The most obvious past experience that I have with social media is Facebook. Facebook is a great source for social media. I had not really considered using it to promote an advocacy effort until reading this week’s module. This is a wonderful way to express the views of the issue and to persuade others to support your issue and join the efforts. Other social media sources that I have used in the past would be creating and following a Blog and and viewing videos on you tube. Each of these outlets could lend themselves to promoting and advocacy effort.
Facebook allows a person to create a site where you can post the goals and objectives of your organization or collaboration in order to allow others to better understand the purpose. By creating such a page you provide free advertisement as well as a link that will allow millions of people to view your organization or collaborations page, this also allows you a way to reach many people that you may not have contact with otherwise. This source allows people to comment, ask questions or provide feedback in order to improve the efforts of the group.
Blog pages also allows you to explain your goals and objectives, but it gives you the opportunity to provide research, articles or updates to help others gain a better understanding of the importance of their action in the matter. Blog pages also allow you the opportunity to communicate with people outside of your community and opens dialogue that can be productive in moving your efforts forward.
Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteI am like you in not considering using Facebook to promote advocacy efforts until this week’s assignment. I guess it could be a medium to reach others who share interest in the same issues as you. I like YouTube because it allows the streaming of videos. I think people are in tuned to watching videos.