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Connecting to Politics Using 21 st -Century Technology AAUW Ohio Leadership Workshop 2014 Aug. 9, 2014 – Presented by Paula Maggio

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Connecting to Politics

Using 21st-Century

Technology

AAUW Ohio Leadership Workshop 2014

Aug. 9, 2014 – Presented by Paula

Maggio

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Use AAUW online resources

RESOURCES link at top of every page

http://www.aauw.org/resources/

Using AAUW Resources

http://www.aauw.org/resource/using-aauw-resources/

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AAUW online resources

Audio and Video »

Brochures »

Directories »

Forms »

Guides »

How To »

Images »

LAF Cases »

Newsletters »

Position Papers »

Presentations »

Press »

Programs in a Box »

Reports »

Statements »

Tool Kits

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Advocacy How-to Guides

RESOURCES

How To

Your Every Question Answered: Advocacy How-to Guides

http://www.aauw.org/resource/advocacy-how-tos-guides/

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Online Petitions

RESOURCES

How To

How to Get the Whole World to Sign Your Petition

http://www.aauw.org/resource/how-to-start-a-petition/

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Online petition

“signed” through your website

e-mailed to others

posted on Facebook and Twitter

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A Social Media Handbook for AAUW BranchesRESOURCES

Guides

A Social Media Handbook for AAUW Branches

http://www.aauw.org/resource/social-media-handbook/

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Social media:What can it do?

Accelerate movements

Enrich information environments

Create leaderless movements

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How to use social media for advocacy

RESOURCES

How To

How to Use Social Media for Advocacy

http://www.aauw.org/resource/how-to-use-social-media-for-advocacy/

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Create a social media strategy

Set your objectives

Identify the audience you would like to reach.

Select the social media platforms you plan to focus on.

Gather resources and materials to share through social media.

Appoint someone or a team of people to manage your social media presence.

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General principles for social media

Be genuine

Stay focused

Be reliable

Stay social

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Key points for effective social media advocacy

Make it a conversation, not a monologue.

Create a strategy for using social media as part of your advocacy efforts.

Post regularly.

Be genuine. Let the personality of AAUW and your branch show when posting something on social media.

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Facebook tips

Keep Facebook posts short and conversational. Include images.

Post regularly. At least once a day.

Ask people to share your content through Facebook.

Include links to direct people back to the state and national AAUW websites.

Share content from AAUW and AAUW Action Fund Facebook pages.

Add your events to Facebook.

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Twitter tips

Share links to press releases, images from events, etc. in 140 characters.

Tweet directly to members of the media and bloggers to encourage them to cover your efforts.

Tweet directly to local organizations that you want to partner with in your efforts or that might be able to help you spread the word.

Tweet directly to members of Congress with the action you want them to take.

Use hashtags, such as #AAUW, #fem2, #UseThe19th, or #fairpay, related to what you are trying to publicize.

Include links to AAUW’s positions on priority issues and to your state website.

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Follow AAUW’s Twitter accounts

@AAUW

@AAUWPolicy@AAUWActionFund

@AAUWPress

@AAUWSTEM@AAUWFellowships

@AAUWHigherEd

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Share AAUW content

WHAT WE DO

TAKE ACTION

Become a Two-Minute Activist

http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/public-policy/two-minute-activist/

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Add an AAUW RSS feed

Add an AAUW RSS feed to your website and automatically update your page with recent news.

Simple, customizable feed widgets such as BlastCasta, RSSinclude, Surfing Waves, FeedGrabbr, and Feed Informer are easy to use and available online.

Use RSS Graffiti on Facebook. Go to Settings/Apps

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AAUW RSS feeds

AAUW updates (all website content)http://www.aauw.org/feed/?post_type=article,post

National Legislative alerts and updateshttp://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50796/p/salsa/web/campaign/public/rss?tag=national

Blog (current events, commentary, and stories)http://www.aauw.org/feed/?post_type=post

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Add AAUW Ohio feed

http://aauwoh.org/aauwoh/feed/

AAUW Ohio website

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Use AAUW Branding ToolkitRESOURCES

Tool Kits

AAUW Branding Guidehttp://www.aauw.org/resource/aauw-brand-identity-reference-guide/

National Logoshttp://www.aauw.org/resource/aauw-logos/

State and Branch Logoshttp://www.aauw.org/resource/aauw-branding-tool-kit/

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