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| + | : Communicating with the crowd and the community are very different but can both be really valuable for the success of your campaign or call to action. Setting goals and defining messaging at the start of your process to target each group will help you plan for and engage beyond just those you know. | ||
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Revision as of 13:03, 12 September 2012
The The National Center for Media Engagement asserts that Community Mapping "is a great way to identify local assets, networks and opportunities in your community. Using data and some free tools available on the internet, you can create a visual display of key community organizations, partners, and even related issues."[1]
Resources
- Features a webinar that's divided into two parts. The 2nd part seems to hang about a third of the way through. Other resources include:
- - An expired Delicious page promising links to other resources.
- - The powerpoint presentation used in the webinar.
- - Written instructions on how to map your community using Google Earth, PDF or Word.
- - A zipped file of the sample data used in the presentation.
- Community Mapping - A Visual Narrative: Community mapping is a vibrant way of telling a neighborhood's story. It can highlight the rich array of neighborhood assets, analyze the relationship between income and the location of services, or document vacant lots and buildings.
- This resource features lots of good information, including:
- - Description of what community mapping is.
- - Reasons why it's useful.
- - How to use community mapping. ...and more...
Much of this information is also available on PolicyLink's COMMUNITY MAPPING.pdf.
- Covers Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together) from a DIY perspective. Includes sample templates.
Topics
- Community Mapping
- - Step 1: Identify all the groups within your community.
- - Step 2: Define the goals that match each group.
- - Step 3: Identify the tools. (Online and off-line ways to communicate.)
- Content Mapping
- - Step 1: Identify all the content.
- - Step 2: Goals.
- - Step 3: Identify all the possible outlets. (What specific ways is a particular community communicating--both within the community and outside the community?)
- Metrics Tracking
- - (Collecting and evaluating all relevant data.)
- Reporting (Putting the most relevant data into comprehensible context.)
- - Internal reporting
- - External reporting
- Communicating with the crowd and the community are very different but can both be really valuable for the success of your campaign or call to action. Setting goals and defining messaging at the start of your process to target each group will help you plan for and engage beyond just those you know.
- From Web Site: The Center for Community Mapping (CCM) has a keen interest in collaborating with local organizations to provide interactive mapping applications particularly to educational, and environmental. We have several web-based interactive mapping applications that are licensable to communities and use Interactive Maps technology to provide for them.
