How can you use social media to find and engage volunteers? This webinar goes over the basics of social media and offers ideas for using popular sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn for working with volunteers.
8. Social media can be a place for giving and receiving. What can your organization give?
9. Delicious.com Delicious.com lets you create a library of content that is accessible by anyone, from anywhere. Go>> Use tags to organize your bookmarks. Create an RSS feed for your bookmarks or link your account to Twitter to keep people updated.
11. But you don’t need fancy camera work to make a connection. Creating simple videos to train volunteers and introduce them to your organization can save you time. And, it helps volunteers get to know you better. Video credit – La Puenta Library
17. Twitter @____ = say hi, reply to, direct your followers to # = group tweets into a category or thread http://bit.ly/NEAWt or http://ow.ly123abc etc. = shortened URLs (saves character count) RT = retweet
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20. Crowdsourcing can be complex. Open Green Map is an interactive mapmaking tool that helps people all over the world quickly share their own selection of sustainability sites, pathways and resources with others.
22. How do you benefit? Support from people who want to show they support you. Access to people you’ve never had access to before. Insight into how your organization is perceived by the public. Instant feedback on any initiatives or services.
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24. How are people using AddThis? * Based on all shares from May 2009 – June 2010
25. Anatomy of a Social Opportunity Cross-Cultural Solutions: 91 Shares http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp633367.jsp
26. More Social Media on VolunteerMatch Facebook Connect makes it easy for volunteers to share information about your organization with their friends on Facebook.
27. “ Like” any volunteer opportunity or organization on VolunteerMatch.org. Social Media on VolunteerMatch
28. And when people sign up for your volunteer opportunities or review your organization, they will be prompted to share this with their friends on Facebook.