These are the slides for Amy Sample Ward and Debra Askanase's presentation at the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orleans. For more, visit http://amysampleward.org
Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Social Media Campaigns - Askanase, ...Debra Askanase
Principles of community organizing, including traditional campaign mapping, inform and lay the groundwork for successful social media campaigns and strategy. This presentation covers the basic principles of community organizing that are necessary for a successful online campaign, how to map out online campaigns, and offers examples of three nonprofit online campaigns that used these principles.
This presentation was prepared collaboratively by Debra Askanase @askdebra, Ivan Boothe @rootwork, and Amy Sample Ward @amyrsward for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, and will be presented at a session on April 9, 2010.
Community Building Begins with Community OrganizingDebra Askanase
Building a great online community relies on the principles of community organizing. Tactics for community-building, case studies of how to build long-term online communities, and build communities around campaigns. Presented at NCVS 2011.
These slides were used in a webinar presentation for the National Center for Media Engagement by Amy Sample Ward in June 2011. For more information, visit: http://amysampleward.org
Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Social Media Campaigns - Askanase, ...Debra Askanase
Principles of community organizing, including traditional campaign mapping, inform and lay the groundwork for successful social media campaigns and strategy. This presentation covers the basic principles of community organizing that are necessary for a successful online campaign, how to map out online campaigns, and offers examples of three nonprofit online campaigns that used these principles.
This presentation was prepared collaboratively by Debra Askanase @askdebra, Ivan Boothe @rootwork, and Amy Sample Ward @amyrsward for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, and will be presented at a session on April 9, 2010.
Community Building Begins with Community OrganizingDebra Askanase
Building a great online community relies on the principles of community organizing. Tactics for community-building, case studies of how to build long-term online communities, and build communities around campaigns. Presented at NCVS 2011.
These slides were used in a webinar presentation for the National Center for Media Engagement by Amy Sample Ward in June 2011. For more information, visit: http://amysampleward.org
Stronger together: how WordPress communities are builtAndrea Middleton
The WordPress community is built and maintained by volunteers, using the same methods — and many of the same tools — that are used to make WordPress itself. In this session, you’ll get a look at the WordPress community’s “source code” and learn how to contribute to the growth of your local community — or create a community if you don’t already have one.
What does member engagement look like? Why are the programs used by associations beginning to fail? What are members REALLY LOOKING FOR? Answers to these questions and practical recommendations are presented in this presentation.
2013: Rich Millington (FeverBee) - How to Master and Manipulate Social Scienc...swarm conference
If you look at discussions about communities, you will usually see a discussion rooted in technology. What platform is best? What features should a platform contain? How will Facebook’s new feature affect communities?
These are the wrong questions. Technology has a limited impact upon the success of a community. If you want a thriving community, it’s not technology you need to master – it’s social sciences. If you can master social sciences, you can manipulate basic principles to build any number of successful communities. You can use proven sociological, psychological, and, sometimes, anthropological triggers to influence members to join, participate, and do almost anything you want in a community.
This talk will explain how you can do that. It will break down a few proven principles from social sciences and showcase how we (and others) have applied them to build thriving communities.
A presentation for the Institute for Government's Connecting Policy with Practice programme.
The presentation highlights some of The Young Foundation's past work in community empowerment, and shows how web tools can be used to support community engagement and empowerment.
Getting the resources that are needed to end homelessness will require advocacy that can effectively elevate homelessness to a key policy priority. This workshop, for state captains and outcome-oriented advocates, will provide attendees with the skills to impact policy by:
- establishing long-term relationships with policymakers;
- leading productive meetings with policymakers;
- developing powerful messages for a range of key stakeholders.
The case study describes how we developed unite4:good social network for charity. This is a platform for inspiring social acts of kindness and funding serious charity projects.
Knowing the conversation topics that your community wants to discuss within your online social channels is the first step to developing a successful social media presence. In today’s challenged marketplace, social media offers synagogues the opportunity to solidify support, attract interest, and listen to the needs of the community. This presentation, delivered as the keynote address at the Cantors Assembly 2014, considers the importance of knowing what “the conversation” is that your community wants to have online, and how opening up to the conversation is a key to unlocking the power of online community.
This presentation includes templates and instructions for Community Mapping (mapping your community segments), Content Mapping (creating a content strategy), and Tracking Metrics. Amy Sample Ward presented as part of the Nonprofit Webinars series. You can learn more about Amy at http://amysampleward.org or find other webinars at http://www.nonprofitwebinars.com/
Community Organizing Introduction By Jaquie AlgeeTom Tresser
Jaquie Algee is the Vice President of SEIU Healthcare. She gave this presentation to Tom Tresser's "Civics 101" class for i c stars on March 11, 2013. tom@civiclab.us. http://www.civiclab.us
Stronger together: how WordPress communities are builtAndrea Middleton
The WordPress community is built and maintained by volunteers, using the same methods — and many of the same tools — that are used to make WordPress itself. In this session, you’ll get a look at the WordPress community’s “source code” and learn how to contribute to the growth of your local community — or create a community if you don’t already have one.
