
Online communities have become an extremely popular method of interaction for gamers, but with thousands of sites and millions of fans it is easy to feel like a single square tile in a enormous game of Tetris. While most people lurk, there are a handful of gamers who maneuver their way into leadership positions and become administrators for their favorite fan-site or even community managers for a game developer. How does this happen? How do you go from lurker to leader? Join community leaders as they have an open discussion about how they rose through the ranks, from being members of the community to leading it. Learn how you can follow in their footsteps and how community managers can engage their own fans to create the next generation of leaders. Panelists: Kelli Dunlap / Goosechecka, Content and Community Manager for GrifballHub Jeff Easterling / GrimBrotherOne, Administrator for Halo.Bungie.Org and Monitor at Halo Waypoint Barbara Dunkelman/ BlawnDee, Community Manager for Rooster Teeth Productions Eric Doty / DMZilla, Xbox LIVE Community Manager and Jessica Shea / bs angel, Halo Waypoint Community Manager
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PAX East 2012
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Community Management