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Blogs: Elena Goodrum

Senior Community Manager

Elena is a Senior Community Manager, and is part of the digital strategy team at SiftGroups.

Most recently she has managed Talk about Autism, a community for parents, carers and people on the autism spectrum to talk about how autism impacts on their lives. It was set up by Ambitious about Autism, the national charity for children and young people with autism.

She’s also a Community Mentor, providing bespoke mentoring and coaching for community managers in all stages of the community lifecycle.

And she runs a few of our Online Community Training courses where organisations bring staff together to learn all about community engagement, using social media, working with volunteers - and to get a little practice finding their voice in an online environment.

Originally from a cultural anthropology background, Elena is interested in human interaction online – establishing rituals and relationships, connecting individuals together, and encouraging collaboration between organisations and their community.

Blog posts from this blogger

  • Friday 11th November 2011
    Google+ Pages has launched - so now what?
    A few weeks ago, we had to stop and catch our breath – so many new things happening in the world of social media! And still so much more to come... And now Pages for Google+ has launched. So what does this mean for you right now?
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  • Friday 30th September 2011
    Steady on!
    We all know that the world of social media constantly fluctuates - but at the moment it seems to be in overdrive.
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  • Friday 16th September 2011
    Social media statistics - 2011
    A lot has changed since we gave you some hard facts about online social media platforms last Summer. It’s amazing how much things can change in a year – but we wouldn’t expect anything less in the world of social media. For 2011 we're providing a more in-depth snapshot of stats and demographics for a handful of the most common platforms.
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  • Wednesday 8th June 2011
    Using social media with people on the autistic spectrum
    Over the last two years I had the privilege of looking after an online community for those who are affected by autism. Talk about Autism is an online community for people on the autistic spectrum, for parents and carers, families, friends, specialists, teachers, and all those who have an interest in autism.
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  • Thursday 5th May 2011
    Don't police your community
    I can’t imagine a scenario where I’m spending most of my time policing my community members. And it kind of saddens me when I hear community managers talk about policing their communities and social media spaces. What a bummer for your members, contacts and staff. To me this indicates several possible issues:  
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