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This document provides guidance on developing a social media strategy for non-profit organizations. It emphasizes the importance of having a clear strategy and outlines key elements to consider, including setting goals, choosing appropriate platforms, cultivating online communities, creating engaging content, and measuring results. Community engagement and storytelling are presented as important aspects. The document also promotes MyCharityConnects as a free resource for non-profits to learn about technology and social media.
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• Focus on HOPE, HUMOUR, SURPRISE,
EMPATHY [less on fear, anger, hurt]
• Appeal to IDENTITY (from Made to Stick)
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MyCharityConnects Victoria - Back to Basics: Developing a Social Media Strategy for Your Org.
- 1. Back to Basics: Developing a Social Media Strategy for Your Organization April 19, 2012 Generously supported by PwC Canada:
- 2. What is CanadaHelps? A public charitable foundation that provides accessible and affordable online technology to both donors and charities. For Charities A cost-effective means of raising funds online. For Donors A one-stop-shop for giving. CanadaHelps is a charity helping charities. CanadaHelps is giving made simple.
- 4. About PwC •PwC provides industry focused assurance, advisory and tax services for public, private and government clients in four areas: • Corporate Accountability • Risk management • Structuring and mergers and acquisitions • Performance and process improvement •Part of a global network of firms – 154,000 people in 153 countries •PwC service areas include our multi-disciplinary Not for Profit and Sustainable Business Solutions Practices PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 4
- 5. PwC Canada Foundation PwC established a charitable Foundation in 2004. Its mission is to help build and empower community leadership by helping employees sharing their time, expertise and resources. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 5
- 6. PwC community impacts The total number of volunteer hours donated by PwC employees during work hours over the past seven years. 90,000 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 6
- 7. How PwC looks at the work of our sector Thought Leadership Publication: Capacity Building: Investing in not-for-profit effectiveness Read more about the initiative: www.pwc.com/ca/capacitybuilding Twitter: @CSRjames James Temple Director, Corporate Responsibility, PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- 8. Who are you?
- 9. Basic Social Media Strategy
- 10. It’s time to get deliberate about our use of social media
- 11. The #1 factor for determining success on social media: having a strategy.
- 12. • Canada leads the world in online engagement • Focus on video: Canadians love YouTube
- 13. The SECRET TO SOCIAL MEDIA SUCCESS is…
- 14. Strong Good COMMUNITY CONTENT Supported by: • Structured PLANNING • Social CULTURE • Willingness to MEASURE & LEARN • ACTIONS
- 15. Agenda Be Social Planning Community Content Measure & Learn
- 16. Source: Beth Kanter, bethkanter.org
- 17. BE SOCIAL
- 18. Letting Go • Control • YOUR attachment to the organization • Doing what “we’ve always done” Opening Up • To meaningful involvement from donors, clients, volunteers, public etc…
- 20. Your Your CAUSE INSTITUTION
- 22. Source: The Networked Nonprofit by Allison Fine and Beth Kanter
- 24. 8pm July 6th Story posted 5am July 6th
- 27. Where Do You Fit?
- 28. • How is your organization embracing the social culture shift? • What barriers do you face? Culture Shift
- 29. Tips for Getting Buy-In • Sign people up for tools to reduce fear (Twitter, Google Reader, alerts etc…) • Seek out example organizations and show their success • Search for your organization & show the conversation’s already happening
- 30. Bust Myths • Bust myths: – 73% of donors gave online in 2010 – Baby boomers are the biggest cohort of online donors in Canada – More than 17 million Canadians use Facebook – Per capita, Canadians watch more YouTube videos than any other country
- 31. Think Social • Conversation, not promotion • Show personality • Be quick • Add value
- 32. Always Be Listening • Google alerts • Follow example brands and nonprofits • Google Reader, Twitter, e-newsletters
- 33. Plug In to Networks • Join and participate in conversations happening online
- 34. Social By Design (not by accident) • Put people at the heart of your campaign design
- 35. PLANNING
- 36. How your organization uses social media • Marketing and publicity • Fundraising, donor engagement and retention • Connecting with others around your cause • Building relationship and online community • Collaboration and collective action • Sharing expertise on our issues • Movement building and social change
- 37. • Gain exposure • Engagement • Influence • Action • Create lasting impact • Offer support Set Goals From Don Bartholomew: http://metricsman.wordpress.com/
- 38. EXAMPLE #1 Collaboration and collective action around an unfair piece of legislation GOALS • Connect with like-minded organizations to coordinate actions • Energize an online community to take action
- 39. Pick the Right Tools • Which tools best support your goals? • Where’s your audience? • What capacity do you have?
