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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Here’s the schedule for our Open Community Virtual Book Tour for next week. 11/17/10 – Association Subculture Blog | Shelly Alcorn. 11/18/10 – Kivi’s Nonprofit Communication Blog | Kivi Leroux Miller. 11/19/10 – Association Headquarters Blog. Tags: Open Community. Buy it now.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

Forgive us for what’s sure to be a big promo push to spread the word about our little book, Open Community , which is about to come out in less than two weeks. We’ve written Open Community for mid-level and senior leaders in associations who are working together to build community online. Who the book is for.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Here’s the schedule for our Open Community Virtual Book Tour for next week. 11/22/10 – Skyline Trade Show Tips – we’ll be talking about the open community around your tradeshows. 11/08/10 — John Haydon – Five Questions about Open Community. Tags: Open Community. Thanks for reading!

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

This post is the first in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. First, I’ll say that I am involved in 3 major communities. #1

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Check out the schedule for our Open Community Virtual Book Tour for next week. 11/15/10 — Thanks for Playing | Elizabeth Engel - Monday Top 5: Open Community. 11/15/10 — Pulse + Signal | Andre Blackman — Open Community: What You Need to Know About Associations + Social Media. Tags: Open Community.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

with Shonali Burke; long term care communities with Brian Geyser, building community around your tradeshow with Mike Thimmesch, small staff associations with Shannon Otto, skill sets for nurturing community with Jay Baer, and the concept of sharing control with Peggy Hoffman. Since our last book tour update, we talked PR 2.0

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

This is a repost of an Open Community Virtual Book Tour post I recently wrote for Splash! Memberclicks’ blog, which provides resources and information specifically for small staff associations. It’s also been a huge advantage in our e-Community. What do you think? *. Same for our LinkedIn discussion group.

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MARCH 4, 2011

In amongst all the various blog posts about it, we came across this fabulous guest post commissioned by Sean Stannard-Stockton of the Tactical Philanthropy blog where it first appeared. We’re honored that our mission can serve as a shared interest and that our community allows us to be part of their conversations and activities.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

These are one-page flowcharts, which are easy to share with any staff who use social media, and they are meant to help front-line staff decide what is ok for them to respond to themselves, what might require escalation for someone else internally to respond to, and what might be better for someone in the community (a member) to respond to.

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SocialFish

JANUARY 11, 2011

Just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who reads, shares, comments on, tweets and otherwise supports our SocialFishing blog. Thank you to you for making this blog as amazing a resource as it is! Community Management Resources. Community platforms do not equal community. in chronological order.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

. - if you’ve read the book, please review Open Community on Amazon. - either way, buy one as a gift for all of your co-workers ! - “like&# our Open Community Facebook page (or our SocialFish Facebook page !). join our Open Community Book Club on Facebook. Thank you for being part of our Open Community!

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

I’ve explored the similarities between building community and risk management before on this blog. First, I penned Community, Social Media and Risk Perceptions and then Risk Management and Open Community: More Similar than You Think.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

December is a busy time for everyone, so I hope you’ll all forgive me for repurposing a post from my blog this month. How can I, the champion of social media and/or community management, be saying don’t hire for this role when I’ve been writing about how important it is for years? Or yours, for that matter.

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

We’re all familiar with the mantra that we should be out there leveraging influencers in our communities in order to get the word out about our causes, brands or services… and that makes total sense from a generating-word-of-mouth point of view. Listen to internet radio with PVSM on Blog Talk Radio. But hold on.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2011

I’m going to start a regular post with the latest social media /community management jobs I come across for associations and nonprofits. Community Manager , ASAE (Washington DC) – “Are you passionate about participating in, building, and sustaining social community?

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

In the age of social media, new kinds of members are emerging in the Open Community around your association, blurring the lines drawn by traditional membership categories. Do you recognize these personas in your community?The Comments welcome here on the blog or by email to maddie[at]socialfish.org. The Digital Extrovert?

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JANUARY 21, 2011

I’m going to take this opportunity to let you know that we’ve joined forces with CommPartners to work on some really exciting projects incorporating social media and community building into educational events. I recently read a post on the Midcourse Corrections Blog authored by Jeff Hurt titled Virtual Event Strategies for 2011.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

We’re running around like headless chickens this week, so for today, just read this absolutely fantastic post on the Flowtown blog: How to Use Social Media to Bum Out Your Customers in 2011. As a matter of fact, we talked about that in our Open Community Fireside Chat at Tech10 so I’ll leave you with this little clip.

