The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Social media has gotten many mixed reviews regarding the benefits and disadvantages from civil cases such as Peoples Court where evidence is presented from Facebook posts that help or hinder the case to exposure for all types of activities such as marathon races, to politics, and even to advocacy. Social media, used wisely can be very beneficial especially for advocacy efforts, and I have, thus far, only had positive experiences from it.
Because I am technologically and time challenged, I limit myself to Facebook only although, some of my reads are circumvented to various sources such as YouTube.
My plan is to use all of the social media resources at my disposal when I open my business to gain as much exposure as I can. I will even begin a blog focusing on the hardships of autism.
Colleagues, what would you suggest as effective tool to promote advocacy efforts?
Hi Dianna,
ReplyDeleteI believe Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter would be effective tools to promote advocacy efforts. Each of these tools gives the user the opportunity to passionately express his/her advocacy objective and allow the viewer/follower the chance to respond and/or support the cause. As you state, with it being so easy to click a button and instantly be connected to opinions, events, and all other things found on these outlets, social media tools are the easiest, less time-consuming, and cheapest way to advocate and obtain the support for a particular issue.
The use of social media can definitely allow you to reach more people in a shorter amount of time. It is also a widely used media source that's cost efficient.
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