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What Have We Learned About Creating Engaging Meetings from Virtual Conferences?

The MatrixFiles

BeSpeake clients have: Paid closer attention to the content and slides. Worked with their speakers to add interactive elements, from polls to contests. Some attendees are content to focus on the sessions. Polls and contests to add sparkle to a session or break. Coached speakers to become better presenters.

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Crowdsourcing vs Community-sourcing: What’s the difference and the opportunity?

Amy Sample Ward

For me, the two most prominent reason to include crowdsourcing in your engagement strategies for campaigns or contests include: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. For the case studies, use the slides above and scroll through. Connec+ipedia (slide 25) – [link].

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Top 21 Virtual Event Ideas for Your Next Online Event

AccelEvents

Just like games, contests are virtual event ideas that can get people talking. Try to build the content around tasks that can be accomplished where the attendees are. Maybe the cutest pet contest or something event/topic-focused that does not require attendees to be on site. . Polls and Q&As. In fact, 81.8%

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My Slides from the Screencasting Session and Please Vote.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These are my powerpoint slides from the Screencasting Session at NTC. I've put the presentation (and almost all my other presentations) into Slide Share. There's some execellent content there. And, if you are so inclined, you can vote a thumbs up as I entered it into the contest. no more than 3.5

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What happens when you set your content free with creative commons licensing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. People can add and embellish your content and if you have access to the remix, it can give you new ideas. now for four years because it is simple, direct, and easy. "You are free to use the content, just me credit and/or a link."

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

Here are some of my thoughts going into the conversation and slides if you prefer engaging that way: Crowdsourcing for Social Change. Using tools that allow reposting, sharing, emailing and so on will give anyone the options they want to push your content around the web for you. We’ll put up more notes after the session, too!).

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Nine Ways Networked Nonprofits Use Slideshare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For a couple of years, I’ve been an avid member of the Slideshare community, sharing, browsing, and collaborating on content and watching how nonprofits use the platform. My content on Slideshare can easily be published here on my blog or by anyone else anyplace else! I don’t have be a networked silo! (2)