Time has flown by and so much has changed since I first joined Scrap­blog as Direc­tor of Com­mu­nity. At the time, we still hadn’t launched our ser­vice. Since then, we’ve grown by leaps and bounds, in the US, in Brazil and other coun­tries. There’s still much to accom­plish, but Scrap­blog is now on a solid growth path and I have reached my objec­tive of build­ing an engaged and active com­mu­nity across var­i­ous countries.

I am now mov­ing on from Scrap­blog, and will retain them as a consultant.

It has been great fun work­ing at Scrap­blog and I will miss my col­leagues, part­ners and sup­pli­ers. We will remain in close con­tact, I will advise Scrap­blog as a con­sul­tant and of course will remain an active com­mu­nity member.

What’s next

I have been focused over the last year on build­ing com­mu­ni­ties online and offline. I am an avid user of social media, and am pas­sion­ate about using social net­works, blogs and other plat­forms to bring peo­ple together.

I have been involved in con­sult­ing, in teach­ing and in build­ing the local web com­mu­nity. I am an Adjunct Pro­fes­sor of Social Media at the Uni­ver­sity of Miami, I’ve orga­nized the first two Bar­Camp­Mi­ami events, I co-organize Refresh­Mi­ami mee­tups, and, more sig­nif­i­cantly career­wise, I con­sult to com­pa­nies on social media strate­gies, tools and plat­forms. These activ­i­ties have increased in impor­tance over time, and I will now focus on these areas.

While I define my new role, I am com­mit­ted to con­tinue work­ing in an area that com­bines my tech­ni­cal and social media knowl­edge, my busi­ness back­ground, and my pas­sion for com­mu­nity; I want to use my abil­i­ties fully in these areas.

If you have any sug­ges­tions, I’m always open for your ideas. My email is alex at decar­valho dot net

Update: Car­los Garcia’s, Scrap­blog CEO, blog post about me.