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**Chat Transcript**
 * Group 1a,** **Session 4: 10/28/2011**


 * What did you try? What worked/didn't?**

Robyn Herr: Asking questions helps with engagement. Recruitment - specific ask in our email newsletter. Added about 10 new people. No insights, too early to tell. Ask in Newsletter--people respond when you ask! Beth's tip: Can send a thank-you/welcome note via email when people join FB page. Robyn Herr: I was just working on 2012 plan for content yesterday! This tool will be very helpful. Was a bit overwhelming, helpful to consider hooks by month

Melinda Venable: love this editorial calendar - very helpful - thank you!


 * What might you apply?**

Lori Kodama: Recruited 4 page admins and in process of determining SMART objectives with them. Seeing how to share information and experiment. Tip from Beth: Plan a month of menus, then track them.

Justin: Posting relevant news, fish suppliers stories. Polls don't really work; relating the news of the day and turning it into a question is something to keep trying.

Beth gives example of Grist--who are your sources? Develop curation skills, dedicate regular time to sift through and react to sources. Bruce Lesley curates on Twitter & organizes sources for 15 min every morning.

Sally kinoshita: Every post of ours has a link, it seems that’s working against us because of the algorithm.

Beth suggests that with photos, you can have a link in the description.

sally kinoshita: posting more questions - without links! utilizing some of the shared spreadsheets
 * Next Steps:**

Lori Kodama: 1. Refine SMART objectives with fb Team2. Plan Monthly menu with team: Focus on FB first, and Giving Circles, Membership.

Robyn Herr: Work on the social media content calendar to coordinate our multi-channel efforts.

Melinda Venable: varying content file types! in our analytics all we post is links!

gaelen oconnell: Stop using automated posting tools

Carrie Pogorelc: I'll plan a month in advance for our enewsletter and cross-post some of those to FB and Twitter