Social Media for Voluntary Organisations
Social Media makes it much easier to produce information, tell stories, share ideas, and participate in new communities. It includes new tools such as blogs, forums and wikis and is increasingly referred to as 'social media'.
It offers new ways to link people together, build networks and sustain virtual communities who can publish their own photos, videos and news.
It could create opportunities for you to develop new services and campaign for change, but without care may further marginalise the people you work with. Whatever you do it is being used by a wider cross section of the public so it is important that you consider what role it could play in the future development of your services.
Social Media is brilliant - if used well and will transform your organistaion by getting it right.
We hope these guides provided by NAVCA and ICT Champions, as well as, Greater London Volunteering, will be helpful in getting you started:
