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How To: Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization

Amy Sample Ward

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?&# There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. Getting Started. Twitter Search.

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How To: DIY Community & Content Mapping

Amy Sample Ward

More and more often, I get asked at conferences or on the blog for more information about how to create a community map or content plan. You’d be surprised at the kinds of conversations that emerge when you start talking about your community, especially as it is understood by various departments in your organization. A note about DIY.

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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). Here are a few ways to do this, for example: Respond to questions and comments publicly whenever possible. We’re all learning as we go!

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DIY Community Engagement Metrics

Amy Sample Ward

In my experience, the more diverse group you can get together to have this conversation and work through this planning together, the more complete a picture you can draw of your community. I’ve listed some examples to get you started, but really think about all the various pieces of content you have. New grants or new programs.

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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Blog Posts. Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. Please add your favorite blog posts or examples to the list, too! And here are slides from a previous presentation: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Twitter Resources. Social media in disaster response.

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Mastering Social Networking as a Volunteer

Amy Sample Ward

On Twitter , look up hashtags that your community uses and follow them to track conversations. Consider participating or even starting a Twitter chat – the Association Cha t is a great example of a weekly chat with an online archive. Be sure to use relevant (but not spammy!) Mastering social networking as a volunteer.

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New on SSIR: You can has memesez?

Amy Sample Ward

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up! You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below. —– Last month, a pop song rose up the charts and quickly became number one on both the iTunes and Billboard Top 100 lists.

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