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Engaging Everyone: Creating Accessible, Powerful Social Media Content

Join us and CIL Director of Strategic Partnerships Sam VanSchoick, as she co-hosts a two-part webinar series with Dignity Alliance MA on Engaging Everyone: Creating Accessible, Powerful Social Media Content.

For more information and to register, see below:

Part One: The Basics
February 16, 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST | FREE

Learn how to create accessible, powerful social media content to drive your advocacy efforts in this two-part interactive workshop.  Part one is designed for beginners: people who are new to using social media or have a very basic understanding of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Presenters will cover the key features of each platform, the best type of content for each, how to make your content accessible, and how to post on each platform.

Register for Part One here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsce6grzktHN2OFvWcYdzvW_oM41ICmAPy

Part Two: Messaging
March 2, 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST | FREE

In part one, we covered the basics of how to create accessible posts for Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. In part two, learn about the parts of an effective social media campaign. Presenters will walk through the parts of a campaign, how to define your message, how to influence and target your message, and how to measure your impact. Presenters will discuss different strategies and walk through campaign examples.

Register for Part Two here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqdOGpqT8vE9fol1VwDaukhm8JyO8pTgfe

Meet the Presenters

Jules Good

Jules Good (they/them) is the founder and consulting lead at Neighborhood Access. Jules is a multiply-disabled entrepreneur with a passion for leveraging design, community, and intersectional justice principles to create more accessible neighborhoods. They hold a Master in Public Policy from the University of New Hampshire. Jules has worked with nonprofits, state agencies, and private businesses to aid in making their practices and processes more accessible to the disabled community. They are deeply involved in disability justice work both locally in their current home state of New Hampshire, and nationally.

 

Samantha Van Schoick

Samantha VanSchoick (she/her) spends most of her time passionately & meticulously infusing creative energy into high-impact marketing and business development campaigns. As Director of Strategic Partnerships at CIL, a nonprofit real estate development organization, Sam seeks out opportunities to create a world where all people have access to quality, accessible housing in neighborhoods of their choice. Sam serves as the Communications Workgroup Co-chair for Dignity Alliance Massachusetts, a coalition of organizations and advocates across Massachusetts that believe in dignity, choice, and self-determination for aging and disabled persons.