Effective Raid Leadership

An interesting essay on becoming a better raid leader.
http://blacksen.com/archives/446

New MMO Leadership website, started in Patch 4.0.1.
http://www.mmoleader.com/

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VOIP and Your Guild

How Vent and other voice over internet protocols effect your guild with tips on how to handle issues.
http://nonelitistraiding.blogspot.com/2010/08/voip-culture.html

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Books and Articles on Leading Guilds

You may have noticed that specifics on how to lead a guild are lacking.  What I've been able to find is listed below.  Also search on "guild banks" in the upper left hand corner search box to see information just on how to run your guild bank.

The Guild Leader's Handbook
This is a new book out by a WOW Insider columnist.  Here's a review.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/05/07/book-review-the-guild-leaders-handbook/

A review of the above.
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/05/review-guild-leaders-handbook.html

Another review--
http://www.thehuntersmark.net/blog/2010/06/08/review-the-guild-leaders-handbook-by-scott-f-andrews/

A third review--somebody's handing out review copies like Halloween candy!
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=159181

A review from the perspective of a role player.
http://toomanyannas.com/general/review-the-guild-leaders-handbook/
Guild Leadership:  Lessons from the Virtual World
This 2008 book seems to be more about applying guild leadership lessons to the real world.
http://www.guildleadership.com/

Interview with the author-
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/41307

Review:
http://www.watchtheguild.com/the-guild/book-guild-leadership/


Legend of the Syndicate
Review of this 2007 book which is more about guilds in general than WOW guild leadership.
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/14905


IBM article about how guild leadership translates into real world skills.
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/gio/media/pdf/ibm_gio_gaming_report.pdf


Blogs About Leading Guilds
This guild leadership blog recently closed down and became a podcast when the writer stopped leading his guild.
http://kreeoni.blogspot.com/

These two blogs cover guild leadership among other topics.
http://pwnwear.com/find-stuff-here/archives/

http://nonelitistraiding.blogspot.com/

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Pre-Raid Trivia Contest

Relyimah is a raid leader who gets everyone to the raid early and prepared by running a pre-raid trivia contest with prizes.  Interesting, huh?  The details are in this interview along with sample trivia questions.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/08/15-minutes-of-fame-pre-raid-trivia-pumps-up-enthusiasm-strats/#continued

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