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 :)
Program Content
- Insider
Insiders will be blogging, doing demos and public speaking. They may pick one or several of those activities. They will receive 101 trainings on PR (tips on the wiki, videos). They will be given first-hand insights and key messages. You may eventually be given the opportunity to evolve into a PR beginner or into a Community Spokesperson.
- PR Beginner
As a PR Beginner, you'll be doing press coverage in your local area, both about industry related news, and about Mozilla-related contents. Of course you may keep on doing Insider activities if you feel like it. You will receive personalized trainings on PR and you may eventually be given the possibility to evolve into a PR Specialist.
- PR Specialist
As a PR Specialist, you'll be writing articles, staffing interviews, producing press coverage analysis, and work closely with your local press. You will receive extensive personalized trainings. You will work hand-in-hand with a Spokesperson in your local area.
- Community Spokesperson
As a Community Spokesperson, you'll be speaking on behalf of Mozilla with the Press in your local area, which may happen in community events, congresses, press events, … You will receive extensive personalized trainings. You will work hand-in-hand with a PR Specialist in your local area.
To evolve within the program, CommSquareds will be hand-picked and selected, depending on business needs and personal skills and potential: not everybody will graduate from Insider to PR Specialist or Community Spokesperson.
How do I join?
- Get in touch with Tristan Nitot via email - tnitot (at) m.......com
- Subscribe to the CommSquared Mailing List
- Request a CommSquared Etherpad Account
- Download and sign the Non-Disclosure Agreement below:
- If you are 18 or above: Coming soon!
- If you are over 14 and under 18: Coming soon!
- Send back the signed NDA to Tristan via email
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.