SF Online Community MeetUp, featuring Beth Kanter and Allison Leahy of Fitbit

Walking Communities: Fit Fanatics Online and Off

In July, we will have Beth Kanter and Allison Leahy discussing creating a community around fitness and how to incorporate fitness into the work place.
Who knew that people who love to walk, often a solitary experience, also connect and create communities. July's meetup will discuss incorporating community engagement into your fitness routine and fitness into your community management. This session will share the stories of fitbit communities online and some tips that you can apply to managing your own community, whether sitting, standing, or walking.

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Beth Kanter is a well-established international leader in nonprofits’ use of social media. Her first book “The Networked Nonprofit,” introduced the sector to a new way of thinking and operating in a connected world. Her second book, “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit,” is a practical guide for using measurement and learning to achieve social impact. She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Networks and Data for Social Change, considered the go-to source for how nonprofits can use networks and social media for social change. Beth has over 30 years working in the nonprofit sector in technology, training, and capacity and has facilitated trainings for nonprofits on every continent in the world (except Antarctica). She is an in-demand keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of the BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. Her past and current clients include Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Knight Foundation, Knight Digital Media Center, Edutopia, HHS, and others. She can be found on twitter as @kanter (http://twitter.com/kanter)

Web Site: http://www.bethkanter.org (http://www.bethkanter.org/)

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Allison Leahy is Senior Community Manager at Fitbit where she launched the company’s global community and social support programs. A graduate of Vassar College, Allison kicked off her career as a community builder working to bring non-profit donor development programs online before joining Ning, a platform for creating online communities. She’s an avid cyclist, burgeoning runner, and longtime walking enthusiast. She can be found on twitter as @zapleahy (http://twitter.com/zapleahy)

See you then and don't forget to RSVP!

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SF Online Community MeetUp is the free monthly gathering of online community managers, enthusiasts, and innovators to meet and discuss tools and strategies for building and managing effective communities.

Here are all the ways you can take part in the event! Feel free to participate in any and all of these ways:

Follow the action on Twitter: hashtag: #octribe (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=octribe).

Join the San Francisco Online Community MeetUp group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5153873869)

Thanks to our generous sponsor, the Iron Cactus, for providing refreshments.

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Hope to see you there!