2013 college week live presentation
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Jared Anderson and Wendy Bhagat | Dec. 2013
U.S. Department of Education
2013 College Week Live Webinar
How to Leverage FSA Resources to Drive Awareness and Increase Engagement with Students
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StudentAid.gov Homepage
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Financial Aid Toolkit• Consolidates and organizes FSA resources and content into a
searchable online toolkit • For organizations and individuals that interact with, support, or
counsel students and families on funding a postsecondary education
Old FSA4counselors Website
• Targeted to high school guidance counselors and college access professionals
• FAAs may use toolkit to support student outreach efforts
• FAAs can also help spread the word about the toolkit to organizations that work with students and families
• Replaces FSA4counselors.ed.gov
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Homepage
Site structured around four main content areas:
• Learn About Financial Aid
• Conduct Outreach
• Get Training
• Search Tools and Resources
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Learn About Financial Aid• Provides individuals who are new to financial aid with some basic info and tips for working with students
• Topics include:• Preparing for College• Types of Aid and
Eligibility• The FAFSA
• FAFSA Updates• FAFSA Completion
Data
• Loan Repayment Basics
• Links to StudentAid.gov for detailed info
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Conduct Outreach• Highlights key
outreach topics and resources
• Topics include:• Hosting a financial aid
night
• Reaching certain target audiences (e.g., military and borrowers)
• Using social media
• Articles and e-mails
• Public service announcements
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Get Training
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• Shares information on professional development opportunities including:• Classroom training
• Webinars
• Resources for self-instruction
• Provides information on the National Training for Counselors and Mentors initiative
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Get Training–NT4CM• National Training for
Counselors and Mentors (NT4CM) provides free training and resources/tools for federal, state, and local financial aid programs
• Topics include:• Program details
• Participating states
• Training dates and locations
• Materials and resources
• FAAs have opportunity to be trainers and/or help spread the word
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Search Tools and Resources
• Searchable database of resources
• Filter your search by:
• Resource Type (e.g., videos, presentations, how to guides)
• Audience Type
• Topic (e.g., FAFSA completion, loan repayment)
• Time of Year
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Search Tools and Resources• Results display in
the search page
• Results include:• Link to
open/download the resource
• Short description
• Links to related resources
• You can refine your search criteria
• You can subscribe to RSS feed to be notified when a resource is added or updated
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Federal Student Aid Resources
• Social Media
• Videos
• Infographics
• Public Service Announcements
• Publications
• Other Resources
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Facebookwww.facebook.com/FederalStudentAid
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Facebook Post Examples
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Leveraging Facebook Content
“Like” our page and you’ll get all our content in your Facebook feed
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Leveraging Facebook Content
“Like” a specific post or piece of content
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Leveraging Facebook Content
“Share” our content
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Leveraging Facebook ContentPosts you can use
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Twitterwww.twitter.com/FAFSA
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Twitter Post Example
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Shortened link to info on StudentAid.gov
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Leveraging Twitter Content
Follow Us
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Leveraging Twitter Content
Retweet Us
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Leveraging Twitter Content
Tweets you can use…
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Add the @FAFSA Stream to Your SiteGo to: http://twitter.com/widgets (must be logged in)
COPY & PASTE THE FOLLOWING CODE INTO YOUR WEB SITE: <a class="twitter-timeline" data-dnt=true href="https://twitter.com/FAFSA" data-widget-id="258219635218972673">Tweets by @FAFSA</a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script>
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This is what it will look like on your site
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#AskFAFSA Office Hours on Twitter
•Integrates social media and customer service
•Different topic each month
•Tweet questions using #AskFAFSA
•SMEs available to answer questions live
•Summarize for those not able to attend
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Hosting Office Hours
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Storifywww.storify.com/FAFSA
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All the Q&As from each #AskFAFSA Office Hours are captured in Storify. This is a good resource for content.
