How to Digg for News on Couchsurfing

8 Responses to “How to Digg for News on Couchsurfing”

• Callum

  4 years, 1 month ago.

  Thanks Daz, looks like a helpful guide, especially for new CS members. I know I certainly learned from it.

  Personally, I reject the statement that “developing a system takes time”. I think that is true if you’re trying to re-invent the wheel. However, basic communication is very, very easy. I had a blog setup for the NZ Collective within hours of having arrived. I actively promoted it and encouraged everyone in the house to blog. It worked. Content was posted.

  Communicating effectively is difficult. Starting the process is easy.
• tgoorden

  4 years, 1 month ago.

  I agree. Communication doesn’t need some big mysterious technical solution, it needs words and work. Also note that the difficulties in CS are *people problems* more than anything, even though Mandy seems disinclined to acknowledge that.
• Daz

  4 years, 1 month ago.

  by Promitheus from Norwich, United Kingdom
  Location: The CouchSurfing Project >> Ambassador’s Private >> Ambassador’s Public

  Several times have heard from Ambs that they are learning very late about new Ambs being assigned etc.

  With some help from fellow Ambs the idea has come to open for public join the group:
  http://www.couchsurfing.com/organization.html?gid=7801

  Please keep in mind that this is not a discussion group but rather a notice board where the AMT is announcing the new Ambs etc.

  Another group dug!

  we´d like to gladly announce that Fenix Lashimi has consented to replace Moksha within the Ambassador Management Team as Moksha had the desire to leave our team due a pretty busy schedule
  

  Aint we happy we never gave moksa (emily scott) the importance here!!
• nitpic

  4 years, 1 month ago.

  here are the Key recommendations for member communications posted by mandie communications director.
  http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=3585&post=802014

  After 6 months of the collective they have just come to a recommendation stage!! wonder when they will reach the brainstorm and implementation stage

  Contact Us Questions (CUQ)
  Public Groups
  Text in groups and elsewhere on the site will give clear expectation that questions, complaints, ideas, etc. should be submitted to CUQ
  

  anything which is closed is bound to fail.If the answers are not incorporated into the FAQ.
  Bad idea the blind leading the blind. Also the answers are not documented and are copied and pasted by the drones who sit and waste their time answering these question like the csc thailand answers.

  - Develop communication tools for key groups in CS to share information, which will provide support to CUQ team by getting them timely information

  Again after 6 months of the collective they have just come to a recommendation stage!! wonder when they will reach the brainstorm and implementation stage

  Newsletters
  - CS newsletter – quarterly – focuses on organizational-wide news, inspirational stories, big news that affect members (focusing on member benefits)

  Umm I don not think Mandie has been in couchsurfing long enough!!
  quarterly?? the internet moves faster that that !!
  Internet time is maybe three times as fast as a normal year http://www.unitedbit.com/?p=116

  CS Leaders Blogs (once a month funny)

  - “Thoughts from a General Manager” to be updated monthly to provide voice of key leadership in CS
  And online general manager who updated his blog monthly!! Right now it is like never!!

  Internet time is maybe three times as fast as a normal year http://www.unitedbit.com/?p=116

  Wiki for Regions/Volunteers
  Volunteer wiki to give avenue for expert team brainstorming and documentation

  needs to work more on the wiki to understand its capabilities and viewership
• Daz

  4 years, 1 month ago.

  Margaret wrote in the bsr:- I especially like your request for some kind of mechanism to deal with “opposition” or, if you like, constructive criticism. Right now, the method is to click on Contact Us and propose your request or idea. You will get a timely response from someone on the CUQ team (they are wonderful, really) but your request may or may not be forwarded/attended to someone who has authority.

  But this method is always flawed .The below quote shows you why

  MIKKY MOUTH from Linz, Austria
  it looks like response to contact us messages are going out again, if you or someone you know have sent in a inquiry during the last couple of days but got no response yet, then please make sure to resend your message.
  happy weekend
  Irie
  Mikky
  CUQ depends on email and 1-1 communication and when the email goes down it is useless.
• Daz

  4 years, 1 month ago.

  today in the brainstorm by Lady Ri from Pretoria, South Africa
  Hi Steven
  Please remember that, like most Couch Surfers, all the members from MDST are volunteers. If you sent a Contact Us question to them, it will be addressed within a reasonable time

  Now it looks like even the MDST safety team does not know about the contact us problem or has it been fixed ?
• Seeker

  4 years, 1 month ago.

  Mandie had written earlier in the communication group as posted by daz
  Contact Us Questions (CUQ)
  Public Groups
  Text in groups and elsewhere on the site will give clear expectation that questions, complaints, ideas, etc. should be submitted to CUQ

  This is why it is such a bad idea

  Location: The CouchSurfing Project >> Thoughts from the General Manager >> Public Comments for GM
  I don’t know whether you, or other members of the LT/Tech Team have looked into the CUQ history in recent weeks to see just how many questions are coming in over and over on the same missing/broken functionality, or if you’ve actually bothered to look at Cockroach and see just how many posts have been made there, again on the same issues, or even looking through Mantis.
• dingo

  4 years, 1 month ago.

  Now which of these members where HIDING the NEWS from the rest of the MEMBERS ? Some of these never ever post and are uknown Janna O’Shea ??Vanessa Mathias ??

  CouchSurfing News (CSN)
  Location: The CouchSurfing Project >> CouchSurfing Marketing >> Media Reports >> CouchSurfing News (CSN)
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