This event took place on 3 March 2021 and all registered delegates were sent direct access details for the recordings. Please only book your place here if you missed the event the first time round.
This on demand event is free and exclusive to CharityComms members.
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Join us as we explore social media crisis plans – both how to develop and activate them to help social media teams through a social media crisis. This session will offer a mix practical tips and experiences of charities both small and large. We’ll also have time for some much needed peer-to-peer discussions too.
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Create a social media crisis plan in just 15 minutes Helpful build practical digital communications skills with clients all over the world. Alasdair will show you how to draft a digital crisis plan from scratch, in just 15 minutes. He’ll show you how to prepare, how to respond and how to avoid common mistakes. Discover how any communications team – large or small – can quickly and easily prepare for a social media crisis.
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Navigating the social media pandemic storm: tips and advice on dealing with a social media crisis Covid-19 created many challenges for charities, not least social media teams. With remote working, cancelled projects and events, a societal focus on the pandemic, how could charities still express their messages, spread awareness and support beneficiaries? Tony will tell us about the social media crisis the Orbis UK faced – a challenge they adapted well to and overcame with some key learnings along the way.
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Peer-to-peer discussions We’ll break into small groups to discuss social media crisis plans – what you’re doing, what’s working well and what hasn’t worked so well. | |
Crisis practicalities - tools and triage The team at StrawberrySocial will take you through a ‘quick and dirty’ guide to the tools and techniques that can help you navigate a crisis. What do you need to have set-up and ready to roll? They will discuss crisis triage and relate options as to the ‘best to have’ as well as the ‘make do’ approach – for, as we know, very little that is useful is free…
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Vanessa Weddell 
Alasdair Dick
Tony Ngaithe
Rebecca Fitzgerald
Dan SpicerAbout the Social Media Network
This networking group looks to address a gap for strategic and professional development of social media leads working in charities and not-for-profit organisations.
Each meeting will offer a safe space for members to chat about working in charity social media, with the focus of discussions on strategy-led topics. This is a space to learn together and share best practice, challenges, successes and inspiration with your peers.
Attending the Social Media Network events is free and exclusive to CharityComms organisational and individual members (charities only).
In between events, stay in touch with your peers via the Facebook Group CharityComms Social Media Network
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