- 40. EXAMPLE #2 Share expertise on our cause within our local community. GOALS • Use our blog to position ourselves as the go-to source for local media on our issue • Lead conversations with other local organizations about key issues relating to our mission.
- 41. Tools You Can Use THE BIG FOUR: • Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube OTHERS TO EXPLORE: • Blogs, Google+, Tumblr, Foursquare, Pinterest, Instagram (now owned by Facebook)
- 42. Fish Where the Fish Are • 25% of all time online is spent on Facebook • Survey supporters about the tools they use
- 43. Define Roles • Determine the right people for executing social media • Train accordingly
- 44. Draft your Social Media Guidelines • Responsibility • Transparency • Copyright • Proprietary Information
- 45. Social Media Guidelines • Privacy and personal information • Respect • Good judgement • Productivity • Personal use of social media
- 46. COMMUNITY
- 47. Role of Community Manager • Understand & advocate for the community • Listen & engage • Problem solve & prevent crises • First point-of-contact • Lead the community to action
- 48. Characteristics of a Good Community Manager • Have a personality • Be passionate about the cause • Care about the community • Leadership • Don’t try to control • Be prepared
- 49. Have a Vision for Success • Strong online communities have a clear rallying cry and committed members • What would your ideal online community look like? • What actions would they take?
- 50. • Who are they? (Middle-aged men, young mothers, teens from Parkdale etc…) • Motivations • Other communities & online activities Know Your Community
- 51. Source: Beth Kanter, bethkanter.org
- 53. Nurture All Community Members Happy Spreaders Donors Evangelists Instigators Bystanders Engaging, Regular Reasons to Resources & Ongoing interesting communication give tools support content Links to easily Peer-to-peer Recognition Thanks and share content fundraising praise! Good stories Creative ideas Stories about they can the impact of spread their giving Opportunities to engage offline
- 54. • Statement of purpose for the community • Community rules around respect • Moderation and deletion of comments • Privacy statement • How you will use the posts (i.e. marketing material, fundraising etc…) • Prohibited posts Terms of Use
- 55. Think Multi-Channel • Engage on other media • Collect contact information when possible • Provide offline opportunities when possible
- 56. Look Outside • Find your ideal community on other networks • Join the ongoing conversation • Mobilize fundraising campaign with existing network
- 57. CONTENT
- 58. Know Your Audience • Define your key audiences • Describe them – Get specific – What do they do? – What do they care about? – What moves them to action? • What do we want them to do?
