Provide a brief overview of your past and present experience with social media.
The only social media I have involved in are blogsopt.com and wordpress.com and it is only because of Walden. I have always been very wary about social medias because I believe they tend to attract too much negatives. Every other person I know is on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and to me persons just don’t seem to can keep their private lives out of the limelight. My brother asked me to add him to LinkedIn and I before I knew it I was automatically connected to a host of other persons. I am a very private with my life and because social medias can be so dangerous I always choose to avoid them completely.
Describe what social media tools you feel lend themselves to effective advocacy.
Facebook seems to be a very powerful tool for advocacy. Where I am from it has generated some great positives in education. It is through this social media persons are in the loop about what is actually happening. Persons can actually post their opinions about the good and the bad. This will catch the attention of many persons, therefore giving persons an opportunity to share and to become actually part of an organization that practices advocacy.
Identify how you might use these social media tools to educate and inspire others in your advocacy work
Social media networks such as Facebook can provide an excellent avenue to share stories that relates to advocacy. It is through this medium you can attract and identify persons who are interested in the same advocacy issues. Social media also does not limit you to a specific audience or country but get the attraction from persons on a global level.
Ask your colleagues for their suggestions and/ or their help with using social media as a tool to promoting advocacy efforts
Because I am not a social media fan I would definitely need help in using social media as a tool to promote my advocacy efforts. I know creating a web page or signing up to be part of Facebook is not enough to get my message out. I believe we have to use other methods to help to promote my advocacy efforts such as participating in council and town meetings, using local television and radio stations. It is through the local mediums you can strengthen the use of other social mediums. Each medium is dependent on each other and also promote each other.
Judy
ReplyDeleteFacebook has many components that tend to lean towards the negative. I try really hard to ignore posts that are negative in nature. However, Facebook has been able to help many advocacy issues come to view for the communities who lacked the knowledge of what was happening in their backyard. On more than one occasion I have wanted to delete my account all together because it was very depressing and frustrating. I have started to learn that if I see something that I do not like I have the power to ignore it and move on. Because I feel the more a negative subject has attention (positive or negative) the more power it gains.
Judy,
ReplyDeleteI think it is either a hit or miss as to how much one likes Facebook. Like Sam stated, there are negatives to this type of social media. When using any type of social media it is so important to not take comments too personal from individuals who may not see eye-to-eye with you. Although it can create a downer mood, it can also create an avenue to pose positive publicity on issues you feel strongly about.