Lauren Klein
Lauren Klein
Lauren has worked for many years as a community composer, strategist, leader, mentor and coach in formal organizations to help organizations identify, create, build, and cultivate communities. She helps coach business and community leaders to ignite their passion while unleashing their potential through technique sharing, individual learning and goal setting.
Experience the Adventure
Reno Tahoe USAhas a brand riddled with controversy because those that live or actively frequent the area truly understand what it means to 'Experience...
Active Listening, a Core Competency for Social Business Leaders, featuring: Nick Howe
If you haven't followed Nick Howe on Twitter, it's time. He is a social business champion and hero who just happen to be...
People ARE the experience
In talking with Nancy Long, Chief HR Officer at Hitatchi Data Systems, One of FORTUNE's "100 Best Companies to Work For recently, not only...
Nurturing diversity of thought within communities is an art
Nurturing diversity of thought within communities is an art. The working title for this blog post occurred to me after reading the article...
Community Engagment Tips
Resources – do you have a community manager assigned to ensure you have focus? Important to ensure that they have a cultivation plan,...
Shoestring budget strategy that works for education – a WCSD case study
Case study on communication strategy that works! Washoe County School District has been transforming itself over the years through leadership transition within the district and...
Community Manners
Etiquette basics such as you'll find in Miss Manners, Debrett's and Emily Post apply in online communities also – yet it's easy to forget...
Top Five for Content Curators
Content Curation Pathways Know Thy Tags – make sure that you are familiar with the key tags that your key audience is using to tag...
Social Artistry – Linking the Unlinkable
In a meeting in San Francisco with Etienne Wenger in 2008, we were discussing the critical role of a weaver in the field of...
Community Cultivation Planning
Now that I have a community, a community manager and member –what's next, they ask. It all depends as one size doesn't fit...
Top TEN – for the Community Weaver “To Do List”
Be Authentic – don't try to be someone that you are not – just be yourself – be authentic with who you are and Make...
Fan Communities & Communications Channel Management
To accommodate the widest group of memberships in the variety of channels, I've seen many organizations harness the power of new media to build...
Courage, Compassion & Connection – The 3 C’s of Community
Most extraordinary community weavers that I've met over the years have the three C's. 1.) Courage. They are courageous people...
The Naked Community Manager
I've been building teams of community managers for years. One consistent theme that is required is to ensure that we provide them with...
Social Artistry, Communication & Diplomacy – Core Weaver Competencies
During a recent trip to Mexico, I was inspired by this Mexican gold, as the sunset depicts. Yet today during a call with...
Women Helping Women: Positive Conspiracies of Change
Zazzle mousepad I had the great honor recently of facilitating a high-level discussion at Executive Networks between Dr. Marcia Reynolds, best-selling author of 'Wander Woman:...
Networking Coaching
I facilitated a virtual fireside chat with Sally Helgesen, author of the Female Vision and spoke afterwards about my role as a community weaver...
Semantics in Community Conversations
Today in a conversation with a networked business, a sales person told me that their network model was 'broken'. According to the dictionary...
Gratitude as part of a culture
Today on Thanksgiving, it is a day of reflection for many people in the United States, which is always something I enjoy experiencing. ...
Turn Negative Intent into New Possibilities
One of my pet peeves is assuming negative intent. I find people that are in the business of constantly pointing out failure without desire...