Amy Sample Ward

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In Defense of Community Managers

Amy Sample Ward

There are definitely times when community building and even campaigning or organizing feels just like that! Welcoming new members, nudging conversations, highlighting activity and network weaving across the platform are all part of a Community Manager’s role. Have you ever heard the phrase “herding cats&# used for our work?

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Great reads from around the web on September 13th

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Groupon Case Study: Jolkona’s Groupon Experiment | Community Organizer 2.0 – Check out this great interview by Debra Askanase with Laura Kimball, discussing their experiment using Groupon! "Jolkona "Jolkona ran a Groupon deal as an experiment to try to raise money for a specific campaign using Groupon.

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January 2011 Community Builder Chat Archive #CommBuild

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The January chat flew by with so many participants sharing so many personal experiences, anecdotes and ideas. our community has a handful of active posters creating most of the content – how do we encourage quieter members to contribute? Time: 4 pm EST (1 hour). Get the chat archive! from @ BonnieKoenig. from @ehon.

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Interview with Rob Wu & Public Launch of CauseVox

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Our experience in Uganda helped us see how valuable technology and fundraising is to creating change. The donor and fundraiser experience also left something to be desired. We realized that a lot of times, we want a way to help an organization, but don’t know how. This provides a more seamless experience for donors.

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Great reads from around the web on January 29th

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. "Charlie was really upset by the television footage of the Haiti disaster, so, in conversation with his mum, he came up with idea of cycling around South Park near his home in Fulham, London as many times as possible. As Charlie puts on his JG page, ‘at least 10 laps, I hope!’

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Vote for the sessions you want at 11NTC

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But we rely on your feedback to help shape the agenda, so we hope you’ll make a little time to at least scroll through the list and vote on your favorites. I’m not gonna lie: this is not a quick & easy task. It took me about 90 minutes to vote on every session. There are 25 proposals on each page.

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From Ning to Causes to Ideablob: Why We Need a New Way of Building

Amy Sample Ward

These kinds of groups can’t even be expected to fall in the same kinds of rubrics for use or application of tools between each other as they are inherently unique, every time. All things that take time, which is valuable. Share your ideas and your experiences. Payment Is More Than Purchase. But not money. Please join me.

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