The Northwest Neighborhood Association in Vancouver WA uses Nextdoor.com to communicate with neighbors which brings them closer together. For more information, visit Nextdoor.com

1. Noland Hoshino
President, Northwest Neighborhood
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2. 73%of online adults use a social networking site
Source: Report on social media

3. 2%Only 2% of peoples’ Facebook friends are
neighbors
Source: Report on Social Networking Sites and our Lives

5. What is

6. 67%of homeowners feel safer in their
home/neighborhood because they know their
neighbors
Source: Harris Interactive Survey

7. 28%of Americans don’t know any of their
neighbors by name
Source: Report on Neighbors Online

8. How do you use

9. Let’s Get Started

10. Address Verification
• Mobile or home phone
• Credit or debit card
• Last-4 SSN
• LexisNexis
• Nextdoor Leads verification
• Neighbor invitations
• Postcard invitations

11. (Settings)
The “S” word

12. Roles
• Founder
• Lead
• National Leads Forum
• Review flagged content
• Verify neighbors
• Managed About Section
• Manage Crime & Safety
• Add a New Lead
• Neighbors

13. Features
• Events
• Polls
• Urgent Alerts
• Groups
• Bookmarks

14. 25%of Americans who know their neighbors say
they have received help with a lost pet or
helped a neighbor with a lost pet
Source: Harris Interactive Survey

15. 47%of Americans who know their neighbors say
they have no immediate plans to move or sell
their home
Source: Harris Interactive Survey

16. Playground Rules

17. Guidelines
• Treat everyone with respect
• Assume good intentions in others and give them the
benefit of the doubt.
• Disagree without being disagreeable; focus on issues
and do not engage in personal attacks.
• Practice moderation and do not over post in a way that
dominates conversations.
• Send private messages or post to a Group when a
limited audience is more appropriate.
• Refrain from using profanity or posting messages that
will be perceived as discriminatory.

18. Engaging Conversations on

19. Share Helpful Information
• Answer fellow members’ questions.
• Share information about crime and safety issues.
• Recommend local businesses and services (without
spamming or inappropriate self-promotion).
• Sell, share, or give away personal items that you no
longer want or need.
• Discuss community issues (but avoid campaigning).
• Spread the word about local events.
• Provide support to fellow members in need.

20. Reporting Bad Neighbors
• Flag posts
• Mute members
• Mute discussions

21. Nextdoor During Back-To-School
• Organize a group of parents to take turns walking
kids to school
• Snap a picture of lost homework found on the
sidewalk
• Coordinate an after school activity for kids in the
neighborhood
• Ask for a recommendation for a local babysitter or
tutor
• Post urgent alerts about school closures

22. Nextdoor National Night Out
• Create an NNO event on Nextdoor for your
neighborhood
• Print NNO flyers and hand them out in your
neighborhood before the event. Once you’ve created
your NNO event on Nextdoor, you can print flyers from
your events details page. Flyers contain multi-use
invitation codes for easy sign up.
• Set up a table with a sign-in sheet at your event to
collect neighbors’ names and email addresses. After
the event, send Nextdoor email invitations to your list.
• Pass out Nextdoor invitation flyers at your event
• Use the new Nextdoor mobile invitation app to sign up
neighbors on the spot

23. Nextdoor During Winter Storm
• Use “Urgent Alerts” in times of need
• Coordinate a playdate for kids who have snow days
• Offer a hand
• Plan a neighborhood dinner
• Share safety tips with neighbors

26. 44%of Americans who know their neighbors say
they feel proud of where they live.
Source: Harris Interactive Survey

27. 93%of Americans say it is important for neighbors
to look out for one another
Source: Harris Interactive Survey

28. Grow Your

29. Grow Your Nextdoor Neighborhood
• FREE postcard invites
• Post invitation tear-off flyers on bulletin boards
around your neighborhood.
• Invite contest (invite count on your profile)
• Host a neighborhood potluck, coffee or other event
and encourage members to bring new neighbors.
• Add in newsletter
• Add to email signature

30. Grow Your Nextdoor Neighborhood
• Leave stack of flyers at your local library, gym, coffee
shop – wherever people in the neighborhood
congregate.
• Send an email invitation to all neighborhood
groups/email lists you belong to.
• Place a Nextdoor window sign in your front window.
• Ask your favorite local business to put up a Nextdoor
window sign.
• Walk the neighborhood on weekends and hand out
Nextdoor business cards to neighbors you run into.

31. https://help.nextdoor.com/
Help

32. Noland Hoshino
President, Northwest Neighborhood
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