Chelsea AuresKristin MommersAshly Oehrl

SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM

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What is social good? “A good or service that benefits the largest number of people in

the largest possible way.”

corporations focus more on social responsibility business models expand include more social goods in their day-to-day strategy

INTRODUCTION

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FIRST EXAMPLES

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FIRST EXAMPLES

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Change in public awareness Information circulates freely and quickly

Obtaining information from people in our network More persuasive Word of mouth validation

Immediate impact and urgency Make it personal Allow for immediate action

New technologies change the impact of our communication Ability to act gives us feeling of involvement

SOCIAL MEDIA REDEFINES ACTIVISM

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Passionate people

Appropriate platforms

Active accounts

Know “Social good” culture

Maintain brand message

Be transparent, energetic, and authentic!

PROPER STRATEGY

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Stephanie Dickard at Wide Angle Youth Media The MAGIC Foundation and Road Recovery

promote our programming and events

engage with our community”

relationships help build awareness

be genuine

Great guide: www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com

PROPER STRATEGY

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@stephbaltimore

Peter Jackson GiveCorps

create a platform that makes it fun, easy and rewarding

makes giving mainstream

achieve the same collective

Network for Good infographic

PROPER STRATEGY

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@Peter_M_Jackson

Tristan Pollock SocialEarth

gather instantly

two-way conversation

don't reinvent the wheel

be creative

monitor your success

Check out Good.is

PROPER STRATEGY

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@writerpollock

Crowdsourcing Empower the

community

Humane Society’s 2007 campaign to protest Wendy’s “frosty treatment of animals”

CURRENT TRENDS

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Location, Mobile Apps and Other Experiments Big Love Little Hearts on Foursquare (Mobile App)

@BigLoveLtlHrts at #100x100 Mobile Rice

CURRENT TRENDS

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Mobilizing Actions Micro-volunteers and instant projects

Sparked @Sparked by The Extraordinaries

Natural disasters Red Cross – text message donations

@RedCross Crisis Commons - digital map to organize relief groups after earthquake

@CrisisCommonsUK

CURRENT TRENDS

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Benefiting from Cause Marketing Contests to reward social good organizations

based on votes from social networks

Raise funds and gain brand awareness

CURRENT TRENDS

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Pepsi Refresh http://youtu.be/82mOYDHQLIU 

CURRENT TRENDS

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Cooperation Between Non-profits and Individuals Individuals mobilizing their own social networks

“Free agents” as influencers Shawn Ahmed (@uncultured) The uncultured project: http://www.youtube.com/UP

CURRENT TRENDS

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CrowdVoice (crowdvoice.org)@CrowdVoice

TOOLS IN USE

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Kickstarter (kickstarter.com)@kickstarter

TOOLS IN USE

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Crabgrass (http://crabgrass.riseuplabs.org/)

TOOLS IN USE

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Slacktivism – passive charitable effortsRather than write a check or volunteer dedicating a Twitter post

or FB status for a daySolution: Sophia Bush - Little Voices

Greenwashingwhen a company promotes social and charitable campaigns to

help its brand image or sell productsSolution: HP

WHAT NOT TO DO

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Poor AccountabilitySolution: Charity: water

@charitywater

WHAT NOT TO DO

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DullnessRepetition

DensityHard to find information

Solution to Both: change.org

WHAT NOT TO DO

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Charity Fatigueaversion to seeing bad newsSolution: Malaria No More (@malarianomore)

WHAT NOT TO DO

BEST PRACTICES

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The Uniform Project

BEST PRACTICES

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BEST PRACTICES

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Coming up in the holiday season 60% of non-profits see a boost in donations between November

and December Offer donations on someone else’s behalf as a gift

WHAT’S NEXT

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Predictions for the Future Some causes will immediately look to the Internet for exposure

and begin there rather than "on the streets" Local causes becoming national concerns Online replaces direct mail for donations E-events

WHAT’S NEXT

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QUESTIONS?

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