{"id":2553,"date":"2013-09-03T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T18:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/107.21.221.225\/ning3help\/?page_id=2553"},"modified":"2017-10-03T15:03:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T22:03:18","slug":"integrating-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/integrating-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrating Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want a reliable, regular, source of activity in your community, you need to initiate and facilitate regular events or activities. This does not necessarily mean offline meet-ups (although these can be great for some communities). Instead, it means organizing regular, online, events.<\/p>\n<p>There are four types of events\/activities. These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Regular online events<\/b>. These are events held on a regular basis, usually weekly or monthly.<\/li>\n<li><b>Regular offline events<\/b>. These are weekly or monthly offline meetups. This only works for communities with geographically close clusters of members. These can also include annual conferences\/exhibitions.<\/li>\n<li><b>Irregular online events<\/b>. These are the really big online events. This might include a major new product launch, a super VIP visiting the community (e.g. Obama\u2019s live chat\/AMA on Reddit), or a celebration of a major achievement.<\/li>\n<li><b>Irregular offline events<\/b>. These are the community rallies, the one-off conferences\/exhibitions, and typically generate a lot of excitement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most important of these are regular online events. Everyone can attend these. They\u2019re easy to organize and they usually don\u2019t cost a penny. Most communities should have a regular schedule of online events.<\/p>\n<p><b>Regular online events<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Your regular online events can include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Interviews with experts<\/b>. This is a live interview with a VIP in the sector. This can be done via a webinar or via rapid forum posts. Members can ask questions and get responses from other members.<\/li>\n<li><b>Interviews with members<\/b>. This is similar to the interviews with VIPs, except you choose a member each week to interview live. This helps members to know each other a little better.<\/li>\n<li><b>Live discussion<\/b>. This is a live discussion around a particular topic. This can be undertaken via a Google Hangout or a more traditional chat-room. These discussions can revolve around a particular issue members feel emotive about or a problem that members want to share their best advice to solve.<\/li>\n<li><b>Weekly challenge<\/b>. This is a challenge set by the community manager for members to resolve. Similar to the above it can be a problem, or something more fun.<\/li>\n<li><b>Quizzes\/fun games<\/b>. A community manager can organize a regular quiz or other type of fun game for members to participate in. This works better in communities of circumstance than communities of practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Planning<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It is important to have regular online events that everyone can attend. They\u2019re easy to organize and they usually don\u2019t cost a penny. Most communities should have a regular schedule of online events.<\/p>\n<p>To make regular, exciting, discussions reliable plan out a calendar of discussions. List what discussions you will initiate on which days. The same applies for events and this should be accessible to your community.<\/p>\n<p>Action Points:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Decide which regular online events are best for your community and plot these into your calendar of activities.<\/li>\n<li>Organize an offline meeting with community members close to you.<\/li>\n<li>Link your activities to discussions (and vice-versa).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>Watch the entire webinar below.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wqJH5DBzr9w?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Integrating Events\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Best Practices Home\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bp_logo.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Best Practices Home<\/h3>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want a reliable, regular, source of activity in your community, you need to initiate and facilitate regular events or activities. This does not necessarily mean offline meet-ups (although these can be great for some communities). Instead, it means organizing regular, online, events.<br \/>\nThere are four types of events\/activities. These are:<\/p>\n<p>Regular online events. These are events held on a regular basis, usually weekly or monthly.<br \/>\nRegular offline events. These are weekly or monthly offline meetups. This only works for communities with geographically close clusters of members. These can also include annual conferences\/exhibitions.<br \/>\nIrregular online events. These are the really big online events. This might include a major new product launch, a super VIP visiting the community (e.g. Obama\u2019s live chat\/AMA on Reddit), or a celebration of a major achievement.<br \/>\nIrregular offline events. These are the community rallies, the one-off conferences\/exhibitions, and typically generate a lot of excitement.<\/p>\n<p>The most important of these are regular online events. Everyone can attend these. They\u2019re easy to organize and they usually don\u2019t cost a penny. Most communities should have a regular schedule of online events.<br \/>\nRegular online events<br \/>\nYour regular online events can include the following:<\/p>\n<p>Interviews with experts. This is a live interview with a VIP in the sector. This &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Integrating Events - Ning 3 Help. 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