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10 Tips for Using Social Media to Engage Volunteers
1. 10 Steps for Using Social
Media to Engage Volunteers
August 16, 2009, 3:15 pm
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Content Leaders:
Jessica Medaille, International Society for Technology in Education
Jennifer Ragan-Fore, International Society for Technology in Education
www.asaecenter.org
Connecting Great Ideas and Great People
3. Barriers to Volunteering
• No virtual opportuni<es
• No short‐term assignments
• Loca<on inconvenient
• Concern about expense/
loss of income
from Decision to Volunteer,
page 103
• Don’t know other
volunteers
• No opportuni<es for
networking
4. Examples of Volunteer Opportuni<es
• Leading month‐long • Short‐term guest
book club discussions blogging
on our wiki or Ning
• Offering an informal
• Serving as “UStream” live event
organiza<onal
“docents” in Second for members
Life • Pos<ng news items to
• Gree<ng new Facebook
members of our Ning • Organizing a speaker
every few days for a series in Second Life
month
5. Educa<on Advocacy
Periodicals
Technology Standards
20,000 individual members
85,000 affiliated members
Annual Conference
Books Virtual Communi<es
15. Ques<ons to Ask:
• What social media needs and opportuni<es exist?
• Which social media tools and channels are your members
currently using?
• What skills or knowledge are needed to contribute?
• What type of orienta<on will need to be designed and who
will do it?
• How long should the appropriate volunteer have been a
member?
• How much <me is available to manage the virtual
volunteer(s) comple<ng the project?
• How long will it take to complete the project, or is this an
ongoing project?
18. Issues to Cover:
• How a volunteer/community leader will be iden<fied
within the community
• How a volunteer will differen<ate between comments
that represent his or her own opinions vs comments
that represent his or her role as a volunteer.
• What the volunteer can and cannot say on behalf of
the organiza<on
• How the volunteer handles escala<ng or nega<ve
comments or situa<ons (what he or she can handle vs
what should be le_ to staff or volunteer leadership)
48. Contact Information
Jennifer Ragan-Fore
Director of New Media & Member Communities
International Society for Technology in Education
jraganfore@iste.org
Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook: raganfore
Jessica Medaille
Senior Director of Membership Development
International Society for Technology in Education
jmedaille@iste.org
Twitter/LinkedIn: jmedaille
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
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