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APRIL 13, 2011

Part of the strategy included reaching out to bloggers in the nonprofit space in hopes that they’d write a blog post about the grant. Our goal for this part of the campaign was 30 blog posts. We ended up with 142 blog posts that sent over 5,000 visits to the Heart & Soul Grant application page. How we did it.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It seems like there are more nonprofits using WordPress not as a blog, but as a website platform. Dynamic Content – WordPress is the number one blogging platform on the planet , allowing you to publish posts, allow readers to subscribe by RSS and comment on posts. And that makes sense.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Remember to avoid typos, bad grammar, or style mistakes even when you make a small blog post. Since it is country-oriented with a good community, it is worth checking out. In other words, you must build a user base and talk to various people by explaining why you are the right candidate for the job.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Remember to avoid typos, bad grammar, or style mistakes even when you make a small blog post. Since it is country-oriented with a good community, it is worth checking out. In other words, you must build a user base and talk to various people by explaining why you are the right candidate for the job.

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APRIL 6, 2011

Communications coordinates with government relations, publications, and other departments to coordinate participation in public conversations on blogs and Twitter. Community management. Many associations will choose to hire a community manager to lead the charge.

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APRIL 1, 2011

10 Applications For Your Facebook Event Page (Event Manager Blog). New in Gmail Labs: Smart Labels (Gmail Blog). Bitly Blog). Real-Time Analytics For Social Plugins (Facebook Developer Blog). 8 Signs You Have Outgrown Your Online Community Platform (Socious Member Engagement Blog). Datalicious. Ecosystems.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Lindy and Maddie go on to suggest that in order to engage your open community will at the very least need to set up some task forces on listening and monitoring, or on using social media at your conferences, and these groups will actually need to talk to people from different departments (like meetings and marketing, for instance) at the same time.

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Organization Communities Process Collaboration 172

SocialFish

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Here’s a list of all the association social media goings-on that we discussed: Food blogs we love written by association peeps: Grabbing the Gusto (Deirdre Reid). Nonprofit Blog Carnival – Your nonprofit communications course catalogue. Nonprofit Blog Carnival – Your nonprofit communications course catalogue.

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SocialFish

DECEMBER 23, 2010

According to the accompanying blog post (which includes reactions from some NTEN members), Executive Director Holly Ross says: From our point of view, this is not just an investment in NTEN, it’s an investment in our entire sector. If you are not already a member, consider joining now.

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

I love Nina Simon, who writes the amazing blog Museum 2.0 Think about what she’s saying in terms of how you might incorporate these ideas in the way you are designing your online communities. and has written a book about the Participatory Museum. She’s also a great, energetic speaker.

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SocialFish

JANUARY 8, 2011

I love this article from Techcrunch about how MG Siegler is using it to find blog story ideas. It’s therefore about the social object – which is a HUGE factor in the success of any Open Community , of course. I can see myself using it like that a LOT, thought of a few this morning based on question threads I was browsing.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

7 Things That Blogging Does (Mitch Joel). The Learning Evangelist - new association blog by Kathi Edwards. Association Chat – new blog for #assnchat. Offline-to-Online-to-Offline: Lessons Learned in Building a Custom Community Platform (Frogloop). Flowtown Blog). Discover Facebook Pages (Facebook Blog).

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In 2010, we met regularly by phone and in person to work on optimizing their blog, Facebook page, LinkedIn group, and Twitter profile. We helped them experiment with a private whitelabel community for their members. We helped them launch and build Engage365 into a thriving online community. Read the story here , and here ….

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

Additionally, the website boasted a broad community that was always there to seed downloads, making the entire experience more comfortable. The featured section boasts community videos, community books, live events, music from live events, libraries from around the world, Television archive, and much more. Dedicated blog.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Similarly, 41% of the respondents believe that social media and blogging are the fastest growing communications resources for next year. Steve Farnsworth in his blog, Digital Marketing Mercenary, posted 20 Free Social Media Monitoring Tools to Find Your Brand’s Social Mentions.

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SocialFish

MARCH 16, 2011

This is the first of a series of blog posts we’re writing for the Avectra blog , to be reposted here for you. It’s about developing community management and outreach skills in our staff. For associations, building a Social CRM practice is about changing how we work.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Background of the Corporate Social Strategist: Educated, with a Focus on Communications and Marketing (Jeremiah Owyang). Creating Community on a Facebook Page (Debra Askanase). How to Manage a Volunteer Led Blog that Rocks (Allyson Kapin). Beautiful Event Website Design: 10 Inspiring Example s (Event Manager Blog).

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Vice President of Corporate Communications in advance. Therefore the NLRB ruled that the “Blogging and Internet Posting Policy” contained unlawful provisions that “prohibited employees from making disparaging remarks when discussing the company.” The topic is central to Maddie’s and Lindy’s book, Open Community.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Same goes with engaging volunteers and building a community around them. I just LOVE the Truths about volunteering posts that Peggy Hoffman has been blogging for nearly two years. If the project gets stuck, it dies. If the group gets stuck, it dies. She’s up to 18 sage (and tweetable!)

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