Social Media Resources
Facebook page for non-profitsFacebook Guide for Causes and Nonprofits. (Great resource for starting your page.)
Twitter Help Center (Lots of resources and videos to help you get started.)
Link to all City of Salem and Neighborhood Associations Social Media
Facebook plugins - add like buttons, activity feeds, etc to your webpage.
Example of a Facebook poll used by a neighborhood to get input on re-branding.
Facebook 101 for beginners
Videos:
Darian Rodriguez Heyman, author of The Non-Profit Revolution. Great talk on social media for non-profits given at Portland City Club.Social Media Revolution (video from Prezi presentation)
Website and Blogging Resources
Blogs are a type of website. While traditional websites stay the same after they are made, blogs are updated often in the form of "posts".
This Penn State article gives a great overview of: Blog vs Newsletter - What is the difference?10 Types of Content We All Love - this blog about blogging gives ideas about creating compelling content.
Examples of neighborhood websites, blogs, wikis, Facebook pages, and Twitter feeds associated with specific communities and neighborhoods in Seattle.
Google Reader in Plain English (video from Prezi presentation)
Links to websites of Salem's Neighborhood Associations:
CANDOCroisan-Illahe
ELNA
Faye Wright
Grant
Highland
Lansing
Morningside
NEN
NESCA
NOLA
Northgate
SCAN
SEMCA
SESNA
South Gateway
South Salem
Sunnyslope
Link to the Beaumont-Wilshire Neighborhood Association blog seen in the Prezi presentation.
Free blogs and websites
Free blogs and web hosts abound, and there is much debate about which ones are the best. While this is not an endorsement of any site, here are a few that are commonly used. Note that if you want to keep your domain name, you will still need to pay a minimal fee (usually $12.95) each year.Google Blogger
Weebly
Wix
Yola
Wordpress.com
Wikispaces (use a wiki to spread the responsibility of editing. For example, allow each committee chair to maintain a page on the wiki)
This Wikipedia chart is slightly out of date, but gives good guidelines to consider when looking at free websites and blogs.
Want even more? This blog post, 45 Web Builders to Create an Insanely Awesome Free Website may help.
Other Web Communications Resources
Podcasts in Plain English (video from Prezi presentation)Network for Good's Nonprofit Email Marketing Guide (referenced in Prezi presentation)
General information about branding your neighborhood from Portland Neighborhood Notes.
Wired article about Nextdoor
