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When I started my career in social media and community management, I was a bit intimidated and nervous. One of my former bosses suggested that I check out the Community Roundtable – that was 2008 – and I was happy to check out the information that Jim Storer and Rachel Happe were producing. Little did I know that less than two years later I would sign up for the Community Roundtable and now consider both of them good friends. MORE
The Free Comic Book Day Committee picked a listing of Gold and Silver sponsors whose comic books include titles that are great for kids and adults. Free Comic Book Day is Saturday May 3 rd , 2014 . MORE
We also put together a walkthrough video for their brand new MyASCE community. IEEE –For months, we’ve been working with an ad hoc social media committee. This quarter the committee submitted a final report to the IEEE board. MORE
At the same time, she has created a community within the brand that encourages fellow agents to grow and evolved their online presence. How social video leads to starting a conversation within your community. Virtual Reality. MORE
It is not hard to detect the strategic goals and priorities of associations that were the products of formal strategic planning and committee-led processes. Do not fall back on established ways for doing things, like convening another committee). MORE
He is active in community affairs, serving as a member of the Young Entrepreneur’s Council at Nova Southeastern University since Sept. 2006 and on the university’s Blue Ribbon Scholarship Committee. MORE
In ALL cases, you should be building your community on social media sites before you even think about ROI. The average age of members inside the volunteer structure–including the board and various committees–is 55. Our [SocialFish] definition of Social CRM is “the discipline of applying social media to membership management”, and the 12 use cases in our white paper, ROI and the Impact of Social CRM , show this in action. MORE
This post originally appeared on the Higher Logic blog , where I’m posting an ongoing series related to Millennials and online community. And don’t forget that Higher Logic clients can have access to our Essentials of Online Community Management program at a special discount. MORE
Community: American Library Association. Your community is not your database. Community unlocks more useful data. Using its online community ALA Connect and social media, ALA has reached out to members and nonmembers, actively soliciting their feedback, ideas and participation. MORE
Community Blog. Dozens of people volunteered to be the welcoming committee for new users, greeting them and offering to help? communities can ignite a passion among its users that hasn’t been seen internally since the introduction of the Internet. MORE
We talked about the danger of combining strategy and planning, the need for innovation, the possibility of getting rid of committees, the dysfunctions of our boards, and challenges associations face in areas like certification, professional development, and technology. MORE
This post originally appeared on Online Community Results. We partner with OCR on many online community strategy and implementation projects – contact us if you need help with yours. Open spaces have the power to attract users and draw them deeper into the community. MORE
It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. Hundreds of Facebook groups started cropping up indicating the issue was finding space in local communities. Michael Geist (Photo credit: Wikipedia). MORE
Expo held here in Washington, DC and I was honored to be a member of the Program Committee for this event as well as last year’s Expo Showcase and Summit. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 MORE
This post originally appeared on the Higher Logic blog , where I’m posting an ongoing series related to Millennials and online community. And don’t forget that Higher Logic clients can have access to our Essentials of Online Community Management program at a special discount. MORE
What makes a group into a learning community? And what is the role of social media-enabled learning communities in the modern membership organization and other comparable types of knowledge service delivery? Anchoring Building Blocks for an Effective Learning Community. MORE
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ( COSO ) has written extensively on enterprise risk management. Humanize Open Community Risk and Social Media MORE
From shared databases to communities of practice: A taxonomy of collaboratories. From Shared Databases to Communities of Practice: A Taxonomy of Collaboratories. The types are: Distributed Research Centers, Shared Instruments, Community Data Systems, Open Community Contribution Systems, Virtual Communities of Practice, Virtual Learning Communities, and Community Infrastructure Projects. Community Data Systems. Virtual Community of Practice. MORE
Community Guidelines. International Olympic Committee. Over time I’ve found myself doing more and more foundational work for organizations looking to dip their toes into social media. One of the key elements of this work, in my opinion, is creating a social media policy that fits well with the organization’s goals, culture and risk tolerance. But where to start? MORE
