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How To: DIY Community & Content Mapping

Amy Sample Ward

But more than that, this exercise helps identify where you should concentrate efforts, where to distribute messages, and where you have the best chance of successfully engaging the community to support your work. Tags: resources community content howto strategy. Create a listening dashboard with this step-by-step guide!

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Designing Programs to Build Community: Case Study with Charity Technology Trust

Amy Sample Ward

Now that we have talked about who the community is and what it wants, as well as our goals and current resources, we have probably also identified opportunities for engagement – it may be ideas for specific groups or the whole network and it may be supporting an effort another group is already spearheading or starting something new.

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Guest Post on Frogloop: 5 Tips for Running a Competition

Amy Sample Ward

NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. Remember to also provide opportunities for people to promote or support your competition like links to your social media outlets and ready-to-use messages. Tip #2: Pay attention.

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7- Step Non-Profit Plan to Attract and Keep Corporate Partners

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He is one of the best teachers to learn howto use brand storytelling and social media to build your organization’s reputation, donor community, and social impact. He is offering a seminar (visit www.WeFirst13.com com for details).

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Mastering Social Networking as a Volunteer

Amy Sample Ward

And the content – is that a platform or application that supports that kind of content? I’d love to hear how you’re using social tools to support an organization you volunteer for, or how you share your knowledge and experience as a volunteer with others! So, what is the content you want to share? What do you think?

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New on SSIR: You can has memesez?

Amy Sample Ward

You can also leverage participation in a meme to build connections and get new supporters. That said, having fun, gaining visibility, and making connections with new supporters happens only if you do it right. It shows some of the personality of your organization beyond the brick and mortar. 3 Guidelines for Nonprofits.

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DIY Community Engagement Metrics

Amy Sample Ward

You will have a good sense of where things are going or how people respond to content and actions, but tracking it like this means you can point to specific data to support your case. Remember – Even if you’re using google alerts and google analytics, you may not really be able to look at data over time in a critical way.

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