<div dir="auto"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Anita Nickerson</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:anita.nickerson@fairvote.ca">anita.nickerson@fairvote.ca</a>></span><br>Date: Mon., Mar. 1, 2021, 4:13 p.m.<br>Subject: Re: Introduction to Social Media - Make Votes Matter Explainer Video<br>To: <<a href="mailto:fair-vote-canada-chapters@googlegroups.com">fair-vote-canada-chapters@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hey chapters - this is a good <a href="https://youtu.be/iqBJbrZfQko" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">social media 101 presentation</a> Marc just shared to watch if your chapter wants to get more active on social media. <b>It's really basic. </b><div><br></div><div>If the people on your team are maybe on facebook personally (most people are - the older demographic is there! :), but they don't have a twitter account or an Instagram account, don't know how those work, and everyone is kinda groaning thinking of learning a new platform and wishing someone else would do it for the group...If you're willing to learn, the video is a good starter.</div><div><br></div><div>This video covers stuff like "This button means RETWEET." (A more advanced twitter lesson we did for teams in 2018 is <a href="https://youtu.be/xjWXkSR1SoA?list=PLE0dYpVCw9bZ1SvGJ6sT2U3zFID7Yip3b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">here</a>. A recent workshop by FVT on how to make graphics on Canva which would come in really handy for instagram and facebook is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apj-VEKTXG0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">here</a>.)<br><br></div><div>I think of one of the things volunteers find challenging in a pandemic - and probably even more so for the older demographic (apologies for any stereotyping!) - is that all the things we could do in person before are now off the table or changed/reduced.<br><br>Meeting with each other face to face - human relationships we thrive on that often lead to action - being the most basic. (Yes, Zoom is very useful! Don't forget the FVC account is available for any group who wants to meet).</div><div><br></div><div>What we are really missing that we have always done is being able to go to places in the community in person to collect signers and network and have 1-1 conversations - rallies, events, meetings of other groups. Doing tables. </div><div><br></div><div>Some of those things are now impossible online, some are more difficult (using a chat box on Zoom during a webinar of another group is not the same as networking in person over coffee after a live event), and some are just different and maybe a bit more intimidating (offering to give a presentation on Zoom for a school class instead of in front of a live class). All of them are do-able but mean having to think about how to do them in a different way. </div><div><br></div><div><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Social media is something fairly easy that every team and many of their volunteers can do in the pandemic to help spread the word! <br></b><br>I'd personally encourage teams to get an account on <b>twitter</b>, since facebook pages are tough these days to reach new people. </div><div><br></div><div>The nice thing about twitter is that you can retweet the stuff from our national account (@FairVoteCanada) - you don't have to only make stuff up yourself. </div><div><br></div><div>You can follow and retweet each other (other FVC chapters like Toronto and Vancouver, PR activists in your group and across the country). </div><div><br></div><div>It's the place where you can follow journalists and tag local MPs. Judy is a great source of information about what to do if you want to get started or get stuck :)</div><div><br></div><div>Anita</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 9:55 AM Marc Gasparotto <<a href="mailto:mdgaspar@lakeheadu.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mdgaspar@lakeheadu.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The <a href="https://www.makevotesmatter.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Make Votes Matter</a> team made a video going through some tips and tricks about how to campaign online and locally.<div><br></div><div>Worth a watch if you want to learn more about using social media: <a href="https://youtu.be/iqBJbrZfQko" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://youtu.be/iqBJbrZfQko</a><br></div>
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