How Can I Use Social Media For Social Good?
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A presentation for the Red Cross Central Texas Youth Leadership Development Conference held July 24th and 25th in Austin, Texas.
How Can I Use Social Media For Social Good?
- 1. How can I use social media for social good?Red Cross Central Texas Youth Leadership Development ConferenceJames YoungVP of ProductsSocial Agency
- 2. Can anyone argue that social media has not become a part of our world?
- 3. 500 Million people22% of the worlds internet users1.6X of the US population
- 4. 3rd largest community in the worldBehind China and India
- 5. We spend 500 Billion minutes per month on FacebookThats the same as 1192 lifetimes
- 6. Over 600,000 new accounts created every dayThats like the US population doubling in 17 months
- 7. 50 Million tweets every single dayThats 578 tweets per secondBy the way, Twitter is the 12th largest community in the worldThe speed of light is 348 meters per secondHummingbirds only beat their wings70 times per secondTwitter has over 100 Million users
- 8. 75 million people use their phone to play in Twitter every day100 million people use their phone to play in Facebook every day
- 9. There is a dark side to social media
- 10. Content lives forever on the internetThe Library of Congress is going to archive all tweets since 2006How about something you wouldnt want your kids to read?Have you ever tweeted something you wouldnt want your parents to read?
- 12. Kevin Colvin fired because he took off work under the pretense of a family emergency, only to post photos of himself at a party"Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.Dominos pizza employees posted a video of themselves doing gross stuff to a customers pizza and got fired
- 13. There is a bright spot
- 14. Ben Rattray started Change.org when he was 24
- 15. Joe Green started Causes when he was 22
- 18. Organize a flash mob or some ambush marketing to make a pointSet up a tweet up for volunteer opportunities with your schoolSet up personal fundraising page with DonorChoose or First GivingSet up a single or collective blog to discuss issues at your school
- 19. Take the things you do everyday with your friends and turn them into opportunities to do some social good
Editor's Notes
- Alexs Lemonade Stand resulted from Alexandra Scott raising money to fight childrens cancer. Online tools and personal fundraising pages. $30M in 10 years.
- Love in the Mirror, started by a 7 year old named Jonas. Collects items specifically for homeless children. Because he wasnt allowed to volunteer at the shelter due to his age.