CommSquared
Welcome to Community Communications aka CommSquared!
This is the home of Community Communications, aka CommXComm, aka Comm^2 = CommSquared!
CommSquared is our community communications program. Its design is to spread the Mozilla mission to the press and to the general public.
Which means :
- writing blogposts (bloggers needed!)
- interacting with your local press : writing articles, staffing interviews, ...
- producing press coverage analysis about Mozilla and about the tech industry in your local area
- being a community communications spokesperson for Mozilla in your local area
And doesn't mean :
- organizing events on behalf of Mozilla
- giving interviews on behalf of Mozilla without prior formal authorization
CommSquareds work closely with Mozilla paid staff of the Communications team : they will be trained, offered guidance, and given insider information.
Most importantly CommSquareds will be provided with personalized PR trainings, adapted to one's know-how and to one's evolution within the CommSquared program: they will learn and they will get recognition for their work.
Who may become a CommSquared?
- You are a Mozillian, you share our mission, you love the web, and you love people
- You follow industry news closely, especially Mozilla-related content
- You have writing and/or verbal skills and you want to use those to help Mozilla
- You don't have to be technically savvy nor PR trained :)
How do CommSquared members communicate between them?
A mailing list has been put in place - mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/commsquared. This mailing list is the central way to communicate between members, but we're also trying some other tools until we decide on what we want to settle. These tools include:
- Etherpad - https://commsquared.etherpad.mozilla.org/
- Private Yammer group (ask for details once you are on the mailing list)
- Telegram group chat (ask for details once you are on the mailing list)
FAQ
We get often the same questions. Here they are, with their answers. More questions? Ask them on the mailing list if you're a member, or send them directly to Tristan (tinot@mozilla.com).
- I'm good with people, but I don't have experience in the field of PR. Is this an issue to become a CommSquared member?
- Not at all! Mozilla is working on providing training in order to address this!
- Why has CommsReps evolved into CommSquared?
- Glad you asked! CommsReps was a program which retired in April 2014. The goal of both programs are very similar, but in order to be part of CommsReps, one had to be a Mozilla Rep (hence the "Reps" in "CommsReps"!). CommSquared is replacing the CommsReps program to reflect that it's not necessary to be a Mozilla Rep to be part of CommSquared.