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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. Crowdsourcing has become increasingly more widely used because it helps cultivate creativity and innovation. Crowdsourcing is an useful model because it can be used by any group for any reason.

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The pros and cons of social media

Sprout Social

Booktok , for example, has become a flourishing online community. And connecting with your audience goes further than making sales—it builds community, which can save you advertising bucks in the future. Ability to crowdsource. Another method of crowdsourcing ideas is by looking at conversations about your brand and industry.

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ISeeChange and NASA Launch Citizen Science App

The Realtime Report

Communities in Harlem, New Orleans, and Los Angeles will pilot investigations that document environmental change and enhance climate research. “We’ve made something utterly unique–a way to combine stories and CO2 data that puts communities in charge of their own climate records,” said Drapkin. Community Investigations.

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If You Want a Culture of Collaboration, You Need to Accept the LOLCats Too

Social Media Strategery

Before wikis were used by the Intelligence Community to develop reports on IEDs , people were creating user badges to show off their favorite NFL teams. Accept and embrace this fact now and your communities have a much better chance at succeeding. It doesn't work like that.

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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A closer look: What brands need to know about COVID-19

Sprout Social

million social messages talking about quarantine policies and social distancing. After crowdsourcing ideas from their social community, Rothy’s identified which basic supplies to manufacture first and encouraged other brands to follow suit. What can you do to ease some of the challenges your community is facing?

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Facebook: Reclaim Privacy Security and Safety

Laurel Papworth

The New York Times had an interview with Facebook’s public policy executive, Elliot Schrage. Actually the New York Times crowdsourced the interview questions (collected 300) then presented them to the guy. Social networks will take a lot of abuse from community hosts. I kid you not. Self obsessed journalists? (10).

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