This is a guest post by Carlos Restrepo, CAE, Managing Director at MemberFuse , which is the community platform provided by Avectra. That is the question I’m learning more about as I focused on how do you measure success and therefore deliver value for social communities. MORE
Your organization’s opinion or committee’s conclusions about your value do not count. “Insanity,” Albert Einstein said, “ is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”. MORE
The communications team meets monthly to report out on progress, share metrics, receive updates and consider requests from the other committees. 5) Is community management (group moderation) part of your responsibilities? MORE
This post originally appeared on the Higher Logic blog , where I’m posting an ongoing series related to Millennials and online community. And don’t forget that Higher Logic clients can have access to our Essentials of Online Community Management program at a special discount. MORE
You can't have a strong business without a strong community. From sitting on the Digital Marketing Council to being active on the National Convention Committee to my current role as Chair of the Board of Directors, I have not only met some of the most fascinating people (who have become true friends), but I have grown. The quicker the industry is to react to issues and challenges, the more credible and respected it will be in our communities. community. MORE
Currently, we are in planning for 2015 (which will be a huge International Artomatic – can’t wait to be able to share more about that), so for 2014, the site selection committee is looking for either a large site as mentioned, or a couple of smaller event sites. MORE
This post originally appeared on the Online Community Results blog. ———– Recently, Ernie Smith wrote a good piece about starting online communities in Associations Now. 2 – BUILD A COMMUNITY FROM AN EXISTING BOND. What community managers? MORE
Her new book is out and I asked her to share some thoughts about community building, a topic dear to our hearts. BUY THE BOOK – FIERCE LOYALTY: UNLOCKING THE DNA OF WILDLY SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES. We dictate the operations of the community. MORE
He is also the Ethics Officer of PRSA Tampa Bay, and co-chairs the PRSA Tampa Bay PRSSA and New Professionals Committee and is PRSSA Liaison, PRSA College of Fellows Mentoring Committee. Guest Post by Jen Zingsheim Phillips. MORE
Increasingly, market leading businesses engage customers in collective missions and aspirations beyond transactions to elevate the sense of community on a more strategic and transcendent level. AAFP’s stated vision is to transform healthcare to achieve optimal health for everyone; and its mission to improve the health of patients, families, and communities by serving the needs of members with professionalism and creativity. Is your organization mission or people driven? MORE
It was great to have such a supportive administration behind the work – suggestions were always very minor and approvals took place over the phone or in person, not in committee. Its goals are entrenched in reputation and community-building. MORE
Wendy says it’s a non-moderated, open network with 6,5000 communities formed. So they created TD Helps, a subset of experts who work on the website via a community. As a benefit, these answers are shared with a larger community and spread the information to larger audiences. MORE
As part of my work with the PRCA’s Digital Steering Committee, I’m part of a consultation process that is trying to create a set of guidelines for the PR industry to help it better understand and interact with Wikipedia. Cross-posted from the EML Wildfire blog. MORE
First Establish Your Area Of Expertise In Communities Contrary to the popular belief of some, social media isn’t really about tweeting, posting, or marketing. MORE
And while the Committee to Protect Journalists does an outstanding job of protecting journalists from abduction, imprisonment and assassination as well as free speech for all, how can they protect the bloggers when even the Australian Government doesn’t respect bloggers? Bloggers speak for their community, Facebook updates herald shifts in opinions, twitter tweets represent the Will of the People. MORE
Community: American Library Association. Your community is not your database. Community unlocks more useful data. Using its online community ALA Connect and social media, ALA has reached out to members and nonmembers, actively soliciting their feedback, ideas and participation. MORE
According to the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee , Klout was used to help identify the participants, and the list was augmented manually with known local bloggers, gadflies, and connectors. Where’s the community spirit in that? MORE
Member vs non-member does not build community, it builds clubs. Building a “member community” that is discriminatory and has significant barriers to participation may be why we continue to struggle with involvement rates far below the ideal. Open Community MORE
This post originally appeared on Online Community Results. SocialFish and OCR partner on many online community strategy and implementation projects – contact us if you need help with yours. Pao: “We have surprised moderators and the community with big changes.” MORE
