Research+Timeline

|| Tasks  || March 2nd || 1) Continue Grounding ourselves in the role the Social Media plays in NPOs || March 9th  || 2) Begin phase two of our Research Method || March 16th || 3) Analyze our data, figuring out what works || March 23rd  || 4) Create Plan for SGH Social Media Platform || March 30th || 5) Finalize Class Presentations ||
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Week of February 23- The group will meet to update project goals and division of tasks. This week's priorities will be discussion of development of the group wiki, and its use in our research. During the group meeting and in wiki discussion we will bring together the first part of our literature review into a cohesive text, and establish its findings. Two group members will be responsible for creating a document for group use and for submission to the SOGH and Pr. Greenberg with the final project. This document is to be completed by the group meeting on Mar. 9. Over the course of the week this information will be used to refine our research questions, and in determining the sample population of the Greenberg-based content analysis. By next week's meeting the group wiki will have been structured to allow collaborative work outside of school meetings, and will prepare for next weeks project update.

Week of March 2- During this week's meeting, the sample population of the content analysis will be finalized, and the coding will be assigned to 2 group members, coding to be completed by the following week's meeting. The group will discuss the direction of the second textual analysis. During the meeting and online, the group will determine the interview questions for the meeting with Audra Williams, and assign note-taking and analysis roles for this part of the research. A project update will be given to Pr. Greenberg. This week the group will begin construction of the Facebook content analysis and survey on the wiki.

Week of March 9- The group will meet to coordinate and discuss the current state of the research. We will discuss the second application-oriented textual analysis which will be one of two main focuses this week. The group will lay out the framework of this literature review and discuss how we will collaborate on it using the wiki. During the meeting and in consultation with Pr. Greenberg we will choose which approach we will take to the Facebook content analysis and survey, with the group finalizing its format and beginning coding and survey distribution. The group will meet with Audra Williams this week. We will prepare for next week's Project update over the Wiki. Week of March 16- The group will meet to update Pr. Greenberg and discuss the findings of the application-oriented literature review amongst the group. Two group members will be assigned to finalizing this information for inclusion in the submissions to Pr. Greenberg and the SOGH, as well as to provide the group with a guide for construction of the sites and applications. Two group members will summarize the interview notes from Ms. Williams for inclusion in the final paper and to guide construction of our social networking applications. The group as a whole will complete the coding and survey documentation, and will begin analysis and summary of findings for the final submission. Construction of the Shepherds' websites to begin this week.

Week of March 23- This week the group will compile our research findings into the final project submission which will be presented to the class. The construction of the social networking sites will be completed for inclusion in the presentation. We must also compile a 'user's guide' from our findings, to be included with our final presentation to the community partners on April 6th. We will meet prior to the class in order to prepare for the presentation.

March 30- Final Presentation The group will meet this week to finalize the submission for the SOGH which includes the 'user's guide', and to prepare for the community partners presentation on April 6th.

1) Continue grounding ourselves in the role that social media plays in nonprofit organizations. a) Finding literature that looks into which organizations have successfully implemented social media platforms. We need to figure out whether having a social media platform is of benefit to nonprofit organizations in terms of increasing funding, awareness and participation. It would be best if we could find exact numbers of increased community participation (whether it be in dollars or volunteers) of nonprofits that are similar to Shepherd of Good Hope. – Leslie and Chelsea b) In order to see how other nonprofit organizations like Shepherds of Good Hope are utilizing social media technologies

2) Begin Phase two of our Research method. Now that 3) Analyze our data 4) Create Plan for Shepherds of Good hope Social Media Platform 5) Finalize Class Presentation