Community Organizer 2.0

Archive for July, 2009

Engagement is critical to creating stronger organizational relationships, but it is relatively difficult to really engage followers on Twitter. Having a conversation with followers is one of the easiest way of engaging, but it is hard to have a conversation with every one of your followers. Here are five ways that nonprofit organizations are creating spaces for real engagement on twitter.

How do you gather and process all the online information that you need to know? I’ve compiled and explained my news gathering and processing system in this blog post in order to share insights that I’ve learned. What I’m hoping is that, after you read this, you’ll share yours in the comments or with your own blog post. I look forward to learning and sharing with you!

Want to know how a Flickr campaign originates, evolves and grows? In this interview with Georgina Goodlander, of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art, she explains the history of the innovative “Fill the Gap” campaign, its progress, and how it will evolve.

Reputation management is not just a tool for defensive online listening, but to alert us when good things are said about our company online. Two days ago, I found out that I won an industry award solely because my company was mentioned and hyperlinked from another site. How did I find out? A Google Alert I had set up notified me. In this post, I discuss the importance of effective listening posts, using my award as an example of “the flip side of reputation management.”



About

Debra Askanase is an experienced community organizer, non-profit executive and business consultant. She advises small/medium-sized businesses and non-profits on social media strategy. She holds an MBA in International Business. You can follow her @askdebra on Twitter, too.