Engaging Educators and Evangelists

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

Conferences & EventsBe selective.

@BrewCUE @CoffeeCUE

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