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Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: User Generated Content

Amy Sample Ward

This month’s Net2 Think Tank topic focused on user generated content. Do you have tips for successful invitations to create and share content with your organization or the community? Can User Generated Content Create Unique Community Opportunities? Have you used a campaign or a project to invite contributions?

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Guest Post on Frogloop: 5 Tips for Running a Competition

Amy Sample Ward

I’m honored to have a guest post up on Care2′s Frogloop blog today! Read the post and join the conversation on the Frogloop blog (or read the post below). Tip #1: Set the stage. Tip #2: Pay attention. Tip #3: Operate in public. Tip #4: Be prepared to change. Are people participating or not?

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Frogloop Guest Post: 4 Tools to Help Any Nonprofit Tell Stories Online

Amy Sample Ward

My guest post is up on Care2′s Frogloop blog; you can read the post and join the discussion there. The potential for how organizations can use a tool like this is endless – the ability to easily and accessibly put together your stories and content with the locations where it all takes place is so exciting!

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DIY Community Engagement Metrics

Amy Sample Ward

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Content Mapping. >> Step 1: Identify all the content. Presentation. And that’s okay!

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Marketing and Engagement: Making the most of your Emails

Amy Sample Ward

Below are my slides and a round-up of tips for getting started with a more engaged membership responding to your emails! Tips to grow your list: Short sign-up forms – you just need their email, ultimately, and you can start building out their profile of what actions they take and how they engage.

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Four Recommendations for Personal and Professional Branding

Amy Sample Ward

Here are some helpful tips to keep you on your own message: Use privacy options to your advantage! Similarly, Google+ allows you to filter general actions or content as well as post-by-post content to certain groups. What are your tips for keeping them straight and managing your personal presence online?

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Great reads from around the web on May 17th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Are you writing the blog posts that people are looking for? "Blog entries are a great way to bring people to your website.

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