Social Media Surgery July 3

The Doctor Is In

A team of cracker-jack Net Tuesday social media surgeons are here to listen to what organisations like you, community organisations, want to achieve by using social media in your workplace or volunteer role.  Get free on-one-one support in a face-to-face meeting with a local social media expert.

  • Are you ‘Facebooked out?!’ Need help with your account?
  • Do you want to know what everyone is twittering on about?
  • Have you already got a wordpress account and have specific questions for us?
  • Do you want to use video or pictures on the web to raise the awareness of your group or cause?

When: Tuesday, July 3. 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Where: W2 Media Cafe

Your place is free! Come and bring any social media questions and our volunteers and social media experts will help you out!

RSVP for Vancouver’s Social Media Surgery.

You can sign up to become a surgeon OR register to become a patient.

Note: please register using the centre Register link.
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RSVP: http://socialmediasurgery.com/surgeries/net-tuesday-vancouver

Online community management event report

Missed our Online Community Management panel? Shame on you, because the event was wicked awesome. But you can redeem yourself by checking out these event recaps courtesy of new attendee Candie Tanka and Net Tuesday online animator Kelvin Claveria.

A huge thanks to both for their generosity and insights.

#CommBuild chats with Claire Sale

The mighty Claire Sale is hosting regular Community Builder chats on Twitter. Didn’t get enough community management best practices at the Online Community Manager panel? Then this is your Masters Class!
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Are you working in a community-facing role for a socially-focused project or organization? If so, I’d like to invite you to attend #CommBuild chats!
The #CommBuild Community of Practice focuses on issues and topics relevant to those working in social sector community building or community management roles. Anyone interested in community building, whether you are formally in a Community Management job or not, is welcome to join the group and participate in the weekly chats.
Our next chat topic is Election Year Politics and Your Community which will be held on June 19. Here’s a bit more about the event:

Politics, in the US and elsewhere, will be hot this year. What’s a #commbuild-er’s response? While some communities may thrive on the back and forth, others find it divisive. What ideas do you have to help keep the right balance for your community?

How to Participate
I hope to see you at an upcoming chat!
Claire

Toronto: Social Media for Nonprofits

After two years of sold-out programs in the United States, Social Media for Nonprofits is heading to Toronto, Canada on June 26th as part of Net Change Week, and featuring an all-star lineup sharing practical tips and tools for fundraising, marketing & advocacy.

Check out Todd Levy, Founder & Managing Partner of DonorDrive & Global Cloud; Danielle Restivo of LinkedIn, Tierney Smith of TechSoup Canada; Amanda Graiger Munday of Timeraiser; Laura Bradley of SickKids Foundation; and Claire Kerr of Artez Interactive. This heroic lineup will provide attendees with concrete insights and takeaways; showcase best practices and pitfalls to avoid; and provide free, helpful resources for nonprofits and causes.

Tickets for the full day conference, including breakfast, lunch & beverages start at just US$95 (nonprofit <$500K) and you can save $20 off $125 (>$500K) and $175 (corporate & consultants) tickets with the discount code “SM4NP”.

For more information or to sign up, visit http://bit.ly/KNNw6v

 

 

[June 12] Online community management: secrets of the trade

RSVP on Meetup.com

Join a panel of Vancouver’s most experienced community managers working in the online space for a discussion on building and sustaining a community.

  1. Why bother creating an online community? What value can it create?
  2. How do you sustain an online community and connect them to your mission?
  3. What are the secrets of transferring online action into offline action?
  4. Online community case studies and war stories

RSVP on Meetup.com

LOCATION
W2 Media Cafe
111 W Hastings, Vancouver, BC

DATE AND TIME
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Doors at 5:30 PM
Starts at 6:00 PM
Wraps at 7:30 PM

Our panelists

Leah Gregg headshot

Leah Gregg is a creative instigator and visual storyteller. Currently you’ll find her working in the wild world of advertising as Content and Community Manager at Rethink.

For the previous five years, she was on the Communications team at Union Gospel Mission where she broadcasted stories about love and redemption from the poorest postal code in Canada using social media and photography. Two highlights from her time at UGM include; co-founding PHOTO 101, a photography workshop for people working through alcohol and drug recovery and #HAWAction, an awareness campaign she managed for last year’s Homelessness Action Week.
If you were posting Leah to Instagram, you’d tag her with #Photog #Runner #ChocolateLover #BigFeet #BigHeart. She totally tumbles, tweets, and contributes to many other areas of the social web. You’ll find all those links here.

Theodora Lamb‘s  passion for non-profit organizations led her to the web where she helps to strengthen online communities. She works with several organizations as an online community manager. Her background in radio and television allows her to bridge her passion for storytelling, media and the web and when she can, she loves to write about redheads on her blog, GingerAiling.com

 

 

 

Lima Al-Azzeh is the Community Manager for Eat St., where she has finally managed to incorporate her skills for communication with her lifelong pursuit of finding the best food the world has to offer. Previously, Lima served as the associate editor for Suite101.com and has been published in several print and online magazines.

Who is Leah Gregg?

Leah is a panelist for the June 2012 Net Tuesday about the role of “Community Manager”. She’s also super talented and smart. Check out her bio!

Leah Gregg

Leah Gregg headshot
Photo: Ami Sanyal

@leahgregg

Leah is a creative instigator and visual storyteller. Currently you’ll find her working in the wild world of advertising as Content and Community Manager at Rethink.

For the previous five years, she was on the Communications team at Union Gospel Mission where she broadcasted stories about love and redemption from the poorest postal code in Canada using social media and photography. Two highlights from her time at UGM include; co-founding PHOTO 101, a photography workshop for people working through alcohol and drug recovery and #HAWAction, an awareness campaign she managed for last year’s Homelessness Action Week.
If you were posting Leah to Instagram, you’d tag her with #Photog #Runner #ChocolateLover #BigFeet #BigHeart. She totally tumbles, tweets, and contributes to many other areas of the social web. You’ll find all those links here.