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Founder & Tech Community Strategist Carrie Melissa Jones to Present at SXSW 2024
The CMJ Group’s founder, Carrie Melissa Jones, will be speaking at SXSW and signing books at the SXSW Book Store.
Is Substack a safe place to build your community?
Elizabeth Gilbert praised Substack as a safe place to build community. Is she right to do so? We explore Substack’s community features and policies to answer this question.
The CMJ Group’s Community Newsletter Experiment
Kelly and Carrie from Team CMJ are re-starting our newsletter as a collaborative experiment in making writing more relational and community-centered! We kick off today. Welcome!
7 Steps to Take Before Launching an Online Community
The 7 steps to take before launching your enterprise brand community, along with an estimated timeline for each step.
Boost Your Community Building Skills with CMJ's Ultimate Reading List: 2019-2024 Edition
Find the latest and greatest reads for community builders in our roundup of the best community books from 2020-2024
How to Write Community Guidelines
A quickstart guide to the elements you should consider when writing community guidelines - with examples
How to Write a Community Mission and Vision Statement
Learn how to collaboratively write community mission statements and vision statements.
7 Themes to Guide Your Community’s Engagement Plans
Discover how to enhance your community-building efforts with effective content and programming strategies.
Optimizing Your Enterprise Community Team Structure
The importance of a well-structured community team and its collaboration with other departments in building strong enterprise-level communities
Forj.ai Acquires Mobilize.io: Consolidation and Innovation in the Community Platform Landscape
Forj has acquired Mobilize. What does this mean for community professionals and those who build community technology?
What is Community Strategy?
What is community strategy? There is a lot of misunderstanding about this simple term. Let’s break it down and define it clearly, so you can get to work creating one.
Welcome Kelly Shetron and Wiley Gaby to the CMJ team!
Introducing two new members of the CMJ team: Wiley Gaby, Director of Operations, and Kelly Shetron, Director of Strategy.