To communicate my policy issue I would use Facebook
and Twitter.
I would use Facebook because it not only allows me to share
pictures, it also allows me to share what they call notes. Notes are any post
that are over a certain amount of words. It also allows me to be selective of
who sees what. I can also start a private group page that could be just for
parents. Parents could use the group page to talk to each other or as a source
of support from other parents. They could ask questions about things that they
may need more information on or help with. I could also use Facebook to share
resources with families with links directly to them. There are also a lot of
agencies that provide resources that I found parents to be in need of on
Facebook.
Twitter has a maximum of a 160 characters that can be
posted at a time, this would be a challenge and limit the information that
could be shared. Twitter would be good to update families about things that are
happening in the community on any given day. It could also be used to ask
questions and answer them. It would also be good to give links to other
agencies or websites that could be of help to families.
Out of the two I would use Facebook the most because it
gives me the freedom to do more and to post detailed information, pictures and
live links to other Facebook pages and websites. For example I could write an
article on community resources and within the article I can place live links to
the resources website and their Facebook page. So if someone was to click on
the link, the link would take them
directly to the resources website/Facebook page.
Thanks for this, Chenieka. In selecting your social media focus, keep in mind that it's where your audience is that matters, not what you yourself prefer. You might ask a few prospects what social media they check the most often - some folks might say Facebook, others Twitter, some people something completely different. I agree that FB seems to offer the most options (and can be linked to Twitter, so an FB post automatically is tweeted), but even so, if your audience isn't using FB, then talking from there will do little good...
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