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Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Women’s Rights Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah Communications Officer, AWDF
Social Media 102 	This presentation will:  Highlight key opportunities that social media presents for women’s rights organisations Make recommendations on how to effectively utilise social media for women’s rights List good practice for using social media
The Social Media World
Money making potential?
Comic Relief’s “Twitrelief”
Twitrelief For RND 2011, Comic Relief decided to try raising money from twitter… They succeeded in raising: 	£286,074.23
So what does it take… … to raise money online through social media…
A lot of ‘offline’ work With the Comic Relief case study for e.g, the help of Emma Freud (a trustee) and Emma Kennedy (a celebrity) was indispensable Other key resources included dedicated staff time, collaboration with EBay and celebrity support
Twitrelief @twitrelief was however the main promotional tool used to publicise this fundraiser Comic Relief auctioned off a RT, mention and a follow
Communication opportunities?
AWDF’s mentions…
Social media in 2011
Prof Steven Van Belleghem… More than 1 billion people use Facebook Average Facebook session lasts 37 minutes Average Twitter session lasts 23 minutes 50% of social network users are connected to a brand Women typically outnumber men on social networks
Harnessing social media Decide which social media tools you are going to use Dedicate resources to social media – human & time are main costs Issue guidelines on social media for staff Remember media is ‘social’ and not ‘corporate’
Your website goes social
Your newsletter goes social
Social shares via newsletter
Social Media Analysis
Good practice/Tips Use 3rd party applications e.g. Hoot Suite, Tweetdeck and Uber Social Cross link Incorporate pictures with Facebook updates Respond to comments, mentions and DMs Maintain good grammar Only RT links you have read/agree with
Good practice/tips Update social media regularly Post relevant, useful or interesting content Remember ‘social media’ is a two-way or multi-way conversation flow Do not demand that others ‘follow back’
CCCD and Social Media
Monitoring Social Media What kind of content should women’s rights organisations have on their social media? What kind of comment should women’s rights organisations not have? Who is following you on twitter? Who are you retweeting? What are your privacy settings?
See you in the social space ‘Like’ www.facebook.com/africanwomensdevelopmentfund Follow @awdf01 Subscribe to ‘TheAWDF’ on You Tube View our photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/awdf
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Harnessing the power of social media for women's rights

  • 1. Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Women’s Rights Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah Communications Officer, AWDF
  • 2. Social Media 102 This presentation will: Highlight key opportunities that social media presents for women’s rights organisations Make recommendations on how to effectively utilise social media for women’s rights List good practice for using social media
  • 6. Twitrelief For RND 2011, Comic Relief decided to try raising money from twitter… They succeeded in raising: £286,074.23
  • 7. So what does it take… … to raise money online through social media…
  • 8. A lot of ‘offline’ work With the Comic Relief case study for e.g, the help of Emma Freud (a trustee) and Emma Kennedy (a celebrity) was indispensable Other key resources included dedicated staff time, collaboration with EBay and celebrity support
  • 9. Twitrelief @twitrelief was however the main promotional tool used to publicise this fundraiser Comic Relief auctioned off a RT, mention and a follow
  • 13. Prof Steven Van Belleghem… More than 1 billion people use Facebook Average Facebook session lasts 37 minutes Average Twitter session lasts 23 minutes 50% of social network users are connected to a brand Women typically outnumber men on social networks
  • 14. Harnessing social media Decide which social media tools you are going to use Dedicate resources to social media – human & time are main costs Issue guidelines on social media for staff Remember media is ‘social’ and not ‘corporate’
  • 17. Social shares via newsletter
  • 19. Good practice/Tips Use 3rd party applications e.g. Hoot Suite, Tweetdeck and Uber Social Cross link Incorporate pictures with Facebook updates Respond to comments, mentions and DMs Maintain good grammar Only RT links you have read/agree with
  • 20. Good practice/tips Update social media regularly Post relevant, useful or interesting content Remember ‘social media’ is a two-way or multi-way conversation flow Do not demand that others ‘follow back’
  • 22. Monitoring Social Media What kind of content should women’s rights organisations have on their social media? What kind of comment should women’s rights organisations not have? Who is following you on twitter? Who are you retweeting? What are your privacy settings?
  • 23. See you in the social space ‘Like’ www.facebook.com/africanwomensdevelopmentfund Follow @awdf01 Subscribe to ‘TheAWDF’ on You Tube View our photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/awdf