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New on SSIR: Give Permission to Peer Influence

Amy Sample Ward

You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog here , or read the copied post below. —– A new report from the team at Forrester came out last week: Tapping The Entire Online Peer Influence Pyramid. Giving permission to the community to have conversations without you requires trust.

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Book: Welcome to the Fifth Estate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The four types described in the book in more detail include: Participation — This may be an individual (often called a social media or community manager) or in more sophisticated organizations, a team of people that are basically out and about on the interwebs, having conversations with their communities of interest. Shareability.

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Connected Citizens Report: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The report opens with a look at current practices of using networks for citizen-centered social action that are promising for the future. Listening to and consulting the crowds: Actively listening to online conversations and openly asking for advice. What will be the nature of public participation and conversation?

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Twitter Community Organizing Rules for Non Profits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In fact, it shows that you don’t think you are too important to have relationships with the people you want to influence. Drop them if they don’t and they are not influencers. An organization needs to cultivate relationships with influencers through interaction. Develop Relationships. People follow their interest.

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Grow Your Community #NPTechChat: Challenges, Opportunities

Tech Soup

Join the Conversation. Join @NTENorg , @TechSoup , @plus_socialgood , and the United Nations Foundation for a critical conversation on effective community engagement. What are the best practices to harness influencers as your online community changes? How should organizations harness their online communities? unfoundation.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! Because individuals network together online and the biggest influencers are our closest friends in our network.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! Because individuals network together online and the biggest influencers are our closest friends in our network.

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