What does member engagement look like? Why are the programs used by associations beginning to fail? What are members REALLY LOOKING FOR? Answers to these questions and practical recommendations are presented in this presentation.
2013: Rich Millington (FeverBee) - How to Master and Manipulate Social Scienc...swarm conference
If you look at discussions about communities, you will usually see a discussion rooted in technology. What platform is best? What features should a platform contain? How will Facebook’s new feature affect communities?
These are the wrong questions. Technology has a limited impact upon the success of a community. If you want a thriving community, it’s not technology you need to master – it’s social sciences. If you can master social sciences, you can manipulate basic principles to build any number of successful communities. You can use proven sociological, psychological, and, sometimes, anthropological triggers to influence members to join, participate, and do almost anything you want in a community.
This talk will explain how you can do that. It will break down a few proven principles from social sciences and showcase how we (and others) have applied them to build thriving communities.
A presentation for the Institute for Government's Connecting Policy with Practice programme.
The presentation highlights some of The Young Foundation's past work in community empowerment, and shows how web tools can be used to support community engagement and empowerment.
Getting the resources that are needed to end homelessness will require advocacy that can effectively elevate homelessness to a key policy priority. This workshop, for state captains and outcome-oriented advocates, will provide attendees with the skills to impact policy by:
- establishing long-term relationships with policymakers;
- leading productive meetings with policymakers;
- developing powerful messages for a range of key stakeholders.
The case study describes how we developed unite4:good social network for charity. This is a platform for inspiring social acts of kindness and funding serious charity projects.
Knowing the conversation topics that your community wants to discuss within your online social channels is the first step to developing a successful social media presence. In today’s challenged marketplace, social media offers synagogues the opportunity to solidify support, attract interest, and listen to the needs of the community. This presentation, delivered as the keynote address at the Cantors Assembly 2014, considers the importance of knowing what “the conversation” is that your community wants to have online, and how opening up to the conversation is a key to unlocking the power of online community.
This presentation includes templates and instructions for Community Mapping (mapping your community segments), Content Mapping (creating a content strategy), and Tracking Metrics. Amy Sample Ward presented as part of the Nonprofit Webinars series. You can learn more about Amy at http://amysampleward.org or find other webinars at http://www.nonprofitwebinars.com/
Community Organizing Introduction By Jaquie AlgeeTom Tresser
Jaquie Algee is the Vice President of SEIU Healthcare. She gave this presentation to Tom Tresser's "Civics 101" class for i c stars on March 11, 2013. tom@civiclab.us. http://www.civiclab.us
This workshop was part of the Social Media Tract for Coalitions at CADCA's Mid Year Training Institute, July 2011. For more information on CADCA go to http://www.cadca.org and for more on the beginning discussion about the workshop see http://technologyinprevention.blogspot.com/2011/07/power-of-presence.html
How National Wildlife Federation Uses Online Community to Drive Offline ActionSmall World Labs
Confronting today’s environmental challenges, such as climate change and water sustainability, requires the environmental movement to respond with an unprecedented level of creativity and energy. However, command and control campaigns that are centrally-organized and pushed via grassroot methods, are not sufficient to unleash the scale of response needed to be successful.
In this webinar (http://www.smallworldlabs.com/learn/webinars/nwf) we took a look into a focused NWF online community that allows members to connect with one another and take action on campaigns and local environmental sustainability projects. Courtney Cochran from NWF and Lindsay Razzaz from Small World Labs walked through what was learned during the buildout of this community, as well as some of the technological tools introduced and measurable results achieved throughout the process.
Communities, Networks and Engagement: Finding a Place for ActionNancy Wright White
Slides from a web gathering on October 11, 2011 with the Leadership Learning Network http://leadershiplearning.org/ and http://leadershiplearning.org/page/nonprofit-leadership-webinar-series
Communities of Practice: Conversations To CollaborationCollabor8now Ltd
What makes a successful Community of Practice?
This presentation looks at the key ingredients, with particular emphasis on the role of the community facilitator for building trust and cooperation, enabling conversations to become active collaboration and co-production.
Social media, online campaigns, and community engagement can be tricky things to dive into and do well without measuring, monitoring and evaluating. But what to measure? How to evaluate? This session talks about the importance of data and metrics to your work and offers how-to guidelines on ways to map and monitor your community and your work.
