At 11am CDT on Wednesday, Lynne D. Johnson (@lynneluvah) will appear on the Comet Branding Radio show. Lynne is the Senior Editor of FastCompany.com and is also known as the director of social media and community manager for the site as well. Lynne will discuss how the publication uses FastCompany.com, her experience, her current role and where she thinks Fast Company is headed.

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Lynne D. Johnson — Senior Editor and Director of Social Media + Community, FastCompany.com

Social media has become a pretty important part of many people and businesses’ lives. It’s undeniable. Over the last couple years the idea of “community manager” has developed and has been explored by Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang) HERE and HERE (way back in 2006), by the Community Strategist – Connie Bensen (@cbensen) HERE as well as Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) HERE.

In a sense, I struggle with the idea of a community “manager.” Not because I don’t understand the concept. I wonder if a community can actually be managed. Maybe I’m looking at it wrong, but I’ll asking Lynne for her thoughts.

Fast Company and it’s sister publication inc. are favorites of mine. Awesome coverage of innovation and creativity in Fast Company and inc. is basically my bible as an entrepreneur. I feel that FastCompany.com has done a lot to fully leverage its web presence and I look forward to learning more about the strategies behind it and where it’s headed in our chat today.

Here’s quick video Chris Brogan got with her recently at SXSWi

HERE IS MORE ABOUT LYNNE: Lynne d Johnson is currently the Director, Social Media for Fastcompany.com where she oversees both content and community functionality, and writes the Digital Media Diva blog. Also a consultant, Lynne works with Web and media properties on content, brand, and social media development and strategy. She’s also a sought after speaker, and has presented keynotes and moderated panels around the world about the future of media, web 2.0, women in tech, African-Americans in tech, hip-hop, and the intersection of music and technology.

Most recently, Lynne served as the General Manager, New Media for VIBE, SPIN, and VIBE Vixen where she managed marketing, editorial, production, business development, and sales operations for the magazine’s Web sites and mobile properties.

As both a professional journalist and blogger, Lynne has written for various online and offline properties. She has guest blogged for Cool Hunting, techPresident and Black Web 2.0, is a member of The Daily Voice blog network, and contributes to RushmoreDrive. Other media properties she’s written for include Popgadget, VIBE, VIBE Vixen, PAPER, SPIN, Popmatters, The Source, New York Press, URB, XLR8R, and many others, including the now defunct Silicon Alley Daily, Digital Music Weekly, Artbyte, One World, and (ai) magazine.

Since 2001 Lynne has published Lynne d Johnson || Diary, the winner of the 2006 Black Weblog Awards Black Blogger Achievement Award, and maintains a style blog — Change Clothes — as well as another website, BlackThoughtware.org, that was inspired by a column she once wrote for Popmatters.

…she’s also a published poet!

Please listen in to the show and share any questions you have below in the comments or send them to me during the show on Twitter @alkrueger