Crowdsourcing #UGCgold ONA 2013

Crowdsourcing tips and tricks from Eric Carvin (@ericcarvin), Katie Hawkins-Gaar (@katiehawk), Amanda Zamora (@amzam) and — of course — the crowd.

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1. Crowdsourcing FOR #UGCGOLD ONA2013 http://bit.ly/ugcgold
2. 1. GET IT RIGHT
3. ERIC CARVIN / AP
4. verification junkie
5. josh stearns / Free Press
6. 2. Those free tools? use them!
7. GEO-SEARCH
8. jennifer preston / NYT
9. jennifer preston / NYT
10. social mention
11. mandy jenkins / DFM
12. 3. be empathetic
13. On social networks, I think the initial ask during a breaking situation is do-or-die. You need to write it with professionalism and empathy, and come from a place of ‘we want to hear your story and give you a platform to express it,’ rather than ‘who can give us stuff?’ which is what I see a lot of orgs doing.” “ Annemarie Dooling
14. MANDY JENKINS / DFM SANDY HOOK SHOOTINGS
15. MANDY JENKINS / DFM associated press
16. 4. be proactive
17. You can't just put out a call to action and always expect to get great responses. Sometimes you need to find that community and reach out to them.” “ Jareen Imam / CNN ireport
18. from joplin to moore
19. cnn Ireport
20. 5. make it worth the effort
21. john sutter / CNN
22. john sutter / CNN
23. 6. SET BOUNDARIES
24. THE AWKARD PROJECT
25. DORrINE MENDOZA / CNN
26. 7. ROAD TEST YOUR work
27. Before you go asking people to do a grand project, try it yourself! If it's too complicated, you'll be able to tweak it before you ask others to do it. And, if it's not something you'd do, they won't do it either!” “ Christina Zdanowicz, CNN
28. KATRINA THEN & NOW
29. CNN ireport
30. 8. what is YOUR AUDIENCE PASSIONATE ABOUT?