Facilitating Online Interaction 4 Learning Resource SlidesNancy Wright White
Annotated resource slides from a series of 16 workshops I ran in Australia about teaching and learning online. THIS IS NOT A PRESENTATION! You can find the annotations on a PDF file on my website, http://www.fullcirc.com/2011/12/22/reflecting-on-my-tafe-workshop-approach/
Six Strategies to Increase Member/Donor Engagement & Retention using Privat...Lisette Sutherland
In this session, learn the importance of private social networks and the dramatic effect they can have on your organisation's engagement and retention rates. We explain why these trusted communities work so well and we'll demonstrate — using actual non-profit success story examples — six strategies for effectively implementing them on your own site. We also cover directories, shared libraries, wikis, groups and listservs, as well as engagement metrics to measure your progress.
Understanding What Matters: Social Media Workshop for the Vermont Arts CouncilDebra Askanase
Why does your organization use social media, and is it helping you to accomplishing your goals? This slide deck was used in a presentation with Vermont Arts organizations, and explores the fundamentals of what it takes to meaningfully engage in social media as a nonprofit organization, and use it to move stakeholders to action. It will cover the concepts of Matterness, understanding the online conversation that your stakeholders want to have with you, the importance of personal social media use, how to unleash the hidden capital within your online community by using social media for engagement, ladders of engagement, and critical practices for social media success.
Engaging Online Through Community-Based Social MarketingLauri M. Baker
Breakout session presented at the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Human Sciences (ACE) Conference in New Orleans, 2017. Presentation by Dr. Lauri M. Baker, Audrey E. H. King, and Dr. Kristina Boone.
Innovative Social Media for giftware retailers - Spring Fair 2015Toby Beresford
How and why to write a Community marketing plan for your social media.
2 types of community space
5 irresistible types of social media content
8 social media tools that give you bang for buck
Best Practices to Build a Multichannel CampaignAmy Sample Ward
Highlights from the new book, Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Allyson Kapin and Amy Sample Ward; 8 Steps to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan. Learn more at socialchangeanytime.com
This presentation is from the April 2, 2013 Philadelphia Net Tuesday event presented by Amy Sample Ward. To learn more visit http://socialchangeanytimeeverywhere.com
These slides were presented by Amy Sample Ward at the DonorPro 2012 Conference by TowerCare in Pittsburgh, PA. For more information, visit: http://nten.org http://amysampleward.org
This webinar was part of the 2012 Women Who Tech Telesummit, moderated by Amy Sample Ward, with presentations from Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Michael Silberman, and April Pedersen. Learn more at http://womenwhotech.com
This workshop was part of the 2012 Grassroots and Groundwork conference, at Mystic Lake, MN - given June 8, 2012 by Amy Sample Ward. learn more at http://amysampleward.org and http://nten.org
Building and Nurturing Global Online CommunitiesAmy Sample Ward
This presentation was given by Amy Sample Ward and Bonnie Koenig at the 2012 ASAE International Conference in Washington DC. Learn more at http://amysampleward.org and http://goinginternational.org
Social Media to Tell Your Story and Raise FundsAmy Sample Ward
These slides are from the presentation Amy Sample Ward made on 4/16/12 in Harrisburg, PA, at the PANO Annual Conference. Learn more at http://nten.org and http://amysampleward.org
These are the slides from Amy Sample Ward's presentation at New York Cares' 2012 Leadership Conference in New York City on March 3, 2012. Learn more at http://amysampleward.org
Webinar: Strong Connections; Linking your strategy to goals to dataAmy Sample Ward
These slides were used for a Nonprofit Webinars presentation on November 9, 2011 by Amy Sample Ward. For more information visit http://amysampleward.org
Strong Connections: Linking your strategy, to goals, to dataAmy Sample Ward
These slides were delivered as part of the Internet Kick-off at the 2011 Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits in Washington DC by Amy Sample Ward. Learn more at http://amysampleward.org or http://nten.org
These slides are from the Rural Health Resource Center's national conference, the closing keynote on Knowledge Sharing Networks by Amy Sample Ward. For more, visit: http://amysampleward.org
These are the slides from Amy Sample Ward's session at PMDMC on July 15th, 2011, in Pittsburgh. The session was the first in a 4-part social media intensive track at the conference. For more information, visit http://amysampleward.org and http://nten.org
These are the slides from the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service presentation from Amy Sample Ward and Laura Norvig. For more information, visit http://amysampleward.org or www.nationalservice.gov/resources
Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement BuildingAmy Sample Ward
This keynote was delivered at the MyCharityConnects Conference as part of Net Change 2011, on June 6, 2011, by Amy Sample Ward. For more information, visit http://amysampleward.org
This presentation was given online as part of the free Nonprofit Webinars series by Amy Sample Ward in May 2011. For more information, please visit http://amysampleward.org
This presentation was given as a guest lecture in Laurel Hart's Spring 2011 Masters progra course for Corporate and Organizational Communications in the NYU school of continuing studies by Amy Sample Ward. Learn more at http://amysampleward.org
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
