Social Media & Teen Engagement By That's Not Cool

Date: 
Friday, 15 August 2014

Join Futures Without Violence and the Office on Violence Against Women (USDOJ) for a webinar on social media tools for engaging teens to prevent dating violence. This webinar will present social media best practices on engaging the teens in your work, and discuss how to develop innovative ideas for your social media strategy.

On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 the webinar will be offered at the following two times:

  • 1st Session: 10:00 am – 11:00 am Pacific/1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern - REGISTER
  • 2nd Session: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Pacific/5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Eastern - REGISTER

Since its inception in 2009, That’s Not Cool has used social media to engage young people in violence prevention with a variety of innovative digital campaigns and community organizing strategies. As the digital world continues to change it is important to stay up to date on the newest technologies and social platforms to better engage young audiences. This webinar will cover best practices for using Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and will also introduce you to newer sites such as Tumblr, Imgur, and Pinterest so you can effectively leverage social media to build your online community.  

The web conference will be led by Anne Hamilton at the Office on Violence Against Women and Brian O’Connor and Yesenia Gorbea at Futures Without Violence.

Contact the That’s Not Cool Team at thatsnotcool@futureswithoutviolence.org with questions regarding the webinar or trouble registering.

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