--- title: "Social Media Roundup: Keep Your Community Active" id: "15977" type: "post" slug: "social-media-roundup-keep-your-community-active" published_at: "2013-02-20T22:41:27+00:00" modified_at: "2026-11-09T19:04:32+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2013/02/20/social-media-roundup-keep-your-community-active/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2013/02/20/social-media-roundup-keep-your-community-active.md" excerpt: "Trying to keep your community active? One community co-founder offers up his suggestion. Also: The best in event apps from SXSW." taxonomy_category: - "Meetings / Events" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "community engagement" - "Membership" - "online events" - "Social Media" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Director" - "Manager" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Social Media Roundup: Keep Your Community Active These days, your online community might be experiencing something like that feeling you get after a big meal: a little sleepy, like it needs a kick in the pants to get things moving. How can you breathe some life into that community? That and more in today’s Social Media Roundup: ### Keep Things Fresh > 5 Insider Tips for Keeping Your Community Active [http://t.co/nDuDkcHE (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/nDuDkcHE) > RT [@JeffHurt (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/JeffHurt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [@DavidSpinks (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/DavidSpinks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#asae (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/asae?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#assnchat (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/assnchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#ideas13 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ideas13?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > > — Team Slice Works (@sliceworks) [February 20, 2013 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/sliceworks/status/304334942505156608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) **Does your social community need a spark?** David Spinks, CEO and cofounder of the online cooking community Feast and owner of the blog [The Community Manager (opens in a new tab)](http://thecommunitymanager.com/) , has a few ideas on how to keep your community active [that he shared with SocialFresh. (opens in a new tab)](http://socialfresh.com/active-community/) One useful tip on growing your audience: “When you want to increase activity in your community, think about topics that your contributors have been vocal about in the past and ask a question related to that topic. Give people opportunities to share their expertise.” How do you keep threads on your internal social networks alive? *(ht [@SliceWorks (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/sliceworks/status/304334942505156608) )* ### Follow Those Apps > 4 apps that make planning meetings easier. [http://t.co/Uh3eEb7fkL (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/Uh3eEb7fkL) > [#MPI (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MPI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#assnchat (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/assnchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#eventprofs (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/eventprofs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#medmeeting (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/medmeeting?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > > — Randy Crabtree (@RandyCrabtree1) [February 20, 2013 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/RandyCrabtree1/status/304339297748783105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) **You may already look to SXSW Interactive for inspiration** for your own events, but as MPI’s Jason Hensel points out, you may be able to pick up some ideas from the festival’s [Accelerator finalists (opens in a new tab)](http://sxsw.com/interactive/startupvillage/accelerator/finalists#overlay-context=interactive/) . Of the 48 apps duking it out for the judges, a few, such as the meeting-prep app [Charlie (opens in a new tab)](http://www.charliehq.com/) , offer some useful solutions for meetings pros. [Read Hensel’s roundup (opens in a new tab)](http://www.mpiweb.org/blog/events/20130213/Discover_Great_Tech_Apps_at_SXSW_Interactive?source=home) for more details. (*ht [@MPIRandyC (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/MPIRandyC/status/304339297748783105)*) What’s on your radar today? Tell us about it below. (iStockphoto/Thinkstock) [Ernie Smith](https://associationsnow.com/author/ernie-smith/) Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now. 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