This presentation was delivered at a Youth Conference. The topic was "Using Social Media for Advocacy and Social Change."

1. Using Social Media for
Advocacy and Social Change
So many people
How can I use blogging?
Corve DaCosta
www.corvedacosta.com
November 2010

2. What is Social Media?
Forms of media that allow users to interact with each other. It’s highly
accessible and enables user-made content.

3. Yesterday…

4. Today...

5. Today...
According to http://en.wordpress.com/stats/
 There are 15.1 million blogs hosted on WordPress.com as
of November 2010.
 According to Quantcast, over 260 million people worldwide
visit one or more WordPress.com blogs every month, and
they view over 2.3 billion pages on those blogs each month.
 WordPress.com users publish about 500,000 new posts on
an average day (and their readers leave 400,000 new
comments every day).

6. What is a blog?
 A blog (a contraction of the term "web log") is a
type of website, usually maintained by an individual
with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of
events, or other material such as graphics or video.
Source: Wikipedia

7. Guidelines for a Successful Blog
 Build content
 Engage readers
 Write well

8. Guidelines for a Successful Blog
 Remain current
 Maximize on social media
 Be ‘buzz-worthy’

9.  Presentation
 Time & Frequency

10. Case Study: Change.org

11. Blog Action Day 2010

12. Blog Action Day 2010

13. Blog Action Day 2010: Jamaipanese
http://www.jamaipanese.com/

14. Case Study: Jamaican LGBTQ Blog
http://glbtqja.wordpress.com/

15. Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may
remember; involve me and I’ll understand.
~ Chinese Proverb

16. Success Story

17. Newspaper Cartoon

18. Tavi Gevinson
http://www.thestylerookie.com/

19. Blog Platforms

20. Leave a comment…

21. Activity
 Youth impacting society

22. Contact Information
Corve DaCosta
http://corvedacosta.com
Twitter: @corvedacosta
876.890.4825