Shara Karasic

Current

• Product Manager, Community at Business.com/Work.com

Past

• Community Manager at Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
• Director of Community at Classroom Connect
• Internet trainer at Geekcorps

Education

• Tufts University

Recommended

3 people have recommended Shara

Connections

184 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• my online community list
• Work.com Community Blog
• Building an Online Community

Shara Karasic’s Summary

I have been involved with online community and social media for education, youth, and business for the past 10 years. Currently I manage an online community at Work.com for entrepreneurs who share business advice. I write the Work.com Small Business Community Blog. Before Work.com, I worked for the Helen and Charles Schwab Foundation's SparkTop.org, a site for kids with learning disabilities. I also led the online community for K-12 education technology company Classroom Connect and their Quest adventure learning site for 6 years.

In addition, I am experienced in product and project management, web writing, front-end web development, user experience/UI design, and usability testing.

I was a Geekcorps volunteer in Accra, Ghana, West Africa, in 2001, where I trained Ghanaians in creation of dynamic websites and worked on USAID's EDDI project to encourage democracy and transparency in Ghana through information technology. I also lived and worked in East and Southeast Asia for more than two years, and speak some basic Mandarin and Indonesian.

I have live Tweeted conferences such as the Online Community Business Forum, Online Community Unconference, Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco and am heading amplification for BarCamp Africa. I am open to inquiries about amplifying and broadcasting conferences.

Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sharakarasic

See my online community resource list at: http://www.sharakarasic.com/online-community-list.html

For samples of my creative writing, please visit: http://exit105.blogspot.com

Shara Karasic’s Specialties:

online community, community, social media, live conference broadcasting, social networking, social media optimization, storytelling, ICT4D, e-learning, writing, blogging, editing, kids, teens, K-12 education, small business, entrepreneurs, ghana, indonesia, indonesian language, basic mandarin chinese

Additional Information

Shara Karasic’s Websites:

• my online community list
• Work.com Community Blog
• Building an Online Community

Shara Karasic’s Interests:

online community, virtual community, social media, social networking, ic4d, ghana, indonesia, bali, taiwan, china, entrepreneurs, localization, ngo

Shara Karasic’s Groups:

No End
Geekcorps, LA Geek Dinner, Online Community Business Forum

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Obama for America
•    Forrester
•    Venture Capital and Private Equity in Africa
•    "The B2G Marketing Think Tank"- Strategic Branding & Marketing to Government
•    BarCamp Africa

Shara Karasic’s Honors:

Online Community for Business Forum attendee, Sonoma 2007
Classroom Connect's Quest - Codie Award
Sparktop.org - Webby
Geekcorps volunteer, 2001
Cyberteens - NYTimes Best of the Web
Cyberteens - Macromedia Gallery
Cyberteens - GII Award

Shara Karasic’s Contact Settings

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