I found out about this from my pal Keltie, and I think it’s a fun and easy way to set goals.
1. The best news I ever received was: “I won’t need chemo.”
2. Something I’m looking forward to is: shopping for houses in the fall.
3. Something I would never do is: say never. Even about the helicopers.
4. If I could choose someone to be my life coach (famous or not, living or dead), I’d choose: Kenny Powers.
5. If I had to put a label on my style it would be: Grown-Ass Woman.
6. One should always: respect reality.
7. I want to: eat a gelato, so… later.
I found out about this from my pal Keltie, and I think it’s a fun and easy way to set goals.
- The best news I ever received was: “I won’t need chemo.”
- Something I’m looking forward to is: shopping for houses in the fall.
- Something I would never do is: say never. Even about the helicopers.
- If I could choose someone to be my life coach (famous or not, living or dead), I’d choose: Kenny Powers.
- If I had to put a label on my style it would be: Grown-Ass Woman.
- One should always: respect reality.
- I want to: eat a gelato, so… later.
Retro Ads: Now Magazine, April 1985. Featuring the names of dance clubs and clothing stores that only existed for me in CFNY commercials.
Line drawing a man in pointy clothes really is a lost art.
How does Venice work? Amazing engineering keeps the city afloat.
Toronto dance party video! I think my favourite part is the finale in the bird barn at Riverdale Farm.
Olde Tymey advertisements - my favourite subject! In this installment, all the ads are taken from the March 24, 1972 edition of Life Magazine. In case you weren’t absolutely sure that life in the 70s was awesome, here’s all you need to know: fully 20% of the pages were ads for either whiskey or cigarettes or both. The rest were for muscle cars and dandruff shampoo.
CERN, make with the time machines already.
If you follow my Twitter, you’ll know that I’m experiencing a personal Yacht Rock renaissance right now. In an effort to get What a Fool Believes out of my head, a colleague recommended a stretch of Steely Dan songs. She also sent along this amazing missive from Don and Walt to Luke Wilson, penned after Owen Wilson made the unbelievable terrible You, Me & Dupree.
It reads like a couple of bumbling mobsters sat down on a Californian beach in 1978, took a handful of Quaaludes and wrote history’s most half-hearted shakedown letter.
I think this is especially poignant since it came at the end of a visit to Mandarin, in those magical moments when feelings of sublime repletion turn inevitably to self loathing.
As any social media worker knows, some days the trolls just come out of the woodwork. Keep your heads up out there. :)
Last week, I posted on the qualities and qualifications digital agencies look for when hiring a community moderator. Here’s Part 2 in the series, answering the burning question:
What does a typical day in the life of a community moderator look like?
I do sort of wish this had a “typical” answer. Probably the best way to give you this info is to break it out by activity. Most community managers are responsible for the following:
Content curation
Using web-based tools to search for appropriate links and information to bring to the attention of the community.
- A few free content curation tools: Google Alerts, Google Reader
Building community
Seeking out individuals who are discussing the brand or topic elsewhere and bringing them into your community, interacting with existing members in a way that deepens their engagement.
- A few free community building tools: Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, Searchtastic
Speaking in the brand voice
Developing and abiding by style guides, putting all information into the brand’s context before sharing.
Client services
Community Moderators often have responsibility for clearing content through client stakeholders, so some experience interacting with clients comes in very handy.
Keeping up to date on platform developments
When you use social media properties like Twitter or Facebook for a living, you get into the habit of keeping up to date on all their updates and what planned changes mean for you as a moderator and for the community of users.
- A few free platform information news sites: AllFacebook, Mashable, Social Media Examiner
- A few official platform development blogs: The Facebook Blog, Twitter Blog, Flickr Blog, Broadcasting Ourselves: The Official YouTube Blog
And the fun part:
Interacting with members of the community
Actually hosting the party: answering questions, directing people to information, laughing along with their jokes, thanking people for participating, managing trolls and misinformation and generally having a great time.
That’s it for now, stay tuned for upcoming questions that will help you better understand the role and hopefully land that community moderator job you’ve got your eye on.
Next up:
- What is the market like for community moderators?
- Where to begin and whom to speak with?
- Should I look for freelance or permanent work?
- Can I work remotely?
Send me any questions you want to see covered and if you are a community moderator, feel free to chime in with all the activities I missed (because I know there’s no stopping you ;).
