Using Social Media In Your
   Philanthropy Efforts

 Presented by Chris Dessi &
       Anthony Zarro
        11/16/2011
Agenda

•   Understanding Social Media
•   The Channels
•   Developing a Strategy
•   Examples
•   Useful Tools




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Understanding Social Media

•   Behavior not destination
•   Why is it powerful
•   Lives / emotion / relationships
•   Community
•   Network effect
•   Remind people why
•   Old way vs. new way

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Emotion, Emotion, Emotion…




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How to participate

•   Strategy
•   Evoke emotion
•   What do you stand for
•   What are you trying to fix
•   Explain the problem
•   How do you give back
•   Where does the money go

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THE CHANNELS
People on Facebook

•   More than 800 million active users
•   50% of active users log on to daily
•   Average user has 130 friends
•   Average user is connected to 80 fan pages
•   More than 2 billion posts are liked and
    commented on per day



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Twitter

•   Over 200 million users
•   Over 100 million active each day
•   Over 230 million tweets per day
•   55% of users are active on mobile
•   400 million monthly unique visitors




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You Tube

• Over 3 billion videos are viewed a day
• Nearly 17 million people have connected their
  YouTube account to at least one social service
• Millions of subscriptions happen each day.
  Subscriptions allow you to connect with
  someone you're interested in and keep up on
  their activity on the site




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BUILDING A SOCIAL STRATEGY
Step 1: Self Reflect

• Ask yourself:
  – Why do donors choose us?
  – What makes us different?
  – What is our passion?
  – What is important to us?




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Step 2: Define You Community

•   Who is your audience?
•   Where are they social?
•   What do they share?
•   What is important to them?
•   What are their issues?




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Step 3: Build Your Destinations

•   FaceBook
•   Twitter
•   Blog
•   YouTube
•   Flickr
•   LinkedIn
•   Quora

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Step 4: Start Creating Content

• Blog posts
    – Stories, articles, POV’s, industry news
    – Behind the scenes, photos, video, travel
•   Networked Blog
•   Tweets
•   Follow others
•   FaceBook updates

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Rules of Engagement

• Give to your audience and they will give
  back to you!
• Don’t sell!!!
• Create a dialogue
• Embrace feedback
• Share, Share, Share



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EXAMPLES FOR DISCUSSION
Facebook: Share Photos
Facebook: Conduct Sweeps and Contests
Facebook: Ask for support “like” and Share
Facebook: Link to Youtube
Facebook: Donate!
Facebook: Link to Twitter Feed
Facebook: Custom Landing Page
Facebook: Aggregate Registration
Facebook: Share Facts/Educate
Facebook: Engage – Give thanks!
Twitter: State purpose & request clearly
Twitter: Create Buzz & Excitement
USEFUL TOOLS
Tweet Deck




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HootSuite




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HootSuite Reporting




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Good Influence.org




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Corporate Facebook Post




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Auto Update To A Fan’s Facebook Wall




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Next Analytics




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THANK YOU
           Drive Action Digital
         520 White Plains Road
                5th Floor
             Tarrytown, NY
              862-200-5217
Christopher.dessi@driveactiondigital.com
 Anthony.zarro@driveactiondigital.com

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