Skill Building: Listening with Social Media – Part 1 Chad Norman & Danielle Brigida
If You’re Tweeting: #nplistening
Why Should My Organization Be Listening?
Everyone’s Saying Something
Turn the Megaphone Around Photo via altermark:  www.flickr.com/photos/altemark/337248947/
Listening can affect the bottom line
What Should My Nonprofit Be Listening For?
You should be listening for: Keywords from your website Mentions of your organization  Your executive director’s name Special events you’re running  Causes you support  Campaigns you’re managing
You should be listening for: Keywords from your website Mentions of your organization  Your executive director’s name Special events you’re running  Causes you support  Campaigns you’re managing
Where Should My Nonprofit Be Listening?
There are different tools for different things: search.twitter.com Social Mention Ice Rocket Blog pulse BoardReader BackTweets Backtype  (for comments from other people) Disqus  (for comments that you post) Facebook community pages
Listening with  Tips and Tricks Freedigitalphotos.net
Starting With the Basics http://search.twitter.com
www.prnewsonline.com Words Location Dates Feelings  Links/RTs Search:
Search for Key Words… www.prnewsonline.com It allows you to be relevant
Searching Links… www.prnewsonline.com
Save Your Searches or Feeds www.prnewsonline.com
Search Twitter Bios www.prnewsonline.com
www.prnewsonline.com WThashtag.com
www.prnewsonline.com Twazzup.com
www.prnewsonline.com Pay Attention to Tweet Reactions
Using Twitter Lists www.prnewsonline.com
Search Sites for Keywords Search News Search Blogs Search Social Sites
You can start by building a listening dashboard with tools like iGoogle.
We Explore Communities = Reach Gardeners Caregivers Locally Concerned Enthusiasts Caregivers Activists
Sifting through Communities
Tracking Mentions and Having Conversations
Tracking Allows for Engagement
Who From My Organization Should Be Listening?
A Few Things to Figure Out… Who will do the listening? Will you have a response policy? How will you measure success? What do you do with the data?
When Should My Nonprofit Respond? Photo via floridapfe:  www.flickr.com/photos/floridapfe/2165029667/sizes/l/
Who From My Organization Should Be Listening? When Should My Nonprofit Respond? Use Your Ears But Don’t Forget to Open Your Mouth Photo via floridapfe:  www.flickr.com/photos/floridapfe/2165029667/sizes/l/ Respond Retweet Reply Reach out
Write Down a Plan and Distribute it to Your Staff How to respond to: Direct Questions Positive Comments Negative Comments Incorrect Information Feedback v
How Does My Nonprofit Measure the Results? By tracking… Mentions Retweets Sentiment Shares Hashtag Use
What Are Some Tools My Nonprofit Can Use? Google Analytics Facebook Insights Flickr Pro Account YouTube Insight Search.twitter.com BackTweets.com Twitterholic.com Twinfluence.com Twitalyzer.com Twittercounter.com
Questions?
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Social Media Listening for Nonprofits