[CTSARA] Need Social Media Trainers (preferably 55+ in age)

[david at parmet.net]

Some old guy

> Who is Nixon ? :-)
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> david at parmet.net wrote:
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> Well that's actually part of what I do for a living ... I'm a social media
> marketing consultant but a lot of my work involves holding the hands of
> clients who are sending out their first tweets.
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> And I remember the Nixon Administration.....
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> So I'm in.
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> david KC2JNS
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>> Apparently, there is an effort underway here in southwestern CT to teach
>> the
>> basics of social media for use in emergencies to "older citizens". For
>> example, how to use text messaging if you can't get through on a cell
>> phone
>> voice call. They're looking for a few good trainers -- and preferably
>> people who are 55 or even better 60+ in age so that the "older citizens"
>> feel more comfortable (there's a lot of research to the effect that
>> people
>> 60 and above don't feel comfortable and don't learn when taught this
>> stuff
>> by people in their 20s and 30s).
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>> Use of social media for emergency communications seems to me to be
>> "communications" and something that a communications-oriented
>> association
>> (say something like an Amateur Radio association) might undertake as
>> trainers. Admittedly it's not ham radio per se, but it would be good
>> publicity for us as well as an opportunity to attract new hams or lapsed
>> hams. I should note that as a result of just the first CERT organizing
>> meeting, there are three lapsed hams who are now studying to get their
>> licenses again. There are probably a lot more out there.
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>> The potential subject matters include:
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>> . Use of text messaging
>> . Use of Twitter
>> . Use of Facebook
>> . Care and feeding of your cell phone, especially in an emergency
>>
>> Probably others.
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>> Anybody out there think that they would be interested in teaching a
>> course,
>> especially if you're a bit older and have been using the social media?
>>
>> 73s
>> Jon, WB2RYV
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