Social Networking and Special Olympics
The future for non profits is online, and the Piedmont Region is ready.
You can’t escape it. Everywhere you go people are talking about social media sites. You know what I’m talking about. Your friends are constantly updating their Facebook status. You turn on the TV to watch the news or your favorite sporting event, and they are taking instant surveys via Twitter. Online blogs, on sites like BlogSpot, are quickly gaining more attention than newspapers. You would think that you could escape this social media blitz at work, but even there, your coworkers are probably sending you invitations to join their professional network on LinkedIn. And if you’re like me, no day is complete without watching at least one funny YouTube video. It is the world we live in now, and there is no avoiding it.
That’s why Special Olympics in the Piedmont Region, is diving head first into the social media scene. In the next few weeks, several of the Special Olympics programs in your area will be establishing Facebook pages and weekly online newsletters. They will have regularly updated news pages, and some programs will also be using Twitter and BlogSpot as well. They will post everything from news stories and competition updates to practice cancellations and fundraising announcements. It is all in an effort to keep you, our volunteers and the community at large, up to date about the amazing things that our athletes are accomplishing. Communication with the public is one of the most important things that our local programs can do to be successful, and to accomplish this, we are about to go viral!
Be on the lookout for more information in the coming weeks…
For those of you already on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or BlogSpot, please follow the Piedmont Region by clicking the links below. (For those of you who are not, we encourage you to sign up.)
http://twitter.com/SOVAPiedmont
http://www.youtube.com/SOVAPiedmont
http://sovapiedmont.blogspot.com/
Lynchburg College Student and Piedmont Region Volunteer Going OVER THE EDGE for Special Olympics Virginia
We don’t often highlight individual fundraising efforts in this newsletter, but when a local college student takes it upon herself to raise $1,000, drive to Richmond, and rappel off of a 25 story building, all for our Special Olympics athletes, well… we figured that you would want to hear about it.
Megan Hunt is a Special Education student at Lynchburg College, who has become actively involved with Special Olympics Virginia. I first met Megan when I went to talk to her class last fall. Since that time she has volunteered at local Special Olympics events, attended the 2010 Volunteer Conference, and now she is going Over The Edge for Special Olympics Virginia. Please support her efforts by clicking this link. www.firstgiving.com/meganhunt1
Great job, Megan!
Support the Arc of Central VA at Their Upcoming Book Sales
Book Sale -SAVE THE DATES
October 1st 8:00a.m – 7:00p.m
October 2nd 9:00a.m – 2:00p.m.
The Arc's "Bookworm Book Sale" will be held on Friday, October 1st, and Saturday, October 2nd . Rooms will be filled with lots of tempting used books, and some of them are real treasures. Come, bring your friends, browse, and purchase reading materials for all of the coming months. In addition to over fifty categories of books, there will be a Silent Auction of rare and coveted books, as well as story times for children. What an easy way to support The Arc! More details will be available on The Arc's website (www.arcofcva.org).
For more information, please contact:
Connie Blackwell
Director of Operations and Development
The Arc of Central Virginia
1508 Bedford Ave
Lynchburg, VA 24504
| Friends of SOVA Section In light of today’s focus on social media, we are highlighting RIOT SPORTS MARKETING. It’s time to start a RIOT in the Piedmont Region!  Several programs, in the Piedmont Region, will be using the Riot System to update their Facebook, Twitter, and news pages during the upcoming year. Founder, Jim Harshaw, started Riot Sports Marketing to help high school, college, and non profit athletic programs use social media to market themselves. Now, they are giving generous discounts to Special Olympics programs who want to effectively enter the social media scene. Thank you RIOT! Check out the Riot website here: http://www.riotsportspromotions.com |
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