Utilizing Social Media Tools to Engage the Community

The NRCDV is hosting an upcoming webinar titled, "Utilizing Social Media Tools to Engage the Community".

This webinar will focus specifically on how the domestic violence community can utilize social networking sites, tools, and applications to get our message of prevention and effective intervention out to the community.
Please register to participate in the webinar either on Tuesday, September 15 at 11:30 a.m. EDT or Wednesday, September 16 at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

Utilizing Social Media Tools to Engage the Community
Wondering what all of the social media talk is about and what it has to do with your organization? Trying to make sense out of Twitter, Facebook, blogging and other social media applications? Join us to learn how to use the basics, including:
Learn how social media is quickly growing into an effective, resourceful communications medium for nonprofits and social justice advocates.
Begin to recognize, understand, and overcome generational differences that impact willingness to use social media as a means to communicate.
Address common fears and apprehensions about integrating social media strategies.
Get a head start on implementing a social media strategy of your own.

Click on the link below to register for this webinar on either September 15 at 11:30 a.m. EDT or September 16 at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
http://bwjp.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/event.pl?pp=NRCDV

About the presenter
To say that Nakia Hansen is fascinated with social media and all things communications-related would be an understatement. Currently a freelance writer and social media consultant, Nakia has combined her interests in online media and popular culture with a passion for social justice work and anti-violence advocacy. Nakia is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Temple University's Beasley School of Law, where she was named a Rubin-Presser Public Interest Scholar. Over the years, Nakia has continued to grow her involvement in the public interest sector by studying international human rights law in Tokyo, Japan, providing legal services for Philadelphia's homeless population at the Homeless Advocacy Project, and as a staff member at the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Most recently, she teamed up with the Domestic Violence Advocacy Project to help promote the project's public and prevention education efforts. Nakia currently resides in Poughkeepsie, NY.