Social Media

Throughout the two-year DOTCOM process, I have learned that, rather than a useless networking site for bored teenage girls, social media can be used as a powerful force for change. One example of this was on Haloween, 2008. I was on my Student Government, and we were making a push for donating money to UNICEF. In the olden days, we would just post pamphlets around the school, pamphlets that no one would look at. However, we were able to send notices out on Facebook reminding people to donate, and the next day, we recieved a record amount in the annual UNICEF drive. If used correctly, Web 2.0 can be a powerful factor in making change happen.