What Leif will be doing as Biznik Community Catalyst

If you haven't heard yet, I'm excited to report that I've joined Biznik as an employee, starting this week, under the title of "Community Catalyst". Thanks to each of you who've sent a congratulatory or encouraging note -what a fun, vibrant community to be a part of!

Most of you found out the basics from last week's Biznik blog interview, but if not, give it a read if you want to know more about me and how/why this has come about.

There's a number of details not covered in the interview that some of you may be wondering about, so I thought I'd post a few notes here:

• First of all, this position is 'beta', meaning it will evolve over time.

• I also want to also make it known from the start that I believe that the real 'community catalysts' are each of you Biznik members. Its your unique energies that makes this community such a powerful, fun, authentic, creative online and offline community. I'm just taking the title to give a few areas of Biznik a bit more focused time and attention.

• While I'll be taking on a number of roles and projects with Biznik, my main focus is to expand and enrich the biznik community --both online (this site and external sites) and in real events. Like you, I love and believe in Biznik's manifesto, and want to see our membership grow globally and exponentially.

• This means you'll be seeing me much more active in discussions on the site, as well as more present in live events. Don't worry (or do), I'll still be my same silly self. Biznik is not the kind of place I'd need to hike up my 'image-management' now that I work here.

• Any tips for enriching community on this site, or suggestions for external indie biz 'hubs' I can spread the biznik love to, are totally welcome. I plan to also share about Biznik through new social media tools and popular social networks, as well as spark some fun 'attention getting' schemes. Stay tuned...

• If you're new to Biznik, please feel free to ask me publicly or privately any questions about how to make the most of this site or how to connect more deeply with the biznik community.

• Lastly, for those who have been trying to catch me in real time, I plan on being in Seattle Mon-Wed, probably shifting down to Mon-Tue after Sept. I'll usually be working from Dan & Lara's in Fremont or Office Nomads on Capitol Hill. I look forward to finally seeing many of you face-to-face more frequently, and coming to events on Mon or Tue nights!

I'm grateful for this opportunity to serve Biznik, as well as for each of your friendships and professional support. Let me know, here or privately, if you have any other questions about my new role as Biznik Community Catalyst.

Warmly, Leif