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Lobby Day Use of Social Media
Lobby Day Use of Social Media
Lobby Day Use of Social Media
Social
Media
to
Amplify
Advocacy
Efforts
1
Welcome
and
Introduc=ons
Mike
Pane)a
•Partner,
Beekeeper
Group
•Elected
Official
in
the
District
of
Columbia
2
Why
We
Are
Here?
What
We
Will
Learn?
•Lobby
Day
is
an
opportunity
to
get
actual
AHA
members
talking
to
their
elected
officials
•Face-‐to-‐Face
is
so
important,
however
it’s
only
going
to
be
only
a
handful
of
people
visiDng
each
office
•What
if
there
was
a
way
to
get
have
know
about
the
good
work
you
are
doing
here
this
week
with:
-‐
Your
friends,
family,
and
co-‐workers?
-‐
Your
elected
officials?
-‐
Local
media?
•Tips
and
tools
not
just
for
today
-‐
but
for
use
back
home
as
well!!
2
Quick
Overview
of
Social
Media
•How
many
of
you
use
Facebook?
TwiUer?
YouTube?
•How
many
friends
do
you
have?
•How
many
friends
do
all
your
friends
have?
•The
main
goal
for
using
social
media
is
to
get
our
updates
and
messages
into
as
many
people’s
social
media
streams
as
possible
-‐
and
that
starts
with
you.
3
Why
This
MaIers
•Fundamental
shiI
in
the
power
of
communicaDon
and
the
flow
of
informaDon
•FragmentaDon
of
media
landscape
conDnues
on
a
relentless
pace
vs.
•TradiDonal
media
business
models
are
starDng
to
erode
•The
people
are
now
the
media….and
have
the
tools
and
means
to
maUer!
2
Fragmenta=on
of
Media
vs.
+ =
Global
Distribu5on
2
Example
of
Someone
Using
Tools
hIp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6e94jJ5AaQ
2
...And
Ge`ng
Results
•Facebook
•TwiUer
•Flickr
•YouTube
2
Using
Facebook
•Make
sure
you
download
the
Facebook
applicaDon
for
your
phone
-‐
or
set
up
your
phone
with
Facebook
-‐
to
easily
upload
photos
and
status
updates
•Be
sure
to
tag
people
in
photos,
videos
and
updates
•It’s
essenDal
to
“like”
your
RepresentaDve
and
Senators,
so
that
you
can
tag
them
in
your
own
posts
-‐
same
for
local
media
outlets
Be
sure
to
“Like”
the
Facebook
•Once
you
follow
your
member
you
Page
of
You’re
the
Cure
can
also
write
on
their
wall h)p://www.facebook.com/yourethecure/
2
Using
Facebook
2
Using
Facebook
2
Using
Facebook
2
Using
Facebook
2
Using
TwiIer
•Add
the
applicaDon
to
your
mobile
phone
or
set
up
your
account
to
“tweet”
via
text
message
•Find
out
if
your
Rep.
and
Senators
are
on
TwiUer
-‐
and
follow
them
•When
updaDng
from
Capitol
Hill,
be
sure
to
use
the
appropriate
hash
tag
(#YTContheHill)
•Use
your
Member
of
Congress
TwiUer
Follow
handle
in
your
tweets
that
will
be
seen
by
@AmHeartAdvocacy
their
office
and
others
who
follow on
TwiIer
2
Using
TwiIer
2
Using
TwiIer
2
Using
YouTube
•Video
taken
on
your
phone
can
be
uploaded
directly
to
YouTube
•First-‐person
to
camera
telling
your
story,
why
you
are
here,
and
what
people
watching
can
do
works
very
well
in
this
format
•Again,
be
sure
to
use
appropriate
hash
tags
and
take
the
Dme
to
write
the
Be
sure
to
subscribe
to
descripDon
-‐
used
for
search
engines our
YouTube
channel
at:
h)p://www.youtube.com/AmHeartAdvocacy