Conversations with Community Managers (Episode #6) – Sonny Gill, DeVry University

by Jim Storer on May 6, 2010

The Community Roundtable has partnered with Voce Communications to produce a new podcast series, “Conversations with Community Managers.” In this series, TheCR’s Jim Storer joins forces with Voce’s Doug Haslam to speak with people from a variety of industries about their efforts with community and social media management.
Our sixth episode features Sonny Gill, Community Manager for DeVry University.Sonny Gill
Highlights include:
  • Regulatory hurdles for social media participation in the education sector
  • The importance of integrating and harnessing the disparate internal communities at educational institutions
  • The importance of students as an, ever-changing and tech-savvy resource to help drive community-building
  • Extending connections beyond the current faculty and students to incoming freshmen and alumni- is that happening enough?
  • A discussion of “Community Chat,” which Sonny ran with Bryan Person on Twitter andFriendFeed (and how to keep momentum going in community- bring the chat back, guys!)

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MUSIC CREDIT: “Bleuacide” by graphiqsgroove.

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