This document discusses using various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat for advocacy and keeping in touch with others. It provides information on how to sign up for email alerts on topics like the state budget and education policy. Tips are given on using features of each platform like hashtags, posting photos and videos. Pros and cons of each platform are discussed based on their capabilities for sharing content and connecting with others. Readers are encouraged to engage with WEAC on Facebook and sign up for their email updates on education issues.

1. Websites - E-Newsletters -
Email Alerts - Social Media
Keeping in Touch
And Advocating Online
Bill Hurley, WEAC Editor,
HurleyB@weac.org

2. PART 2: Using Social Media to
Advocate Or Just Connect
With Family and Friends
PART 1: How to
Contact Your Elected
Officials and Sign Up
for Email Alerts

3. How to Contact
Your
Elected Officials
PART 1:

19. Sign Up For

25. Educators’ Bulletin
Board
News From Around the
Web
Capitol News Alerts
Budget News Alerts
Voucher News Alerts
WRS News Alerts
At weac.org/subscribe,
also sign up for:

26. Another way
To sign up for
State Budget Alerts
Go to:
weac.org/budget
OR …

32. Are you receiving – and opening …

33. Are you receiving – and opening …

34. If Not,
Send Your
HOME EMAIL ADDRESS to:
HurleyB@weac.org

35. PART 2:
Using Social Media To Advocate
(Or just to connect with family and friends)

36. What’s so
COOL about:
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
INSTAGRAM
SNAPCHAT

37. Go to website or download app
Create an account / Log in
Follow friends and hope they follow you
Share pictures, videos, text
Hashtags (some more than others)
COMMON
FEATURES

40. It’s all about: Posting,
Sharing, Reacting (Like,
Dislike), Commenting

43. Video posts have
135% greater
organic reach
than photo posts

44. How to make sure you see
all the posts from your
favorite friends and organizations

45. www.facebook.com/
myweac

47. What do you like
about Facebook?
What do you dislike
about Facebook?

61. What do you like
about Twitter?
What do you dislike
about Twitter?

62. INTRODUCTION TO
INSTAGRAM

63. Jessica video

70. What do you like
about Instagram?
What do you dislike
about Instagram?

71. What the heck
Is Snapchat??

72. Joanna

74. Armand

76. Is THIS
what
Is all
about?!?!

84. Instagram
Versus
Snapchat
REVIEW

86. What do you like
about Snapchat?
What do you dislike
about Snapchat?

87. What’s your
FAVORITE
Platform
and why?
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
INSTAGRAM
SNAPCHAT

88. Bill Hurley
HurleyB@WEAC.org
Find this presentation at:
weac.org/social-advocate