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Building Your CommunityEngaging Educators & Evangelists
About.me
@Jessie_Arora edcrunch.org
“Utility drives adoption, community drives retention” Caterina Fake, Founder- Flickr & Hunch
When you connect with people, they want to help you
Constraints inspire Creativity
Where should I start?
NewLearningTimes, Vialougues
Educator Communities
Join the CTQ Collaboratory
#edtechbridge #edchat
Innovation Clusters
Telling Your Story
Low Budget Storytelling- Comment on blogs
- Become a guest author
- Start company blog
- Educator Advisory Group
- Mini case studies/testimonials
- Organize Virtual Community
Educator Advisory Group
Empowering Evangelists
Tools Create Frequency Tips- Custom background - Consistent hashtags 2-3 times/day
- Join chats- #edchat, #edtechchat, #edtechbridge - Consider Twitter ads ($0.03 CPCs) - #TwitterBook
- Pages - Groups Once/day
- EdgeRank - Pictures, videos & articles
are more effective than status updates
- Space to foster ongoing communication
weekly- Encourage members to invite others - Facilitate intimate conversations
- product details - guest bloggers - industry/policy news
Weekly/bi-weekly- comment widget - videos - testimonials !
- visual story - consistent
hashtagsFew times/wk
- infographics - inspirational
quotes
Maximize Efficiency
Early Adopters <3 Twitter
List of Top Edu Tweeters on edcrunch.org
Join Twitter Chats
#ntchat
“Utility drives adoption, community drives retention” Caterina Fake, Founder- Flickr & Hunch
