Social Media and its Role in Food and Farm-Based Education

Posted by on March 01, 2010

Social Media and its Role in Food and Farm-Based Education: Useful? Time Consuming? What’s Next?

Time: March 24, 2010 from 1pm to 2:30pm

Come Find out at an FBEA Webinar
Free to dues paying FBEA Members*
$40 for non-members
* Members use code “radish” when registering
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http://www.farmbasededucation.org/events/fbea-webinar-social-media

Some of our best learning comes through discussions with others in our field. As much as we might like to network more frequently, it is not always possible.  Use the information from this webinar to strengthen the social networking you may already be doing or to determine if social networking is a good option for your goals and the goals of your program.  This webinar will be facilitated by Tyson Goodridge, Principal at Dialogue, a Boston-based Social Media Education and Advisory Services Firm.

In this Webinar you will:
* Gain a window of insight into the workings of online social media through the lens of farm and food-based education.
* Learn how to gain access to resources and facilitate easier online connections with other educators and members of your community.
* Get some inside tips on how to optimize these tools and the time you spend utilizing them.
* Learn how to feature and promote your program and the work of your colleagues both to your community members and the larger community of farm-based educators.
* Learn how to upload resources, pictures, and videos to social media sites and join forum discussions on topics relevant to food and farm-based education such as community food security, funding sources, and the political issues surrounding education and agriculture.

What do we mean by social media? Examples are: Facebook (Shelburne Farms), Youtube, Twitter (Farm Safety Just for Kids), LinkedIn, Flickr, and websites powered by platforms like Ning – the Farm-Based Education Association, Farm Aid’s HomeGrown.org, and Kithchen Gardeners International as examples.

DIALOGUE: This webinar will be facilitated by Tyson Goodridge, Principal at Dialogue, a Social Media Education and Advisory Services Firm headquartered in Boston, MA.  Dialogue teaches and inspires clients to deepen connections, expand their networks, and grow their business using Social Media. Dialogue clients include Apple, Harvard School of Public Health, Chaco, and more. For more information on Dialogue, visit Dialogue on Facebook or follow along on Twitter.

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* Dues paying FBEA members: when registering, please use the discount code “radish” to complete the free registration.

Please contact Phoebe if you have any questions.
Phoebe Flemming, FBEA Operations Coordinator
T: 978-318-7872 E: phoebe@farmbasededucation.org