4. Agenda 5 Principles of Community Organizing Principles in Action: Short-Term Community Building Principles in Action: Long-Term Community Building Discussion and Shared Learning
5. Five community organizing principles Focus on shared goals and shared ownership Be transparent Go where the people are Cultivate leaders Know your community
6. 1. Focus on shared goals and shared ownership http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/1384952210/
26. Principles in Action: a short-term campaign Follow the Leader, part of the “Get Hands On” series of online campaigns Goals: To inspire people to become involved in community service Asking the people who have been identified as service leaders to lead volunteer projects in their communities – greater commitment
35. Principles in Action: building a community prior to the campaign To Mama With Love 2011 Goals: Raise money for Epic Change Create a community to support a fundraising campaign and Epic Change long-term
45. Principles in Action: a long-term community building 350.org Goal: To build a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Create opportunities for grassroots efforts, local communities, and individuals to take action and advocate for climate policy and change
51. Principles in Action: community building in real-time Chain Reaction Goal: The Chain Reaction Networks helps individuals and organisations to connect together. Create offline and online opportunities to bring individuals, organizations, governments, etc. together to make more lasting collaborations for change
58. Discussion and shared learning Focus on shared goals and shared ownership Be transparent Go where the people are Cultivate leaders Know your community
The next step is finding the sweet spot. To do that, you first identify what your community wants to do – what it is coming together around, whether it’s an event, an action, or a movement. Next, identify what you want to do, what your organizational goals are. Those two “wants to do” will overlap and that gray area is the sweet spot. It’s important to remember that not everything your organization wants to do or achieve, matches up with with your community wants to do, and vice versa. The key is that that’s okay! Maybe you provide services, and your community doesn’t want to be providing those services, but they are happy you are doing so. And maybe the community wants to endorse a specific candidate, and your organization doesn’t. But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported. That’s the sweet spot where you can count on focusing CDSI energy.
Transparent in goals, activities, membership, successes, challenges, issues within the community
This means don't build it in secret and then "launch" it - regardless of whether it’s an online space, a program or a campaign. If it is really something that is coming from the community, you can’t just take the idea and run; you’ll want to co-create it from idea to implementation.
lead by example: interact with the community the way you want other organizations and the community members to do. It’s like the golden rule for community engagement. I like this picture for this point because often mother ducks will bring up the rear, supporting the ducklings and swimming along side them, instead of shooting ahead and expecting them to keep up.
Leverage the power of the online communities and networks, such as with Tweetsgiving. Highlight the work of the community on the home page of the campaign or website.
Leverage the power of the online communities and networks, such as with Tweetsgiving. Highlight the work of the community on the home page of the campaign or website.
Striving to be replaced can be a tough one for most everyone. It isn’t exactly in our nature but it is key to the ethos of a community builder. One way to work on supporting your community to not need you managing the program, platform, or whatever else is to encourage interaction without you. This touches back on letting the community know itself. If you’re making connections and supporting conversations across the network, you’re helping the community create strong ties that will not require your time and energy to maintain.
Striving to be replaced also means rewarding and spotlighting leaders. Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your work across the board, whether it’s online or offline, on your facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events.
Lastly, the only way you can really operate in a way that prepares your community to take over for you is to share your toolbox. This is a lot like operating in public but that you are sharing the tools you use and the strategies you use. You can model behavior all you want but if no one can tell what tools you are using to be so successful, there’s no way they can jump in and help man the ship.
Knowing your community. Part of doing this well is letting your community know itself. That means don't take credit where it isn't yours, highlight the leaders and contributors in the community, and making connections across the network. It also means letting community members connect directly with one another, without going through you.
Knowing your community also means knowing your role in the ecosystem. It’s important, as I mentioned earlier in the strategy steps, to identify what your role or roles are as the organization and stick to them. Once you start spreading out, you squeeze out room for others to grow and develop or even to explore what’s possible. Not to mention create far more for yourself!
Knowing your community also means you help it grow. Sometimes that means making mistakes. Hopefully they are tiny and harmless, and that you’re there to learn alongside the community. But, it’s just to say that you are in it just like the community is, and not everything we try in life works smoothly. Instead, design for growth and sustainability from the start with lots of room for feedback, evaluation and iterations to continue developing and redeveloping. The best time to fail is early and openly – that way you can learn and build to move forward.