Using Social Media to Get Connected

·         Provide a brief overview of your past and present experience with social media.

o    I have several social media accounts. The purpose of the accounts was to socialize with friends and families, but then I began to see a shift in the tides of how social media was starting to be used. It began to shift towards advertisement. 

·         Describe what social media tools you feel lend themselves to effective advocacy.

o    The factor of using social media for advertising makes it easy for others to share their agendas and find others who feel the same as they do. The one thing about social media it’s a place where you can express your personal feelings.

·         Identify how you might use these social media tools to educate and inspire others in your advocacy work.

o    You can create your own pages for whatever topic you want. I would use others that I already know we have a shared interest to share with then we can all advocate for the same issue. Then pairing with other grassroots organizations within our community can create a coalition for our advocacy issue. 

·         Ask your colleagues for their suggestions and/or their help with using social media as a tool to promote advocacy efforts.

o    What suggestions would you use to market your idea, or which social media outlet would you deem best?

o    Seeing as that there are several social media outlets and some geared towards professional and just personal which would be the best route you think would do justice for advocacy.