Interview with Henry Witt of SuperCentex.com
Rosemary O'Neill
Community ManagementCrowdstack
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Tips❤️Hello, Crowdstack people! We migrated our community from Facebook at the end of last year and have been looking for creative ways to bring more of our Facebook following to our shiny new Hoop.la space. We came up with an interesting option! We implemented a chatbot for Facebook Messenger that allows us to automate correspondence with our fan base and offer them options based on keyword inputs. It's a great way to steer our Facebook audience into specific areas of the community based on their...
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Blog Post CommentWell you know what I think about Twitter. It belongs.... Well on Twitter no-where else as it messes other social sites up with it's constant twittering so yes right tool for the right job. Facebook is a requirement for some rather that a 1st choice. I seems to be replacing Emails in a lot of ways LiveCloud is having it's ups and downs.. Just got another down this morning the add attachments function has gone walkabout. Just in time for New Year. Tis a sad thing. I had some nice pictures to...
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Blog Post CommentI hear & see where you are coming from. At work I have to carry over & or "bank" leave I have not taken in a "leave year". So the following year I have more to take but I still may not have the need to take this leave. If the concept of unlimited leave was used, this situation would not exist & I would be comfortable in the knowledge that should the circumstances occur the leave would be available if required... Simple.. Having said that, I do work with some (very undisciplined)...
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Blog Post CommentWe have two mandatory three hour meetings each year, and when we can't attend, we watch them later on DVD. Otherwise it's emails and calling in by phone.
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Blog Post CommentEmilie, every year around November starts looking for a new paper calendar, and I keep thinking how great it would be if there was a digital solution for her. I use my cell phone, and that works great for me because I have simple calendar needs. But she has massive calendaring voodoo working for her, and needs some serious mojo behind her solution. I cant wait to hear about how this works for you, and maybe look at getting one for her down the road.
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Blog Post CommentI think the basic age limit should be raised to 18. Just had a high school senior friend me on Facebook simply because I graduated there 25 years earlier. I seriously doubt that she would really want to hang out with a 43 year old truck driver.
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Blog Post CommentYou're welcome Lynda! And the cavalry resolved the issue yesterday...I'm looking to improve our outward communications when things like that happen; we'd like to be much more proactive than we were yesterday, and I'm sorry for that. Harold, I might agree with you. It's kind of funny that the actual age issue never really came up in their discussions. It's probably because there are certain situations where you wouldn't want to lock out 15-16 year olds.
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Blog Post CommentSteven, the lightbulb will always hold a soft spot in my heart too SuBe, I remember the Christmas kazooing! That was so fun to see. Maybe we need a sequel this year... LOM I think your weird swag wins the prize! That's crazy. The real question is...do you ever wear it?
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Blog Post CommentTHAT is a great idea! Nice way to recap the year too! Thanks for the suggestion!
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Blog Post CommentI've decided to refocus my efforts back to what matter most to me this year.
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Blog Post CommentNice post Ted,, I have always been a yes person,, not a yes man,, but the difference is believing anything is possible when we are all talking and working on the same plan.. I believed when I was a supervisor( 30 plus years) that if all knew as much as I did,, then my job got a lot easier,, and did,, I was the one that decided who got what when the raises came around,, but that was easy because they told me who was the one person that gave the most that year and who was the next and so on..
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Blog Post CommentOriginally Posted by Rosemary O'Neill: One final tip: there's no crying in baseball. This job requires someone who can think on their feet, be resourceful, deal with slings and arrows effectively, suppress their own ego, and keep a cool head at all times. It's a tall order, but you're not alone out there! D*mn straight. I think my year long stint as a forum moderator of two forums stretched me more personally than any other job has before. I have the greatest of respect for anyone who does...
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Blog Post CommentI love handwriting. At the moment I do a lot - in charts at work mostly. But by this time next year that will all be digital too - I will carry a little laptop around to make notes. I'll be sad for that, but I won't miss not being able to read a Doctor's handwriting. As for having time... I find writing to be very meditative. I automatically slow down to write, and enjoy it more than typing for that reason.
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Blog Post CommentThanks, Jane! We love hearing feedback like that and always welcome suggestions and ideas Happy New Year!
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Blog Post CommentHi Jon, This release went out to all Hoop.la, UBB Forum, and QuestionShark customers. We've had numerous requests for slideshow functionality over the past year or so (I don't have an exact figure to give). We support slideshows now via the Clips widget Ted mentioned as well as on the Clips page itself. Hope that helps, Brian
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Blog Post CommentNice article. Too bad CareerStep's Hoopla site is a private community. I would have liked to have seen the 6 year game of "The Person Below Me." Would have also liked to be able to look at another successful community, you know, to learn something to try at our community.
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Blog Post CommentI know, a 6 year fun for a game like that is pretty amazing. Makes me wonder what the longest-running game is... I'll make sure our next Q&A highlights a publicly accessible community, Carol! It is cool to pick up tips and tricks from each other.
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Blog Post CommentCommunity building is a challenge for many...whether you're a blogger or apparently a chicken farmerette. It's been suggested to me I'm a natural at building community; not exactly sure why...perhaps the natural ebullience? HEH. Had to use that word. I like this post. Short and to the point.
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Blog Post CommentThanks Jayme! You are a "natural" indeed. (And I hope this post had verve.)
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Blog Post Comment200 members is great but how many are free and how many are paying? What business model was used as far as pricing was concerned? The standard $25 a year? Or a larger monthly fee etc? I never watched the video, so sorry if it is mentioned there - 3am here I am too tired.
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Blog Post CommentI know this is old but it caught my eye (well both of them actually. My take on this is, you do indeed tread a fine line between creating the right kind of platform for a community. Engaging them in the creation is one way. Allowing people to have their input is very good but everyone has a different opinion so you have to start with an adaptive base. The big question is how do you get them in the first place? Of the millions of people out there who do you reach out to with your invites. I...
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Blog Post CommentHi Rich, Thank you for the thoughtful and kind words! It's humbling to hear. I can't believe it's been over 5 years now since I wrote this post and quit Facebook. I can tell you that I've never looked back After a nasty election cycle like this year, I can definitively say I don't miss it at all! Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts; enjoy the Facebook-free life Brian
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Blog Post CommentI'm not ready to test it right now (it's coming at the busiest time of the year . . .), so it sounds like I shouldn't set up a support topic just yet. And I'm not able to monitor this site in the next few weeks to know when you release it. I think it would make more sense for you to open up a thread on the topic for everyone once you've released the feature - and just ask people to comment there if/when they want to test it. Thanks!
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Topic ReplyHi @Harvey Mercado , Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Happy New Year My guess is that the formatting of your X509Certificate elements is the problem. It looks like you have them formatted with spaces between the lines, but those should actually be newlines . Aside from the newlines, there should not be any other whitespace in the elements (no leading whitespace and no trailing whitespace, either). That's my best guess as to what is throwing things off. Try fixing that and see if...
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Topic ReplyThanks and Happy New Year @Brian Lenz . I did try and update the metadata according to your instructions, however, the issue still exists. I reset the settings then I realized that the issue only exists if I tick the checkbox for enabling the SSO as shown in the screenshot below: Not sure how to proceed with this. Do you know how do I address this? Please let me know. I also need to upload crowdstack's metadata xml from ( https://manchesterunity.crowdstack.io/saml/metadata ) to ssocircle as...