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IT’S THE COMMUNITY, STUPID! 7-step Plan To Raise & Nurture Any Community Online Karine Joly (@karinejoly on Twitter)
 
2005  RSS, podcasting  2006  blogs  2007  online video  2008  social networking    Twitter
So many tools, so little time
“ The medium is the message.” Marshall McLuhan Understanding  Media: The Extensions of Man 1964
“ The conversation is the message.” Karine Joly CASE Conference for communication senior executives September 2006
“ The conversation is killing  the messenger,  the message and,  the recipient.” Karine Joly eduWeb 2008 July 2008
“ The message is dead, the conversation - diluted on a multitude of social media – is almost impossible to follow. Karine Joly CUPRAP Conference 2009 March 2009
Communication Overload
BIG QUESTIONS
What’s important?
How do you catch up? How do you keep up?
YOU CAN’T YOU DON’T
Stop, breath, and...
Think!
Remember, we are in the... ...Relationships Building Business
Conversations build Relationships
Many Conversations,  Many Relationships.
IT’S THE COMMUNITY, STUPID!
“ Community is about people’s need to connect [even with you], not your need to control.” Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff
7-Step Plan Their Needs Your Goals Participatory Design Exclusive Valuable Content Listen, Identify, Empower Cross-Promote Treat Them as Stakeholders
What can  YOU   do for  THEM?
What do  YOU Want?  2
If you build it  with them , they will come 3
Exclusive content Conversation starters 4
Listen, Identify, Empower 5
Call them back - on their terms 6
Meet your new boss(es)! 7
7-Step Recap Their Needs Your Goals Participatory Design Exclusive Valuable Content Listen, Identify, Empower Cross-Promote Treat Them as Stakeholders
Never forget that  THEY  know more than  YOU  do...
... as the higher ed community knows more than I do.
Over 150+ admitted student members 25% of students invited joined the community 700+ photos uploaded 400+ forum comments
Ann White, Web Content Coordinator Oklahoma Christian University
2,300 registered admitted students 51% never made an official visit   Of these, 83% submitted a deposit  
Adam Stahr,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
8,111 visits  78,631 pageviews  282 members (1,323 invited on Jan. 2)  712 photos posted by members  38 discussion forums  10 minutes: average time on site
Rachel Reuben, Web Communication Dir.   SUNY New Paltz
697 members 876 uploaded photos 20 groups created by members 82K monthly page views   45% members invited by their peers 
Mike Caulfield  Keene State College
Launched in January 2007 1700 members 2700 websites reviewed eduStyle Awards The eduStyle Guide to Usable Higher-Ed Homepage Design
Stewart Foss, Founder  eduStyle Web Design Gallery
Launched in April 2007 1801 members 39 speakers 20 webinar series 1325 webinars taken
THE LAST WORD...
Share your secret! www.collegewebeditor.com/cuprap [email_address] Find me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/karinejoly

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