COMMUNITY WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDES THE PROS AND CONS AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATING IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES, COMING TO RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS
Coming to Russellville, Arkansas, community websites, social media, and social networking, includes the pros and cons and everything associated, for local organization leaders and executive only
Social media venues can also allow groups of individuals to keep "connected" in ways that time and distance would render impossible.
At this point in time, there's a significant amount of evidence showing being "social" or a part of a
"community" can have real benefits.
Come learn the pros and cons of utilizing free public social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. We will discuss pros and cons of many popular free social media websites as well as explain the privacy, terms of use, security, commitments, data usage, and service level agreements of many of the sites. Also, anticipate a discussion about the latest trends and tools regarding social media
and community websites.
Audience
Churches, non-profits, and other member-centric organizations
What You Will Learn:
Today, everywhere you turn you hear people discussing and using "social media", "social networks" or "online communities". Many of us are experiencing the power and real benefit of these communication channels by following and associating with friends, family, associates and colleagues in ways we could never before. The business of today"s fast paced; dynamic world makes it almost impossible to keep up with the things and those we care about without some form of "virtual gathering place" on information portal. Internet communication can never replace real face-to-face interaction, but there are times when a real visit just isn"t possible.
Are you on Facebook? Are you using or following others on Twitter? How about sharing and watching videos on YouTube? Many individuals are joined and participating. Because of the ease and the lack of cost (mostly free) to get involved, we are also starting to see leaders, executives and groups of individuals of organizations leveraging some of the features these social website offer: profiles, groups, pages, notifications,
"activity walls", etc. Is it working for you? Should you be concerned? Would you like to get a second opinion regarding the use of these 3rd party websites? Have you read their terms of use? Do you know what your members are being exposed or obligated to when they use these websites?
In addition, we will present and demonstrate products and solutions that provide you a similar experience while giving you control over your users "virtual environment" and their data, your content and their content, as well as all user security and content. We will discuss powerful concepts and features like the following:
- Users and User's profiles
- Security Roles and Permissions
- Groups
- User and Content Notifications
- User and Member Messaging
- Bulk Email and Newsletters
- Blogs
- Announcement and News
- Member Directories
- Events and Registration
- Registration, Donation and Tithing e-commerce
- E-newsletter
- Media and Media Galleries (Video, Audio, Images, etc.)
Overall, you will walk away with a better understanding of how you can securely bring your community together for socialization, collaboration, and sharing similar to what most are beginning to expect through unsecure and sometimes unsafe networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. You will appreciate how easy and affordable it is to control a community and its
data, the data you and your member owns (not someone else owns).
Cities, dates, and times
Come join us in Russellville, Arkansas at a location TBA to learn more about community websites and how they can help churches, non-profits and other community-centric organizations.
Register a few days in advance and we will provide lunch. If you have questions, don"t hesitate to call 501.907.7500 and ask for Eric.