- 59. Messaging that Gets Remembered • Simple • Unexpected • Concrete • Credible • Emotional • Stories
- 60. More Principles of Social Content • Short • Personal • Shareable • Easy calls to action
- 61. STORIES! • Stories often make the best content, but charities are really bad at telling them
- 62. Tim Horton’s
- 64. • Remember the number ONE • Focus on HOPE, HUMOUR, SURPRISE, EMPATHY [less on fear, anger, hurt] • Appeal to IDENTITY (from Made to Stick) PRINCIPLES OF GOOD STORYTELLING
- 66. Other Good Social Content • Resources, useful information, educational… but make it stick • Events/urgencies • Controversies, thought-provokers • Reviews • Questions, conversation-starters
- 67. Stats & Data • Use with caution • Make them concrete • Make them relevant • Focus on one stat at a time
- 68. The rule of thirds
- 69. • Re-use existing content, ADAPTED TO SOCIAL PLATFORMS • Use content across platforms Recycle Content
- 71. Content for Fundraising • Stories about impact • Peer-to-peer campaigns • Clear, concrete calls to action
- 72. MEASURE & LEARN
- 73. STEP 1: Set Clear Objectives • Review your goals • Set measurable objectives that will allow you to achieve your goals
- 74. Smart Objectives • Specific • Measurable • Actionable • Realistic • Time-specific
- 75. EXAMPLE #2 Share expertise on our cause within our local community. GOALS • Use our blog to position ourselves as the go-to source for local media on our issue • Lead conversations with other local organizations about key issues relating to our mission.
- 76. Smart Objectives • Increase blog subscribers by 50% over the next 12 months • 30% of blog posts contain active discussion in the comments about the issues raised – more than 3 comments • Increase website traffic from blog by 100% over next 12 months • Increase media calls related to blog topics by 25% over the next two years.
- 77. STEP 2: Select Metrics
- 78. Social Media Data • Subscribers/ Unsubscribes • Followers/ Unfollows • Comments/ Unique commenters • Favourites • Video/photo views • Retweets • Likes • Page/post views • # of posts
- 79. Social Media Data • Most popular posts • Conversations • Feedback • Repeat supporters • Comments • Recommendations • Click-throughs • Donations • Sign-ups
- 80. Your Measurement Tools • Google Analytics • Google Alerts • Twitter search • Facebook Insights • Blog statistics • Hootsuite • Bit.ly & other link trackers (Trick.ly) • Surveys
- 81. Spreadsheets!
- 82. STEP 3: Learn & Take Action!
- 83. Take Action • Listen, learn, and adapt. • Which posts generate conversation and sharing? Which don’t?
- 84. Try an Experiment! • Try a time-limited experiment on one of the tools • Reflect on what worked and what didn’t
- 85. Strong Good COMMUNITY CONTENT Supported by: • Structured PLANNING • Social CULTURE • Willingness to MEASURE & LEARN • ACTIONS
- 87. www.mycharityconnects.org free online resources Information about technology and social media Webinars Past webinar slides Learning opportunities Events across the country
- 88. MyCharityConnects Conference 2012 JUNE 12 – 13 | Allstream Centre, Toronto Collaborate to build a stronger sector. Innovate to solve complex problems. Celebrate our work and the difference we’re making. • Join non-profits from across Canada and social media experts for the premier social media and online fundraising learning opportunity of the year. • Registration opens in February www.mycharityconnects.org/conference
- 89. 2012 MyCharityConnects Webinars www.mycharityconnects.org/webinars Join us for these FREE online information sessions that cover topics relating to online technology, social media and fundraising. Registration is open to employees, volunteers, and board members of Canadian charities and nonprofits. April 25 - Essential Twitter Tips for Your Charity May 9 - Preparing for a Website Redesign May 23 - Editorial Calendar Essentials: Organize & Plan Your Online Communications June 27 - Elements of a Great YouTube Video
- 90. 2012 MyCharityConnects Workshops www.mycharityconnects.org/workshops CanadaHelps often conducts workshops on the topics of online fundraising and social media in communities across Canada. Registration is open to employees, volunteers, and board members of Canadian charities and nonprofits. Rationalizing Social Media: Strategy and Cost-Benfit Analysis of Fundraising through Social Media • April 19 – Victoria, BC (generously supported by PwC; presented in collaboration with United Way of Greater Victoria) Back to Basics: Developing a Social Media Strategy for Your Organization • April 26 – Barrie, ON (presented in collaboration with Barrie Public Library)
- 91. for more great resources…
- 93. Questions? THANK YOU! karag@canadahelps.org @CanadaHelps www.mycharityconnects.org Generously supported by PwC Canada: