Social Media Workshop 29 July 2010

Following our Press Working Group last year, Time & Talents for Westminster ran a Social Media Workshop in partnership with ReputationInc and Saffron Interactive and a guest speaker from The Conservatives to provide a space for charity and community organisations to think about ways in which social media can be useful in helping to achieve core objectives.

This followed a report by the Red Foundation highlighting that charity and community organisations are not using social media. Click here to read report

In a packed 2 hour session we explored:

What social media platforms are out there and how they work
Top tips to getting started with social media
How social media can raise charity and community organisations' profiles
Common issues with the use of social media: pros, cons and challenges
Case studies of organisations successfully using social media

During surgery-style sessions charity organisations had the opportunity to share their real life social media challenges with media professionals from a number of experts from organisations such as Turner Broadcasting and the Conservative Party. Read feedback from event participants

Surgery session

Resources:

Following the workshop we are pleased to be able to offer a valuable set of resources including powerpoint slides, articles, guides and useful links. Below are the Powerpoint slides and documents from contributors to the workshop on 29 July 2010, but click here to view the Social Media Resource page we have put together for your benefit.

Social Media Workshop Notes - Download Here
Reputation Inc presentation on top tips for using Social Media, Download Here
Saffron's presentation on using Twitter, Youtube and Facebook, Download Here
Saffron's social media "Jargon Buster", Download Here
Ged Maguire's "Creating and using online video for social media", Download Here

Social Media Resource page

Social Media from Luke Frederick on Vimeo.

Click to see example social media map