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LINDA REINSTEINAsbestos Disease Awareness Organization
(ADAO)President/CEO and Co-Founder
“LEVERAGING SOCIAL MEDIA ADVOCACY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE
PREVENTION”Jaipur, India
November 17, 2011
Overview
• Introductions
• Examples of Social Media Campaigns & International Trends
• Building & Sustaining a Culture of Collaboration
• Leveraging Platforms, New Tools, & Analytics
• Best Principles, Platforms, and Practices
• Interactive Workshop: Organizational Content Development, Impactful Social Media Messaging and Application and Partnering for Prevention
Introductions
ADAO DedicationLarry
Florida, USAMesothelioma Patient - Age 66
www.AsbestosDiseaseAwareness.org
Asbestos is a known carcinogen107,000 workers die annually from ARD
There is no safe level of exposure
Building a Culture of Prevention
XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
The International Social
Security Association
reported, the “cost-benefit
potential for investments
in prevention may be as
strong as 1:2.2, and even
higher in some [email protected]
Occupational
“Research shows that only one in ten tradesmen know that exposure to asbestos can prove fatal” even though they account for 25% of the asbestos related deaths in the UK annually.”
– The British Lung Foundation
“Construction workers were found to be 11 times more likely to develop mesothelioma, due to asbestos exposures at the site.”
– 2010 Presidents Cancer Panel
Workers at Risk
Social Media AdvocacyCampaigns
• 1980 Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• 1982 Susan G. Komen for the Cure
• 1985 Rock Hudson and AIDS• 2004 Lance Armstrong
“Livestrong”
EDUCATION. ADVOCACY. COMMUNITY.
Global Internet Usage - 30.2%
Reinstein Slide – Data March 2011 http://www.internetworldstats.com/ [email protected]
International Social Networks
Global Mobile Cellular Subscriptions by Level of
Development
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database
Average User
[email protected]@adao.us
Smart Phones
Mobile Office
No Boundaries, No Borders
Students and Families Protesting in Bihar, India
Examples of Social Media Asian Campaigns
Building & Sustaining a Culture of Collaboration
Digital Revolution
• Grow Your Organization
• Leverage your Network
• Reach & Connect with People Around the World
• Raise Money
• Effect Positive Change and Public Policy
Fernanda GiannasiASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DOS
EXPOSTOS AO AMIANTO (ABREA)
"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right" Ani DiFranco
The Art of Effective Messaging
Make and/or use news to generate publicity• Press Releases
• Video Blog
• Newsletters
• eBlasts
• Interviews (Print, Blog, and Radio)
• Letters to the Editor
New Media
Blogs eZinesConstant Contact Podcast/WebcastsDatabase Platforms Reciprocal LinkseBlasts Secure DonationsFacebook/Ning Twitter
Message BoardsWebinar/Teleseminars
Newsletters WebsitesPetitions YouTube
Education
Community
Sustainability
• Review your mission and vision
• Build and expand long term relationships
• Keep learning and remain update with trends and news
• Track results
• Embrace and promote unity, respect, and solidarity
Leveraging Platforms, New Tools, & Analytics
Principles, Platforms, and
Best Practices
5 Key Social Media Principles
1. Define your social media mission and goals
2. Identify your target audience
3. Connect and Share in the correct ‘language’ – video, text, graphics
4. Utilize social media embedded features to share and translate
5. Expand your networks through authentic and consistent engagement
Digital and Knowledge Revolution
If Facebook was a country, it would be the 3rd largest in the world
About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
Micro-bloggers include:• United Nations• World Health Organization• International Labour Organization • American Public Health Association • U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency • U.S. Centers for Disease Control
• Nearly 8 years of content uploaded every day
• More video is uploaded to YouTube in one month than the 3 major US networks created in 60 years
• 70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the US
• YouTube is localized in 25 countries across 43 languages
“Asbestos Kills” (PSA)
9/11
Data Visualization
Multimedia(Seen, Heard, or
Interactive)
Integrative Mixed Media Platforms
Technology (PC or Mobile)
Micro-Messaging(Less than 140
words)
Macro-Messaging
(Greater than 150 words)
Bulletins, Blogs and
Newsletters
Twitter, LinkedIn, and
Short Message Service (SMS)
Videos, Photos, Slideshows, Music,
and Polls
1. Participants: Organizational Content Development
2. Participants: Impactful Social Media Messaging and Application
3. Participants: Partnering for Prevention
Participants: Organizational Content Development (30)
Participants: Impactful Social Media Messaging and Application (45)
Discussion: Partnering for Prevention (15)