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Contacting your supporters and stakeholders online using your website and a range of social media options can seem like a cheap alternative. But getting it right is harder. When it works, it works well, but it needs planning to have the best effect. This short course will get you going in this area.

It will cover:

  • What is online communication?

  • Why be online? Understanding your audience

  • Online channels and how they work

  • Common starting points

          - Websites

          - Facebook

          - To tweet or not to tweet

          - LinkedIn

  • Who does what when...?


You do not need to know anything about this subject to get something out of this course.

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