At Sprout, our company values include championing diversity, equity and inclusion, and an important piece of this is using our resources and our privilege to support the communities where we live and work. With our global growth over the past year, we wanted to expand our usual winter initiatives to support a variety of nonprofits, engage our team and give back to a broader range of community efforts. MORE
This post originally appeared on the Online Community Results blog. ———–. Recently, Ernie Smith wrote a good piece about starting online communities in Associations Now. In the article, he referred back to the Reddit volunteer moderator revolt I wrote about last August , and offered some tips for organizations just beginning to build online communities. For many associations, the first step in building an online community is purchasing software. MORE
Summit , and I’m on the Program Committee for the Gov 2.0 bwe08 101 bah best practices blog boozallen booz allen buy-in change management communications community conference DC DHS E20 education enterprise 2.0 Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 MORE
Do-nothing committees. We believe that’s because the current model of association volunteering, based on standing committees, is broken. Elizabeth Weaver Engel, MA, CAE has been a member of the association community for over 16 years. MORE
This post originally appeared on the Higher Logic blog , where I’m posting an ongoing series related to Millennials and online community. And don’t forget that Higher Logic clients can have access to our Essentials of Online Community Management program at a special discount. MORE
Q3) How might we launch sustainable diversity and inclusion initiatives throughout the association community? (Q4) sepler : The need 2 reflect the larger community & the solid research suggesting diversity promotes innovation, creativity & engagement # assnchat. ElizabethB : RT @ sepler : Need 2 reflect larger community & the solid research suggesting diversity promotes innovation, creativity & engagement # assnchat. Relegated to committees. MORE
SocialFish
JUNE 21, 2015
This post originally appeared on the Higher Logic blog , where I’m posting an ongoing series related to Millennials and online community. And don’t forget that Higher Logic clients can have access to our Essentials of Online Community Management program at a special discount.
SocialFish
OCTOBER 4, 2012
Her new book is out and I asked her to share some thoughts about community building, a topic dear to our hearts. BUY THE BOOK – FIERCE LOYALTY: UNLOCKING THE DNA OF WILDLY SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES. We dictate the operations of the community.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
This post originally appeared on Online Community Results. We partner with OCR on many online community strategy and implementation projects – contact us if you need help with yours. Open spaces have the power to attract users and draw them deeper into the community.
SocialFish
MARCH 30, 2011
Community: American Library Association. Your community is not your database. Community unlocks more useful data. Using its online community ALA Connect and social media, ALA has reached out to members and nonmembers, actively soliciting their feedback, ideas and participation.
SocialFish
JUNE 1, 2016
This post originally appeared on the Online Community Results blog. ———– Recently, Ernie Smith wrote a good piece about starting online communities in Associations Now. 2 – BUILD A COMMUNITY FROM AN EXISTING BOND. What community managers?
SocialFish
MARCH 30, 2011
Community: American Library Association. Your community is not your database. Community unlocks more useful data. Using its online community ALA Connect and social media, ALA has reached out to members and nonmembers, actively soliciting their feedback, ideas and participation.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 22, 2019
This post originally appeared on the Online Community Results blog. ———–. Recently, Ernie Smith wrote a good piece about starting online communities in Associations Now. In the article, he referred back to the Reddit volunteer moderator revolt I wrote about last August , and offered some tips for organizations just beginning to build online communities. For many associations, the first step in building an online community is purchasing software.
Convince & Convert
JANUARY 26, 2012
According to the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee , Klout was used to help identify the participants, and the list was augmented manually with known local bloggers, gadflies, and connectors. Where’s the community spirit in that?
Danny WhatMough
JUNE 21, 2012
As part of my work with the PRCA’s Digital Steering Committee, I’m part of a consultation process that is trying to create a set of guidelines for the PR industry to help it better understand and interact with Wikipedia. Cross-posted from the EML Wildfire blog.
Jeff Esposito
JUNE 19, 2013
When I started my career in social media and community management, I was a bit intimidated and nervous. One of my former bosses suggested that I check out the Community Roundtable – that was 2008 – and I was happy to check out the information that Jim Storer and Rachel Happe were producing. Little did I know that less than two years later I would sign up for the Community Roundtable and now consider both of them good friends.
