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Speech on how associations can use social technologies at American Society of Association Executives 2009 annual conference, August 17, 2009. These are an expanded deck that includes screenshots of the examples. There is another slideshare of the actual slides used at the conference
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Engaging Community In The Groundswell Charlene Li Altimeter Group August 17, 2009 For slides, send an email to slides@altimetergroup.com
Meet Dave Carroll Source: davecarrollmusic.com 3
Welcome to the Groundswell When people get what they need from each other A power shift, catalyzed by social technologies 5 5
Technologies can be confusing 6 Source: Wordle.net
Focus on relationships, not technologies What kind of relationship do you want? Transactional Occasional Impersonal Short-term Passionate Constant Intimate Loyal 8
Goals define your strategy Dialog Learn Help Innovate 9
Always start with Learn Dialog Learn Help Innovate 10
Dialog with your community Dialog Learn Help Innovate 13
How do you join a conversation? 14 Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/asaecenter
The Engagement Pyramid Curators Producers Commenters Sharers Watchers 15
17 NAA dialogs with members via a blog 17 http://www.naahq.org/blog
18 And whereever members may be 18
19 And on three Twitter accounts 19
20 Red Cross engages in many channels 21 Chapter blogs so far 20
Social Media handbook/policies help keep order 21 http://sites.google.com/site/wharman/social-media-strategy-handbook
Provides training for “Red Crossers” 22 http://sites.google.com/site/wharman/social-media-strategy-handbook
Help your members support each other Dialog Learn Help Innovate 24
IEEE supports members support each other 25
ALA uses private communities to help 62,000+ members 1,300+ groups 26 http://connect.ala.org/
Goals define your strategy Dialog Learn Help Innovate 27
Getting started What’s stopping you? “We don’t have the time, money, or people.” “People will abuse it.” “Our boards/volunteers are short-term focused.” “IT/Legal won’t let us.” “I’m afraid of losing control.” 29
#1 Make it real for your curmudgeon • Show the current dialog ▫ Find the points of engagement ▫ Show what the competition does • Create a community ▫ “Facebook Fridays” ▫ Internal Twitter (e.g. Yammer) • Indulge a personal passion 30
#2 Start small, start now Audience Goal Revolutionary 31
Deal with different mindsets Fearful Skeptic Cautious Tester Realist Optimist Transparent Evangelist Find the “moments of truth” and “moments of crisis” for each mindset 32
#3 Measure the right things Your goals determine your metrics Use the same metrics as your strategic goals 33
Example “micro” metrics Goal Metric Value Learn # of customer feedback Impact of faster, better insights Dialog # of comments # of referrals Greater loyalty Faster, more closes Help Innovate # of issues addressed # of implemented ideas Increased satisfaction Faster development 34
Higher order metrics to consider Net Promoter Score How likely are you to recommend this to someone you know? Lifetime Value Lifetime revenue Cost of acquisition Cost of retention Customer referral value (CRV) 35
#4 Fail fast, fail smart Identify the top 5-10 worst case scenarios. Develop mitigation and contingency plans. Prepare everyone for the inevitable mistakes. 36
#5 Give up the need to be in control 39 Photo: Kantor, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kantor
Deciding how open to be Your goals Your The audiences’ needs competition 40 40
How to give up control and be in command The Sandbox Covenant 41
Summary • Focus on the relationships, not the technologies • Start by learning from the conversations • Foster the right amount of openness in your organization
Thank You Charlene Li Altimeter Group charlene@altimetergroup.com blog.altimetergroup.com Twitter: @charleneli For slides, send an email to slides@altimetergroup.com 43 Copyright © 2009 Altimeter Group