Thanks, Debra – I was thinking about splitting it up as well, perhaps rotating each month instead of doing two each month. We’ll see how the first one goes and perhaps can spend an extra few minutes after the chat officially closes to talk about people’s thoughts on timing…

Hey Ehon-

You’ve tapped a topic that I’ve been spinning around in my head without much of an answer: what time DOES work for a real time conversation with folks from around the world? Have you participated on any other chats that really had a global reach? I know there are folks from all over who have expressed interest and I would love to make something happen to bring us all together – you know, build community 🙂

Thanks!

Thanks for all of this wonderful feedback, Debra – wow!

I definitely feel most comfortable with a moderated chat as well – not intense, but just a light touch to be sure we are making the most with our time. I also never intended to say that I would create all the topics and questions, so let me make that part more explicit here! Would love to have questions posed by those who want to participate – for sure!

Really great to know what topics are of most interest to you and I imagine that the topics of conversation will reflect not just what we are all interested in overall but also topics that come up as the landscape continues to evolve.

Thanks so much for your offer to help; I’ll definitely use it!

Looking forward to this

PS: I know I’m not a teen anymore, but you know its the virtual world!

I have the same preferences as Bonnie, Laura and Jeff – a moderated chat is my preference. With guests, it can get to be too much about the guest and I love the wisdom that comes from vested participants learning from each other and also supporting each other.

I also like your response to Bonnie’s comment about sharing questions and a starter topic ahead of time. I’ve seen that work well at #NPCons. Taking it a step forward, it might be interesting to mix it up and ask others to suggest the questions related to a certain topic. That way, you find out ahead of time everyone’s self-interest, which is good information for a moderator.

As for me, I’m interested in thinking about the intersection of community and technology, community and fundraising, and creating vested, engaged communities of interest online.

Platform doesn’t matter – it might be interesting to try something other than Twitter chat – I’m open.

SO looking forward to this chat. Let me know if I can help in any way.

@j8ke that’s a way better question to hear all the time than “how to i monetize my blog” 😉

@amyrsward looking forward to it. You might regret inviting the guy that is always asking, “How do we make it financially sustainable?”