Buzz Marketing for Technology
JULY 24, 2008
From shared databases to communities of practice: A taxonomy of collaboratories. From Shared Databases to Communities of Practice: A Taxonomy of Collaboratories. The types are: Distributed Research Centers, Shared Instruments, Community Data Systems, Open Community Contribution Systems, Virtual Communities of Practice, Virtual Learning Communities, and Community Infrastructure Projects. Community Data Systems. Virtual Community of Practice.
Social Media Strategery
MAY 26, 2010
Expo held here in Washington, DC and I was honored to be a member of the Program Committee for this event as well as last year’s Expo Showcase and Summit. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0
Social Media Strategery
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
Summit , and I’m on the Program Committee for the Gov 2.0 bwe08 101 bah best practices blog boozallen booz allen buy-in change management communications community conference DC DHS E20 education enterprise 2.0 Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
This post originally appeared on Online Community Results. SocialFish and OCR partner on many online community strategy and implementation projects – contact us if you need help with yours. Pao: “We have surprised moderators and the community with big changes.”
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
This post originally appeared on the Higher Logic blog , where I’m posting an ongoing series related to Millennials and online community. And don’t forget that Higher Logic clients can have access to our Essentials of Online Community Management program at a special discount.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
Wendy says it’s a non-moderated, open network with 6,5000 communities formed. So they created TD Helps, a subset of experts who work on the website via a community. As a benefit, these answers are shared with a larger community and spread the information to larger audiences.
SocialFish
APRIL 9, 2012
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ( COSO ) has written extensively on enterprise risk management. Humanize Open Community Risk and Social Media
SocialFish
JANUARY 13, 2014
Currently, we are in planning for 2015 (which will be a huge International Artomatic – can’t wait to be able to share more about that), so for 2014, the site selection committee is looking for either a large site as mentioned, or a couple of smaller event sites.
SocialFish
APRIL 22, 2011
Member vs non-member does not build community, it builds clubs. Building a “member community” that is discriminatory and has significant barriers to participation may be why we continue to struggle with involvement rates far below the ideal. Open Community
Waxing UnLyrical
OCTOBER 2, 2018
He is also the Ethics Officer of PRSA Tampa Bay, and co-chairs the PRSA Tampa Bay PRSSA and New Professionals Committee and is PRSSA Liaison, PRSA College of Fellows Mentoring Committee. Guest Post by Jen Zingsheim Phillips.
SocialFish
AUGUST 27, 2013
Do-nothing committees. We believe that’s because the current model of association volunteering, based on standing committees, is broken. Elizabeth Weaver Engel, MA, CAE has been a member of the association community for over 16 years.
SocialFish
MAY 18, 2016
We talked about the danger of combining strategy and planning, the need for innovation, the possibility of getting rid of committees, the dysfunctions of our boards, and challenges associations face in areas like certification, professional development, and technology.
SocMed Sean
NOVEMBER 26, 2011
First Establish Your Area Of Expertise In Communities Contrary to the popular belief of some, social media isn’t really about tweeting, posting, or marketing.
Dave Fleet
JULY 26, 2010
Community Guidelines. International Olympic Committee. Over time I’ve found myself doing more and more foundational work for organizations looking to dip their toes into social media. One of the key elements of this work, in my opinion, is creating a social media policy that fits well with the organization’s goals, culture and risk tolerance. But where to start?
Sherrilynne Starkie
NOVEMBER 4, 2012
It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. Hundreds of Facebook groups started cropping up indicating the issue was finding space in local communities. Michael Geist (Photo credit: Wikipedia).
SocialFish
APRIL 3, 2012
This is a guest post by Carlos Restrepo, CAE, Managing Director at MemberFuse , which is the community platform provided by Avectra. That is the question I’m learning more about as I focused on how do you measure success and therefore deliver value for social communities.
Social Media Strategery
JUNE 25, 2010
Community Blog. Dozens of people volunteered to be the welcoming committee for new users, greeting them and offering to help? communities can ignite a passion among its users that hasn’t been seen internally since the introduction of the Internet.
