OK, is this is simplest ever community manager training plan you’ve ever read? Note, this is designed for  a one-off one day workshop, with a couple of people new to community management.

1. Essentials of online community management:

• Prerequisites of growing a successful community
• Tactics for supporting member conversations – seeding discussions; rituals & events; content and curation using a mix of user generated media; rewards and recognition; responding to first timers;
• The importance of top contributors – why & how to nurture them
• Dealing with conflict – value of a community guide; how to moderate; why and how criticism can be good for your community and the insights created
• How to develop community over the course of the year – the value of champions; what success looks like

2. Creating a daily/weekly community management plan

3. How to measure and record community insights, both qualitative ‘golden nuggets’ and quantitative.