop happening later this month. After a whirlwind few years of managing […]
While walking through magical Copenhagen yesterday, I came across some free WiFi and unsurprisingly did a quick check of the trusted email. After scrolling through the usual lot, I encountered three messages (from the same IP address) that had been posted on my blog. I was a little taken aback to say the least. The […]
A belated update with the final post from the StartupSmart email short course. The content serves as a brief introduction to the social space for entrepreneurs who may or may not be familiar with the online world. So, it’s not really intended for the guru expert child prodigies. And although written only a few months ago, it’s remarkable to […]
I’ve been publishing my pieces from the StartupSmart‘s short course on how to build a better website on my blog. This time around the topic is marketing (minus some points on email and direct marketing). Marketing Everyone knows they should be marketing their website. It’s a given. But are you marketing your site in a […]
You might have seen my tweet on Sunday in relation to finding someone to work with me on various social media related projects. Emails are hitting my inbox regarding social media and digital communication projects and after six months of working what feels like non-stop, I’d now like to collaborate with an upcoming social media doer. […]
I’m publishing my speech from last night’s International Association of Business Communicators‘ gala dinner. Geoff Kelly (founder, Kelly Strategic Influence), Andrew Maiden (executive director of communications and media relations at Telstra) and I delivered a playful poke at what each generation brings to the communication profession. It was a light-hearted and glam evening with a […]
Kate Kendall 