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YouTube
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www.youtube.com/FederalStudentAid
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YouTube Playlists
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Leveraging YouTube Content
Download any of our videos:
FinancialAidToolkit.ed.gov
Click on the video you want to automatically download
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for the latest videos
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Embed Videos into Your Web Site
Instructions:•Go to YouTube.com/ FederalStudentAid•Select the video you’d like to embed•Click “Share” which will show you a new menu •Click the “Embed” option to receive the code •Copy and paste code to your site
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Infographics
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Leveraging Infographics
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www.visual.ly/users/federalstudentaid
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Add Infographics to Your Web Site
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Video and Infographic Topics
Topic Video Infographic
About FSA X
Why Go to College X
Overview of the Financial Aid Process X X
Myths about Financial Aid X
Types of Federal Student Aid X X
FAFSA Overview X
How to Fill Out the FAFSA X
Eligibility for Federal Student Aid X
FAFSA: Determining Dependency Status X X
After the FAFSA: What Happens Next X
Responsible Borrowing X
Repayment: What to Expect X
How to Manage Your Student Loans X
Repayment Plans Overview 2014
Income-Driven Repayment Plans 2014
Budgeting 2014
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Blog Posts (www.ed.gov/blog/topic/federal-student-aid)
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Customer Engagement
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Web BannersAvailable at: StudentAid.gov/link2us
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Social Media Campaigns
• FAFSA Completion (Dec. 28 – March 31)• Heavily promoting the availability of the 2013-14 FAFSA and the
importance of completing it early
• Loan Repayment Campaign (May 10 – June 30) and (November 6 – Dec. 15)• Messaging about responsible borrowing, repayment plans, etc.• Messaging targeted to specific groups and geographic locations• Collaborated with the loan servicers on a Twitter Office Hours
UPCOMING (late December): Another FAFSA Completion campaign
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Social Media Toolkits
Social Media Toolkits are available for:• FAFSA Completion• Responsible Borrowing/Student Loan Repayment
The Toolkits contain topic relevant:• Facebook Posts• Tweets• Videos• Infographics• Links to relevant blog posts
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FSA on Social Media
www.facebook.com/FederalStudentAid
www.twitter.com/fafsa
www.youtube.com/FederalStudentAid
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FSA’s Social Media Guidance: StudentAid.gov/social
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Federal Student Aid Resources
• Social Media
• Videos
• Infographics
• Public Service Announcements
• Publications
• Other Resources
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Public Service AnnouncementsGoal: •Create awareness of Federal Student Aid and the availability of funding to help pay for college or career school
Components (English and Spanish):•Television•Radio•Print•Web
Airing: •Through Dec. 2013•English television and radio
will air through Dec. 2014
Available: StudentAid.gov/psa
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Federal Student Aid Resources
• Social Media
• Videos
• Infographics
• Public Service Announcements
• Publications
• Other Resources
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Publications
These and other FSA publications, including fact sheets, are available at StudentAid.gov/resources
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Ordering Publications• Order publications from FSA
Pubs: www.FSAPubs.gov
• Use your OPEID to log in
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Federal Student Aid Resources
• Social Media
• Videos
• Infographics
• Public Service Announcements
• Publications
• Other Resources
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StudentAid.gov Homepage
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StudentAid.gov/resources
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Link to Us
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StudentAid.gov New FeaturesRepayment Estimator•Repayment plan calculator•Available with and without log in•In Spanish and mobile-optimized
Coming mid-December 2013
NSLDS Data Display•Loan and grant details•Loan servicer contact information•Data download
Coming early 2014
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Other Resources
For you: FAFSA Demo Site at www.fafsademo.test.ed.gov• User name: eddemo• Password: fafsatest
For you & students: Federal Student Aid Information Center• General info about federal student aid• FAFSA, PIN, and SAR assistance• 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243)
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Questions and Discussion
Questions on the information presented today?
Any thoughts on current FSA resources?
What resources are we missing that you would find helpful?
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Contact Us
Wendy Bhagat, Director of Awareness and Outreach
Jared Anderson, Digital Engagement Operations Analyst
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