Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. org campaign has done really well. This is something that the 350.org Crowd vs Community.

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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

not that this necessarily applies to Oxfam) but its super low budget by using existing infrastructure and orgs of any size could really raise their profile and provide an intense interactive opportunity for supporters this way. Just last week, Lee Romeo, posted something over a Netsquared about a similar use of flickr - people holding signs.

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Meme Participatory Campaign Flickr 50

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Before you feel like it is necessary to host a community or answer the posts, take some time to really understand what people are saying and who they are. Q: Should nonprofits have organizational Twitter accounts, or should employees keep their own personal accounts to tweet about the org & engage in conversation? Emily : This depends.

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