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How to Leverage Social Media to Grow Your Community
Most user groups typically have a website, with a forum where members can discuss topics of interest. However, most leaders struggle with two things: 1. Encouraging more members to sign up and 2. Having a vibrant community. Leveraging Social Media … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practice, Community, Leaders, Social Media, User Group
Tagged being social, Communities, Leverage, Media, Promote, recognition, responsive, Social
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Community Power
Scott Hanselman did a great talk today at the Community Leadership summit (#techedcls) about how the community can leverage their voice online. He encouraged the community to leverage their voice via blogs to get the attention of Microsoft to fix … Continue reading
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Popularize your user group / community
At the recently held TechEd 2011 in India, I was asked the following question by a user group leader, “How can I popularize my user group “. I shared a few ideas which can help drive traffic and raise awareness … Continue reading
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Tagged community, Promotion, user group
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Share a Tip – Encourage Community Participation
One sure shot way to ensure that your community is involved is to work on ideas that encourage community participation. For instance a really simple one is Share a Tip Day. The idea is to encourage the community to share … Continue reading
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Tagged community, Encouraging, Participation
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Recruiting new volunteers
A common challenge faced by user group leaders is finding new volunteers and retaining existing ones to help run the group. The following six simple steps will encourage new volunteers and make them productive right away. Talk about your story … Continue reading
Best Practices for cultivating your community
Nurturing your community is the single most important task a community leader does. There are six key areas which you need to pay special attention to, 1. New members, 2. Acknowledging contributors, 3. Feedback, 4. Transparency, 5. Motivations, 6. Leaders. … Continue reading
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Top 7 reasons why people join a user group community
In order to better lead their user group communities, leaders need to fully understand why their members have joined their communities. This article aims to illustrate the 7 prime reasons why user group members join a user group. It also lists tactical steps which a leader needs to take. 1. Finding out prime motivations of user group members and 2. Facilitating each of these community needs. Continue reading