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Profile: Vanessa DiMauro

Vanessa DiMauro is the CEO of Leader Networks, a research and strategy consulting company that helps large organizations succeed in social business and B2B online community building.  DiMauro is a popular speaker, researcher and author.  With over 15 years experience in social media leadership positions, she has founded and run leading online communities for CXO Systems, Cambridge Technology Partners and IDG, and has developed winning social strategies for influential companies such as Cisco, Cognizant, EMC, Palladium Group and SAP.

Vanessa DiMauro is an Executive-In-Residence at Babson College's Olin School of Management, and holds both a B.A. and M.A. from Boston College. She serves as a Board Observer for Conisus and on the Advisory Board at WEGO Health. She blogs at http://blog.leadernetworks.com

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Social Media Policy Guidelines for Physican-Patient Relationships

Social Media Policy Guidelines for Physican-Patient Relationships

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The boundaries between the physician – patient relationship have always been difficult as the relationship is based on trust, intimacy and the ability to share information from both sides of... read more

Why Eva Perón Is A Community Builder

Why Eva Perón Is A Community Builder

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As I sit at my desk thinking about a new blog post topic, I struggle to write. Not because of a lack of topics, but because this is my first... read more

Avoid Online Customer Community Failure!

Avoid Online Customer Community Failure!

Failure.  It’s not a word anyone likes.  Yet it is common occurrence with innovation projects.  When projects fail, there’s a natural inclination to avoid looking for the reasons why.  This... read more

John Coates and the WELL: Looking Ahead by Looking Back

John Coates and the WELL: Looking Ahead by Looking Back

Strategy

A month ago I went to London to give a presentation at the 13th annual VIRCOMM Summit. On a cold and rainy morning (it was London, after all) about a... read more

Connecting The Dots On The Social Experience

Connecting The Dots On The Social Experience

Your B2B firm trumpets its engaged, active customers. These customers, the sweet center of any successful business, generate a significant portion of your firm’s revenue. These same customers serve as... read more


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10 Cheers for Community Managers Everywhere!

10 Cheers for Community Managers Everywhere!

Community Manager Appreciation Day (#CMAD) is just around the corner. Monday, January 28th marks the fourth annual celebration, started by Jeremiah Owyang. Read about the history and happenings of this... read more

Online Community Content Map (Part II): Why Online Content Must Answer The “So What?” Question For Members

Online Community Content Map (Part II): Why Online Content Must Answer The “So What?” Question For Members

Content Marketing

In part one of this series, I discussed how content in an online community has to answer the “So What?” question for members. My approach is to go beyond simplistic... read more

The Online Community Content Map – Part One

The Online Community Content Map – Part One

Creating meaningful content for an online community is a tricky business. Few online communities survive solely on member discussions.  As I am fond of saying, people come for content but... read more

Thanksgiving Recipe: Social Media Soup

Thanksgiving Recipe: Social Media Soup

Thanksgiving time in the US always yields an onslaught of new and tried and true recipes to help us  prepare a memorable meal for our friends and family.  A few... read more

Why Branded Online Communities Deliver On Social Customer Care

Why Branded Online Communities Deliver On Social Customer Care

Just last week my colleagues at Social Media Today released the 3rd annual Social Customer Index Report which is chock full of data to fuel any organization’s efforts to leverage... read more

Social Media Manager vs. Online Community Manager: Same or Different?

Social Media Manager vs. Online Community Manager: Same or Different?

One recent morning I saw a post in one of my LinkedIN groups asking “what is the difference between a social media manager and an online community manager?” Easy, I... read more

Ten Questions: A B2B Online Community Readiness Checklist

Ten Questions: A B2B Online Community Readiness Checklist

B2B Marketing

A wide range of B2B firms are considering the need for creating and operating their own online customer communities. In the B2B information technology sector, customer support, knowledge-sharing and product... read more

What Did You Find? New Social Tools = New Business Rules

What Did You Find? New Social Tools = New Business Rules

$1.2 Billion for a social network platform – yowza!  Or rather, Yammer! Online community and collaboration tools have come a very long way since IRCs, usenet and Delphi ruled the... read more

Nearly 80% of People Participate In Online Community to Help Others

Nearly 80% of People Participate In Online Community to Help Others

One of the most common questions people ask me is why do people participate in online communities.  For some, the act of logging onto a computer network and having a... read more

Insights Into The Social Mind

Insights Into The Social Mind

 Social business is dynamically changing the face of human interaction and communications globally. The emergence of new social behaviors and interrelationships between individuals, organizations, thought leaders and influencers are evolving... read more