CLS West 2012: Better Late Than Never

I apologize for the very late start of registration for CLS West 2012. The good news is we have many of the same great organizers and sponsors again this year. If everyone helps spread the word, we should still be able to get a great turnout again on January 14th. Please sign up now here:

http://clswest2012.eventbrite.com

We were forced to change venues for this year. DeVry University in Daly City would have been happy to have us back, but, the really large room that we were able to use in the past is no longer available. So, we wouldn't fit in their space anymore. The good news is that X.commerce at eBay has stepped forward as our venue sponsor this time. We will be at the eBay Town Hall in San Jose on Saturday, January 14th.



This is actually an upgrade in terms of the available space and the wifi support. The bad news for past attendees coming from San Francisco is there is no longer a direct public transit option to the venue. However, I am hopeful that with enough sponsorship we can afford to rent a shuttle to get folks to/from the nearest Caltrain station. We are not there yet though. So, any help in getting more sponsors would be most appreciated.

That's All Folks, Van Riper

Please RSVP for upcoming meetup - Thu Sep 29

Please RSVP for upcoming meetup at http://bit.ly/n8DiDO


What: Organic vs Structured approach to community building, which works better? Is it better to let the community decide the structure and purpose of the community, or should a structure be built which fits the model of the kind of community that you envision working best?

When: Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 7PM
Where: OCSC Sailing School San Francisco Bay @ 1 Spinnaker Way, Berkeley, CA

Current Standings for Topics for the Upcoming CLSWest meetup

• Votes - Topic
• 20 - How do off-line businesses blend online-community successfully (i.e. co-working spaces)?
• 17 - Community Managers who have done interesting things
• 14 - How do successful Developer Relations Programs do it?
• 11 - Measuring the success of a community
• 9 - Explore best practices in online community engagment.
• 5 - Organic vs Structured approach to community building, which works better?
• 2 - Engage a speaker from The Community Roundtable

For the upcoming meetup*, suggest topics and vote on topics at the CLSWest Idea Board.
RSVP here.
* When: Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 7PM

   Where: OCSC Sailing School San Francisco Bay @ 1 Spinnaker Way, Berkeley, CA

Organic vs Structured approach to community building, which works better?

What: Organic vs Structured approach to community building, which works better?

When: Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 7PM

Where: OCSC Sailing School San Francisco Bay @ 1 Spinnaker Way, Berkeley, CA

How: sign up at www.meetup.com/clswest/events/30932411

Organic vs Structured approach to community building, which works better? Is it better to let the community decide the structure and purpose of the community, or should a structure be built which fits the model of the kind of community that you envision working best?

Venue supplied by OCSC Sailing School  in the Berkeley Marina.

Which curator has a list of community managers? #octribe #TheCR #CmtyBC #CLSWest #cmgrchat

I have one list:

@erich13/clswestCommunity Leadership Summit West

And here are the lists which I follow, that are related to community managers:

@TheCR/thecr-experts     

Individuals we think know what they are talking about and have spoken with our members

@TheCR/thecrlive-boston    

People who have joined us for #TheCRLive in Boston

@cmtybc/cmtybc-members

List of Community BackChannel members

@thomasknoll/octribe         

The octribe hashtag is used to make it easier to discover thoughts from the online community tribe

Which curator has a list of community managers?

Notice the new links on the right-hand side of our home page

Did you notice the updates to our clswest.us home page?

If you did not notice the updates, there are two new links on the right-hand side, in the LINKS section.

The 1st new link, "Suggest Meetup Topics", points to our Idea Board. This is where you can pose questions and topics for discussion. These topics can be commented on in-place and these ideas will be the lead-ins for conversations at our meet-ups.

The 2nd new link "Other CLS West Resources" points to a collection of CLS West web components. As our community of community leaders has dispersed components, a collection, or single place seems like a logical need, to facilitate access. 

