Do you belong to a guild? No doubt if you do, you love it for so many
reasons, and one huge part of that is probably the social!
The downside of that is many guilds only meet once a month.
How nice would it be to stay connected to your guild every day, when you
want!
Enter social media for quilt guilds.
Social media has so many extraordinary tools that guilds can capitalize
on to make the most of your guild!
Instagram
Have your guild set up an Instagram account. You can read about it here. Post pics of
your guild's show and share so those that missed the meeting can see the eye
candy. And if you shared a quilt, you can share on your instagram account by
using 'repost'. You can post up to
10 pics at a time by simply hitting the little pic icon at the bottom right of
this pic that will then allow you to select up to 10 pics from your
gallery.
I love scrolling through a guild's instagram post to see the great
quilts shown at their meeting.
Facebook
What a fantastic way to reach your members and keep socializing long
after the meeting is over!
You can create a page that allows everyone on facebook to see what you
are up to and to really hilight your guild and events. With a page, only the
editors and administrators can post. But you can add comments. An example of a
page is mine at Jackie's Art Quilts. You can see that
only I create posts but anyone can comment.
A group is often a great way for guilds to communicate and it can
be open or closed. Regardless if it is open or closed, anyone can post in the
group. Which is a fabulous way to ask questions, show your quilts , send
meeting reminders etc.
Open meaning that anyone on facebook can view the group's content.
Closed meaning, a person must get permission to join and you can then
share pics, post guild reminders, events etc within a network of people.
The Modern Quilters of Canada is a closed
group but you can ask permission to join and then see and post pics of quilts,
ask questions, comment etc.
I love facebook groups for guilds as it encourages dialogue and
continues to build communication and friendships.
Blog
Blogs used to be very popular and some guilds still use them as a tool
for their guild. It is like writing a small story on a timely basis. Some
guilds will post once a month and hilight the activities of the guild, pics of the quilts, and promote
shows etc. You can often sign up to receive an email notification when the blog
has been updated. The drawback is that this doesn't allow for much engagement
by the reader. They can leave a comment but that is pretty much it.
E-newsletters
I find this is a great tool to share the guild newsletter, remind
members of a guest speaker, what to bring etc for guild meetings. I like this
used in conjunction with another social media platform that allows engagement
or conversation back and forth.
I hope your guild considers using social media to benefit their members.
Jackie
1 comment:
There are certainly a number of details like that to take into consideration. That could be a nice level to carry up. I supply the thoughts above as normal inspiration but clearly there are questions like the one you bring up where the most important thing might be working in sincere good faith. I don?t know if best practices have emerged round things like that, however I am positive that your job is clearly identified as a good game. Each boys and girls really feel the influence of just a moment’s pleasure, for the rest of their lives. play casino
Post a Comment