SocialFish
MARCH 10, 2016
This post originally appeared on the Higher Logic blog , where I’m posting an ongoing series related to Millennials and online community. And don’t forget that Higher Logic clients can have access to our Essentials of Online Community Management program at a special discount.
Twist Image
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
You can't have a strong business without a strong community. From sitting on the Digital Marketing Council to being active on the National Convention Committee to my current role as Chair of the Board of Directors, I have not only met some of the most fascinating people (who have become true friends), but I have grown. The quicker the industry is to react to issues and challenges, the more credible and respected it will be in our communities. community.
SocialFish
APRIL 18, 2014
The Free Comic Book Day Committee picked a listing of Gold and Silver sponsors whose comic books include titles that are great for kids and adults. Free Comic Book Day is Saturday May 3 rd , 2014 .
Convince & Convert
JANUARY 26, 2016
At the same time, she has created a community within the brand that encourages fellow agents to grow and evolved their online presence. How social video leads to starting a conversation within your community. Virtual Reality.
Waxing UnLyrical
AUGUST 15, 2011
It was great to have such a supportive administration behind the work – suggestions were always very minor and approvals took place over the phone or in person, not in committee. Its goals are entrenched in reputation and community-building.
SocialFish
AUGUST 4, 2014
The communications team meets monthly to report out on progress, share metrics, receive updates and consider requests from the other committees. 5) Is community management (group moderation) part of your responsibilities?
Laurel Papworth
MARCH 16, 2015
And while the Committee to Protect Journalists does an outstanding job of protecting journalists from abduction, imprisonment and assassination as well as free speech for all, how can they protect the bloggers when even the Australian Government doesn’t respect bloggers? Bloggers speak for their community, Facebook updates herald shifts in opinions, twitter tweets represent the Will of the People.
SocialFish
APRIL 2, 2013
Your organization’s opinion or committee’s conclusions about your value do not count. “Insanity,” Albert Einstein said, “ is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”.
SocialFish
DECEMBER 14, 2015
This post originally appeared on the Higher Logic blog , where I’m posting an ongoing series related to Millennials and online community. And don’t forget that Higher Logic clients can have access to our Essentials of Online Community Management program at a special discount.
Sprout Social
DECEMBER 11, 2018
At Sprout, our company values include championing diversity, equity and inclusion, and an important piece of this is using our resources and our privilege to support the communities where we live and work. With our global growth over the past year, we wanted to expand our usual winter initiatives to support a variety of nonprofits, engage our team and give back to a broader range of community efforts.
SocialFish
JULY 18, 2016
He is active in community affairs, serving as a member of the Young Entrepreneur’s Council at Nova Southeastern University since Sept. 2006 and on the university’s Blue Ribbon Scholarship Committee.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
We also put together a walkthrough video for their brand new MyASCE community. IEEE –For months, we’ve been working with an ad hoc social media committee. This quarter the committee submitted a final report to the IEEE board.
SocialFish
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Increasingly, market leading businesses engage customers in collective missions and aspirations beyond transactions to elevate the sense of community on a more strategic and transcendent level. AAFP’s stated vision is to transform healthcare to achieve optimal health for everyone; and its mission to improve the health of patients, families, and communities by serving the needs of members with professionalism and creativity. Is your organization mission or people driven?
SocialFish
DECEMBER 22, 2011
In ALL cases, you should be building your community on social media sites before you even think about ROI. The average age of members inside the volunteer structure–including the board and various committees–is 55. Our [SocialFish] definition of Social CRM is “the discipline of applying social media to membership management”, and the 12 use cases in our white paper, ROI and the Impact of Social CRM , show this in action.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
Q3) How might we launch sustainable diversity and inclusion initiatives throughout the association community? (Q4) sepler : The need 2 reflect the larger community & the solid research suggesting diversity promotes innovation, creativity & engagement # assnchat. ElizabethB : RT @ sepler : Need 2 reflect larger community & the solid research suggesting diversity promotes innovation, creativity & engagement # assnchat. Relegated to committees.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
It is not hard to detect the strategic goals and priorities of associations that were the products of formal strategic planning and committee-led processes. Do not fall back on established ways for doing things, like convening another committee).
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