Kind Regards,

  Eric "erich13" Herberholz 

Community Relations Specialist, Communications Adept, Social Media Strategist, Browser Freak, Disc Golfer - www.linkedin.com/in/herberholz

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Community Components

CLSWest (Community Leadership Summit West) - San Francisco Bay Area

Community Components:

• Home: CLSWest.us
• Google Group: groups.google.com/group/CLSWest
• Meetup: meetup.com/CLSWest
• For Ideas for future meetups: CLSWest.uservoice.com
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/West-Coast-Community-Leadership-Summit/212084873095
• Twitter: twitter.com/CLSWest (@CLSWest)
• hashtag for CLS West: #clswest

More...

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Next Meetup: Thu June 2, 2011 7PM at Microsoft Corporation in Mountain View, CA

All,

Here are two topics we will start with:

• How do Online & Offline Communities Mix?  
• How to create a successful Power User Program?

You may continue to suggest topics, comment on topics, and vote on topics at the CLSWest Idea Board.

RSVP for the Meetup here: www.meetup.com/CLSWest/events/18299711

Thanks to Kenny Spade, Academic Developer Evangelist at Microsoft, for holding this event at Microsoft Corporation in Mountain View.

Thanks also to Layla Sabourian, organizer of "First Thursday Silicon Valley Online Community/Social Media", for co-hosting this event.

Kind Regards,
  Eric "erich13" Herberholz  Community Relations Specialist, Communications Adept, Social Media Strategist, Browser Freak, Disc Golfer

CLS West Idea Board

We continued the dialog at the bi-monthly kickoff meeting on April 28th, 2011 at Adobe Systems in San Francisco.  There was an engaging discussion held with a panel on "Why Online Community Metrics Suck: Numbers vs The Human Factor". Panelists were: Susan Tenby (Techsoup.org), Ryan Singer (Stanford Peace Innovation Lab), Scott Rutherford (UserVoice), Khris Loux (AboutEcho.com)

First off, I would like to thank our panelists for their contributions and for their support. There were lots of excellent questions & answers as well as passionate debate on both ends. Lots of people got involved.

So, as was mentioned, we have created a CLSWest Idea Board, that will be used as a topic suggestion box. Here's the link to the CLSWest Idea Board.

I met with Dave Nielsen and we have seeded the Idea Board with some suggested topics. Please contribute your suggestions and vote up the ones that you like. You have up to 5 votes, to use at your discretion.

The CLSWest Idea Board: CLSWest.uservoice.com

Thanks to Evan Hamilton, Uservoice Community Manager, for this use of UserVoice.

Stay tuned for the date, place and location of the next meet-up, being planned for June. The topic will be... well, we don't know yet =:-) ...

So, please suggest and vote up topics ->CLSWest.uservoice.com


If lose track of the above link, you can always refer back to the Community Leadership Summit West home page: CLSWest.jottit.com

Kind Regards,
Eric "erich13" Herberholz

@davenielson @richreader @pcrampton posting their sessions at #clswest

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Crowd at #clswest acknowledging the sponsors for today's #clswest Unconference

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Volunteer for CLS West - it's easy, social, and makes you a good person

Why volunteer for CLS West? Three reasons:

1) It's really pretty easy

We're looking for a lot of volunteers to do very small jobs, rather than a few to do big jobs. Volunteering won't prevent you from getting to attend most sessions, nor will it exhaust you.

2) If you don't, this event won't happen

CLS West is entirely run by volunteers, so if nobody volunteers it won't happen (and there won't be food). There are a number of people doing the hard work for free...the least you can do is volunteer a few minutes of your time to help make this run smoothly.

3) You'll meet people

Networking helps you get jobs, learn more, and make new friends. By volunteering you'll have a great excuse to interact with the organizers, volunteers, and attendees.

Convinced? Shoot me an email at volunteer[at]clswest.us and I'll get you hooked up with a slot.

-Evan Hamilton

Volunteer Coordinator, CLS West

Photo courtesy of Charlie and Kasie Bennett