Social media is an ever-growing outlet that allows people to share whatever they would like with others around the world. Organizations are easily able to spread information about any topic to a very wide audience using social media. This can make sharing health resources and information with your community much more simple, reaching more people, and ideally making a greater impact. This training will teach you 6 rules of social media for creating effective posts. You will have the opportunity to practice identifying components of well-executed posts, learn positive ways to interact with your virtual community, and optionally create and share your own social media post.
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the benefits of using social media to promote initiatives within your organization.
- List the 6 rules of posting on social media.
- Determine the appropriate action(s) to take when interacting with your virtual community.
- Identify components of social media posts that are more likely to be effective for encouraging people to act.
- Construct your own social media post.
Duration: ~2 hours
Continuing Education Information: 2.0 Continuing Competency Credits for CHES, 2.0 CPEUs for Registered Dietitians
CHES Provider number: 99036; CPEU Provider number: 21216Format: Web-based Training, Self-Study
Created/Updated: 5/2022
Author(s): Silvia Valenzuela and Sabrina Stinnett University of Arizona Dietetic Interns, and Allison Root, DrPH, RDN, Instructional Specialist WRPHTC
Narration by: Silvia Valenzuela
Disclosures: The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest
