Advocacy and You: LinkedIn & Google+
We have looked at how to build your advocacy efforts into your facebook and twitter accounts. This week we will look at how to amp up your LinkedIn profile and Google+ account. For LinkedIn: Connect: Build your network and make sure it includes people outside of the music therapy or creative arts therapies. People who do what you do, know the importance of it. In order to be an effective advocate, you need to teach as many people as you can. Let your profile speak: Put as much information as you can on your...
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Now that you are using your Facebook as an advocacy tool, it is time to expand your reach to twitter. Twitter can be a great way to advocate. There are over 175 million active users who are willing to connect, and ready to support a cause; you can make a difference. If you don’t believe that Twitter has power let’s look at all of the revolutions that took place in 2011. The majority of them were started because of people connecting on twitter. Here are some tools and tips to help you be a better...
Read MoreAdvocacy and You: Facebook
So how do you become an effective advocate? There are so many ways you can fight for the things you believe in and with the power of social media you can expand your efforts. In honor of #MTADVOCACY month, we want to show you how you can expand your advocacy efforts with your social media profiles to achieve your goals. Facebook is a great tool for advocacy. With over 800 million active users, you have an attentive audience to preach to. Here are some ways you can expand your advocacy efforts with...
Read MoreFree at Last
Today we celebrate a great man. 73 years ago yesterday Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He served as one of the biggest voices in the civil rights movements and was an advocate for what he believed in. In honor of Music Therapy Advocacy week, we are kicking off this advocacy inspired week at Greenlight PR with a post looking at MLK and how we can lead by his example to become great advocates. Here are a few ways we can learn from Martin Luther King Jr.: Fight for your beliefs: This is one...
Read MoreAdvocacy: What is it?
As we hit the middle of January, we are going to begin discussing an important part of growing your business. The topic we will be focusing on throughout the next week is advocacy. Advocacy is defined as “The act of pleading or arguing in favor of something, such as a cause, idea, or policy; active support.” Advocacy is an important issue for every professional. We always have the opportunity to be an advocate. Whether we are lobbying for something to our local or national government, or we are educating...
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