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SewardOnlineAdvisoryGroup

March16,2011PlaywrightsCenter

JuliaOpoti(Cedar‐Riv.eDemocracyandTCDailyPlanet),TomBorger(PlaywrightsCenter),

AllisonMeyer(SewardCo‐op),AdamNelson(SNGboardmember),BeccaVargoDaggett(SewardeDemocracyForum)(unabletoattend:BruceJohansen)

Openingdiscussionaboutwhatwedoinneighborhoodonlinecommunications,

eDemocracyinSewardandelsewhere.

ThoughtsfromPeter–Hardnottohaveaconflictofinterestinneighborhoodthingswhen

therearesofewparticipants.Justhavetodiscloseandtrytobehonestandethicalaboutit.

HistoryofSewardProfile

December5,2009inauguralpost

December18,2009welcomepost,whichisstillthereAttempttogetaKnightFoundationgrantinlate2009,early2010345postssincethen

We(theOnlineAdvisoryGroup_arenowaworkinggroupofSNG

Vision

ToreflectthefabricofthecommunityandcreateanongoingdocumentaryofitslifeforceNuts&Bolts–makeasearchablerepositoryofcommunitydata

OnlineAssets

eDemocracyForum

Posteroussite–hometoSewardProfileandSewardUrbanFarmerBlogGoogleCalendar–Co‐op,PlawrightsCenter,Bedlam,SNG(Adam),Boneshaker(Adam)

Twitter–207followers,broadcastonly,Posterouspostsautomaticallytoit

Facebook–123likes–SNG/SewardNeighborhood

Scribdfordocuments(soyoudon’thavetodownloaddocumentslikePDFstoreadthem),

noneofthetitlescomeinsoeverythingthereisuntitled(someonecouldmakeaneasy

projectofthisbyjustcuttingandpasting)

Flickr–Posterousautomaticallysendsthereifyoupostanarticlewithphotos(Peterchose

itoverPicasabecausehe’sbeenamemberforever)YouTube–Posterousautomaticallysendsthereifyoupostanarticlewithvideo

Tumblr–“microblogging”forhipsters,Posterouspostsgetfedintoit,allowseasy

aggregationviatagsEverythingiswideopen,youdon’tneedtolog‐inorhaveasubscriberaccount

SNGsiteSCCAsite

Bit.ly(don’tknowwhatwillhappentothis)

WhyPosterousfortheProfile?

Easeofpostingviaemail–post@sewardprofile.posterous.com

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HowtoPost–Writeitasifit’spublic,writeitasyouwantittoappear,Peterdoeshaveto

passitthroughtothesitebutthisisforformattingonlynotediting.Useyourrichtextformattinginyouremail(Googlelabshasatooltoembedpictures).

Auto‐postingfeatureNotperfectlyhappythatit’saproprietarymodel,whichmeanstheydohavetomake

moneysomehowsomedayCancopyrightimagesbuthavetoknowbeforehandIfpeoplearen’tinterestedinpublishing,thereisamaintenancesidewheretheycouldhelp

(headingsforScribd,captions/tagsforFlickr)

If10peoplespend10minutesamonth,that’srealtimespent(NASAfoundcrowdsourcing

forreadingscansofthesky)

Jazzupthesite–Wecouldhaveahomepage–staticlandingpagethatisaportalintoall

theneighborhoodsites,maps,neighborhoodbusinesses/non‐profits/amenities

Wouldbenicetohavenewsarticles,SCCAissendingnewsarticlestoTCDailyPlanet

insteadofProfile(Daveistheauthor,talktoSCCAboardabouthavingthesegotothe

Profilesimultaneously)TwitterandFacebookarenotthebestwaytocommunicatewiththecommunity–the

ForumandtheProfilearethebestkindsofoutreach

Guestbloggers

EncourageneighborhoodorganizationstopostdirectlytothesiteProfilefeedatTheLine

MinnPostAffiliate

SewardProfileisnot“Peter’sblog”–it’saresourceforthecommunity,andPeterbeing

forcedtotakeastepbackbecauseofhisnewjobgivesusanopportunitytotrytotakethistothenextlevelasacommunityresource

Connectingwiththeschoolsandhighered–aSewardElementaryblog?Community

outreachatAugsburg(theyusedtohavestudentsworkingonTheBridge),AnneSullivan,

Sanford,EastLakelibrary

NextSteps

1.EachpersonheresendoneposttotheProfilebyMarch312.Engagementideasforthenextmeeting

3.Definingonlineresourcesandhowtheyworktogether

4.Passingoutflyers5.Colorfulflyer/businesscardstopostonbulletinboardsincoop

6.Peter–introtemplatefortheForum,getanintrothreadgoingandsticky‐archivethethread,encouragepeopletoaddtheirintrototheirpersonalprofiles