Saturday, February 21, 2015

Profile of a Volunteer


Profile of a Volunteer

Describe the volunteer efforts of the person you have elected to profile.

The person I elected is Doris Young, she is a volunteer for Child Space Cooperative Development, Inc. Doris works with childcare providers by keeping the update on public policy in the state of Pennsylvania. Also, she meets with childcare providers to discuss concern issues that they are having dealing with on a daily basis. She also post training on her Facebook page and emails the childcare provides.

 

Identify how you feel this person's work has positively impacted others.

 

I feel that a person’s work is vital for childcare providers. Knowing that she giving them information that they need to provide for the children and families.

 

Describe what you feel is a vital "take-away" message relative to this work in terms of your own volunteer efforts and advocacy work in fostering the well-being of children and families.

I really do not have that much volunteer experience with advocacy work. At the present, I am learning more by taking this class. I believe that advocacy work is important for children and families and the work that Doris Young is doing is vital for families with young children.

 

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Using Social Media


                                                  Using Social Media

 

Provide a brief overview of your past and present experience with social media.

My past experience with social media has been just Facebook were I context family and friends.

My present experience with social media is Facebook, Instagram, twitter, and Pinterest. Now I follow different organizations like Save the Children and Children’s Defense Fund.

 

 

Describe what social media tools you feel lend themselves to effective advocacy

I feel that social media tools lend themselves to effective advocacy when we do hashtags for different cause. For example when I went to an ECE conference, they said hashtags this to the governor of state. Also I ask you to follow us on twitter and like us on Facebook that bring awareness to the cause. I notice that people used social media to promote issues that are trending in the world. For example Devon Still, the NFL player how daughter is fight caner he used social media to bring awareness to her illness.

Identify how you might use these social media tools to educate and inspire others in your advocacy work.

I would use social media to promote my advocacy work by ask people to like my Facebook page, follow us on twitter and Instagram. By doing this allow me to promote my advocacy work and the organization.

 

Ask your colleagues for their suggestions and/or their help with using social media as a tool to promote advocacy efforts

What is the best social media tool to use to promote advocacy efforts?

 

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Advocacy Through Advertising


 The message bring awareness about SIDS
 
This may be old fashion but putting your baby in a dresser draw is a safe place for the baby to sleep.
 
What wrong with this picture                             the right way for baby sleep in crib
 
 
Parents for your baby’s safety please don’t let them sleep with you.
This may be baby final resting Place
               After reading over the information about how to reduce SIDS in babies.  I tried to create messages that was  powerful and make people think about where to put their baby to sleep.  Too many of our babies are dying because they are not being properly put in safe place .
 
 
/greenbabyguide.com
Published on Jan 3, 2013
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www.nmksids.org/
www.sidsamerica.org/