1. Dinica Quesada, OEA Communications Specialist, quesadad@ohea.org

2. 2nd
11th
most visited
site in the
country behind
Google
3rd
56th
15th

3. Building Community Support

Increase awareness of specific OEA initiatives

Build / Reinforce OEA’s reputation as proactively working to
improve schools and advocating for the right of every child to a
high quality public education

Build / Reinforce public perception of OEA as the preeminent
source on education policy and issues

Enhance understanding of the union’s activities and services
Mobilization & Organizing
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Gain volunteers and activists

Move activists to take action

4. TWITTER
 Connect with like-minded organizations
 Connect with the media
 Provide real-time updates
BLOGS
 Publicize your expertise
 Advance your issues or educate people
 Tell stories about your day-to-day work
 Promote your website

5. YOUTUBE
 Host videos
 Create content for website and Facebook
 Follow others
PINTEREST
 Drive traffic to your website and blog
 Become the go-to-source for information
 Crowd-source for content

6. FACEBOOK
 Increase feedback and discussion
 Drive traffic to your website and blog
 Spread information
 Attract event attendees
 Get people to take action
 Attract donations
 Build a community – increase members’
connection to your association

8. To reach the most
people you have to
play into Facebook’s
newsfeed algorithm,
and you can do that
two ways:
 Post rich content
like photos,
videos, and links.

9.  Get people to
engage with your
content. The
more often people
interact with your
page, the more
often Facebook
will show your
content to them.

10. It bears repeating: Post tons of images!

Make a graphic out of
information instead of just
typing it in the status
update. Simply overlay the
info in big, bold text over a
relevant image or a plain
colored background.

Find cartoons about
education
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Take behind-the-scenes
pictures of your members
and events
Try www.pixlr.com or Picasa.

11. 
Create memes — you
can do it quickly on
www.quickmeme.com

12. 
Publish infographics. Publish a
chart or graph with data your
members would care about

13. 
Publicize events and programs
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Share videos
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Share tools & tips
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Use petitions and other easy calls to action.
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Message discipline! Make sure all posts, even the fun ones,
further your association’s overall message.

Make posts very short. If your info is long/complicated, link to
more information. (Note: Keep your website current — website
and social media go hand in hand)
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Be positive.
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Be informal and use organizing language. Posts with selfreferential words like ―I‖ and ―we‖ tend to get more likes.

14. 
Posts published on Saturdays and Sundays get more likes than
those posted during the week.

Content posted later in the day get more likes and shares —
likes peak around 8PM EST, while shares peak around 6PM EST.
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Deliberate pacing gets more attention.
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Facebook pages versus groups: no data with groups/no privacy
with pages

15. From Education Minnesota, Adapted from U.S. Air Force

16.  How to Get More Likes, Comments and Shares on Facebook:
http://danzarrella.com/infographic-how-to-get-more-likes-comments-andshares-on-facebook.html#
 Facebook for Nonprofits: Your Questions Answered [Speakeasy #18]:
http://blogs.constantcontact.com/product-blogs/social-mediamarketing/facebook-nonprofits-podcast/
 VIDEO: 5.5 Best Practices for Unions using Facebook:
http://youtu.be/EQqGjJVV6-A
 Your burning questions (& our answers) on Facebook metrics and
strategy!:
http://labs.mrss.com/your-burning-questions-our-answers-on-facebookmetrics-and-strategy/
 Social Media Tips on Pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/dinicaq/social-media-tips/