Community Moderation During Times of Crisis

Seattle

Monday, June 29, 2020, 7:00 – 8:00 PM UTC

Online communities are often the first place people go to discuss and process issues from local neighborhood problems to (inter)national crises. What roles can community managers play in supporting productive conversation? Should that even be their role? How can they best take care of themselves? Join CMX Connect Seattle for virtual lunchtime discussion of this topic.

About this event

In an age where we carefully curate who we socialize with and the content we read (assisted by ever-present social media algorithms) online communities are one of the few places where we have the opportunity to interact with people beyond our own personal digital bubbles. This trend has only accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The murder of George Floyd has ignited conversation across communities about longstanding issues of racial violence and inequity, but online communities are no stranger to difficult conversations like these and the highly-charged conversations that come from them. 

Community managers and moderators are on the front lines of these online conversations playing a critical, but often very difficult, role where there aren't simple best-practices to follow. How we moderate these conversations have implications both for the health of communities and on the role our communities play in addressing the issues at hand. In this lunchtime chat we'll discuss different strategies for moderating communities during times of crisis, what our role is and what it should be, and learn from each others' successes and mistakes.

Facilitator

  • Matt Pearsall

    Committee for Children

    Community Manager

When

When

Monday, June 29, 2020
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM UTC

Agenda

7:00 PMIntroductions
7:10 PMGroup Conversation
7:30 PMBreak Out Sessions
7:50 PMCome Back Together

Connect Host

  • Erin Girard

    Outschool

    Educator Community Program Manager

Featured Attendee

  • Colton Beach

    Unqork