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How to Empower
Staff to be the Voice
for the Organization
through Social Media
Danielle Brigida | National Wildlife Federation
Farra Trompeter | Big Duck
AMA Nonprofit Marketing Conference
July 17, 2013
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@farra | @bigduck
@starfocus | @NWF
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What we’ll discuss
•  The evolving definition of ‘spokesperson’
•  How social media has changed the game
•  Ways to empower your staff
•  Resources
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Who speaks for
your nonprofit?
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When the media calls?
Image © channel17.org
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When the board has
a question?
Image © connectioncafe.com
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When a donor sends
a note?
Image © uwaystan.org
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When a celebrity wants
to interview you?Image © usmagazine.com
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When an advocate wants
to do more?
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When a candidate applies
for a job?
Image © chooseust.org
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When a crisis happens?
Image © NWF/publicnewsservice.org
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Your ideal spokesperson…
•  Is passionate about your mission
•  Understands what you do
•  Trusted to speak without a lot of approval
•  Will be respected and can stay calm
•  Speaks clearly and simply
•  Is generally available
http://www.ereleases.com/prfuel/choosing-a-press-spokesperson-for-your-nonprofit-organization/
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How has social media
changed the game?
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Then vs. Now
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http://www.conversationprism.com
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Every staff person is a
brand ambassador
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Ways to empower
your staff
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Train staff about your brand
http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/
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Create social media guidelines
http://www.slideshare.net/tammygordon/aarp-social-guidelines2010
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Create social media guidelines
hhttp://www.slideshare.net/tammygordon/aarp-social-guidelines2010
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Teach privacy settings
https://www.facebook.com/help/459934584025324/
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Find & encourage your internal
‘social media evangelists’.
http://socialmediatoday.com/jasonmillerca/281057/empower-employees-brand-champions-social-media
Send a survey to staff.
•  Do you have a Twitter account and/or
Facebook profile?
•  What blogs do you read and comment on
regularly?
•  Are you engaging in LinkedIn group
discussions?
•  Do you like to share images on Pinterest
or Instagram?
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Use tools to share, collaborate.
http://yammer.com
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Have a point person, process for
negative comments.
http://group.tnt.com/Images/20100901_TNT_Social_Media_Guidelines-English_tcm177-523534.pdf
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Recruit by sharing your culture
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Exhale. Mistakes will happen.
http://mashable.com/2011/02/16/red-cross-tweet/
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Resources
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Helpful articles
•  Social Media for Nonprofit CEOs—How one Executive
Director manages it
http://www.bigducknyc.com/
social_media_for_nonprofit_ceos_how_one_executive_direct
or_manages_it
•  Empower Employees as Brand Champions in Social
Media
http://socialmediatoday.com/jasonmillerca/281057/empower-
employees-brand-champions-social-media
•  Employment Branding: The NPR Case
http://www.nonprofithr.com/employment-branding/
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Contact Danielle
brigidad@nwf.org
twitter.com/starfocus
linkedin.com/in/daniellebrigida
slideshare.net/starfocus
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Connect with NWF
nwf.org
blog.nwf.org
facebook.com/NationalWildlife
twitter.com/NWF
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Contact Farra
farra@bigducknyc.com
twitter.com/farra
linkedin.com/in/farra
slideshare.net/farra
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Connect with Big Duck
bigducknyc.com
bigducknyc.com/blog
facebook.com/bigduck
twitter.com/bigduck
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