Creating a Social Media Strategy That Fits: One Small Nonprofit's Journey
1. Creating a Social Media
Strategy that Fits:
One Small Nonprofit’s Journey
Mae O’Brien, CFRE
& Raquel Braemer
HealthLink Medical Center
AFP-GPC Franklin Forum
May 10, 2013
3. Presentation
Overview
• Snapshot of Organization
• Previous Social Media Use
• Social Media Strategy (June 2012+)
– Experience with each platform
– How we promote
– What We’ve Learned
4. Snapshot of Organization
HealthLink Medical Center, Inc.
2013 Budget: $777,323
(Fundraising Activities Account
for 86% of Income)
Full-time Employees: 7
Part-time Employees: 4
Fundraising Employees: 1.5
5. Snapshot of Organization
• 1 of 4 free clinics in Bucks County
• Serve low-income working adults in
Bucks and Montgomery Counties
• Provide primary medical & dental
care
• Opened doors in May 2001
• In 2012 provided over 6,000 visits to
1,500 patients
6. Social Media Pre-June 2012
• Only “social” media prior to June
2012 was a website.
• In March 2012, HealthLink launched
a new website that allows in-house
updates.
• It incorporates clinic branding and
allows online donations.
• We also began to send out a
quarterly email newsletter.
19. Contact Us
Mae O’Brien, CFRE
Executive Director
mobrien@healthlinkmedical.org
Raquel Braemer
Director of Institutional Advancement
rbraemer@healthlinkmedical.org