I have been using social media for a long time now. I have been using social media since MySpace. It then went to Facebook and now I am using blogs. I feel that if using social media the correct way it can be very helpful. If using social media the wrong way it can lead to be very damaging.
I feel that all social media tools can lead to effective advocacy. Sometimes social media is the best way to get the word out there. I feel if advocates use social media the correct way they can reach most of the nation. Most people have a Facebook account, with using Facebook to advocated, the message can be continued to circulate all around the web.
There are different ways that you can use social media to advocate. If you are using a blog I would write how my advocacy project is going. I would write the data and how it has changed since I started working on the advocacy project. I then would also encourage people to join my efforts. If I was using Facebook I would just post a little picture with a saying on it. Just posting that, people would like and share the message making it so all their friends could see it. For example if I shared a picture over 500 people would see the picture. Looking at one of my friends that is always on Facebook she has over 1000 friends that would see the picture. That is 1,500 people that would see the post and that is just with two people liking the status.
What would you do if you were using social media to promote your efforts?
Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteSocial media can be very damaging if not used correctly. For my personal business I actually attended a class at the local community college that taught you how to effectively use social media, what should and shouldn't go on social media outlets, etc.
Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Using social media can be great if used the right way and can be damaging if used the wrong way. I have used social media for a while now and I have seen how it can go either way. Just like we show are children how to use social media the right way we must show Early Childhood advocates, teachers, educators, and professionals how to use social media the right way.