215 episodes
Mastering Social Media for Schools Andrea Gribble
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4.9 • 46 Ratings
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Do you manage social media for a K12 school? Then this podcast is for you! Struggling to find time for social media? Wondering why people won’t engage on your Facebook page? Can’t get content from your staff? Trying to get students to follow your Instagram Stories? These are just some of the big struggles that #SocialSchool4EDU CEO and social media storyteller, Andrea Gribble, digs into on the Mastering Social Media for Schools podcast. In addition to exclusive interviews and step-by-step strategies, each episode is designed to inspire and empower you on your journey to master school social media! This podcast is meant for anyone in K12 education - public schools, private schools, charter schools, online schools, tech/career centers - we serve them all! Grab insight into what’s working in hundreds of schools based on the experience of Andrea and her team. They directly manage more than 90 school districts, and coach/mentor more than 200 other schools. But Andrea didn’t always know what worked. When she started her business in 2014, she wished she had someone helping her answer questions like: What platform should I start with? How important is my school hashtag? Should every school in my district have its own Facebook page? What kind of videos do best? How do I represent everything that is going on in my school when I’m only one person? You’ll discover why thousands of educators follow Andrea’s advice on social media and even have fun while listening. Hit “subscribe” and get ready to master social media for your school!
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Using AI to Improve School Customer Service with Teddy Daiber
AI is impacting everything these days, and today, you’ll learn how it can help improve customer service for your school!AI chatbots work in two ways. First, they help provide self-service support for your families (or customers). But almost more importantly, they provide a ton of data that can help improve your website and other communication efforts!Need examples? Teddy shares several examples of how schools use his tool, AlwaysOn, to improve the customer experience and make time for things requiring in-person interaction.Learn about some of the best AI tools that Teddy sees schools using now.
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Teddy Daiber
Founder & CEO at AlwaysOn, California
Email: teddy@alwayson.ai
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teddy-daiber-52648385/
Website: https://alwayson.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alwaysonai
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Short video of Steve Jobs explaining what a personal computer is - similar to explaining AI. Join our FREE Facebook community now: The K12 School PR and Communications Community.Order your copy of my book Social Media for Schools: Proven Storytelling Strategies & Ideas to Celebrate Your Students & Staff - While Keeping Your Sanity now!Interested in our membership program? Learn more here: https://socialschool4edu.com/MORE RESOURCES
Free Video Training: Learn the simple secrets behind social media for K12 schools!
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How to Build Your Brand & Empower Your Digital Storytellers with Ashley Gomez
All schools need to consider marketing, but what is the best way to train your ever-changing and growing team? Ashley was up for the task, and today, you’ll learn about her Digital Leaders Cohort.Harmony Public Schools is a public charter that opened back in 2000. They have over 60 locations in Texas. Find out why and how they are expanding when many districts are shrinking.Setting up professional development for a large group can be intimidating. Ashley doesn’t have all the answers, but she will dive deep into her pilot run of a structured, accredited cohort focused on empowering her school's social media managers.
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Ashley Gomez
Director of Marketing
Harmony Public Schools, Texas
Instagram: @ashley_gom_
Email: ashley.gomez@harmonytx.org
Website: https://www.harmonytx.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HarmonyTexas
Instagram: @harmonytexas
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Order your copy of my book Social Media for Schools: Proven Storytelling Strategies & Ideas to Celebrate Your Students & Staff - While Keeping Your Sanity now! Bulk pricing for orders over 10 is available.Interested in our membership program? Learn more here: https://socialschool4edu.com/
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5 Things I Hate About My Role in School Social Media with Andrea Gribble
You read the headline right—there are times when I hate my job in school social media, and today, I share five of them at the top of my list.Don’t worry—I don’t leave you totally down and out. With each situation that frustrates me, I share what we can do to help!The list could be long. What do you hate most about your role? Please let me know- send me an email or message me on Twitter/X!
Email: andrea@socialschool4edu.com
Follow Andrea on Twitter/X: @andreagribble
Website: www.socialschool4edu.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/socialschool4edu
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Sign up for our free e-newsletter - click hereOrder your copy of my book Social Media for Schools: Proven Storytelling Strategies & Ideas to Celebrate Your Students & Staff - While Keeping Your Sanity now!Orders of 10 or more receive a quantity discount. Learn more on my website!Interested in our membership program? Learn more here: https://socialschool4edu.com/MORE RESOURCES
Free Video Training: Learn the simple secrets behind social media for K12 schools!
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#ThisisDEI and Using Social Media to Stay Above the Fray with Jennifer Shealy and Allison Gangl
From the moment I looked at Downingtown Area School District's social media pages, I knew I needed to feature the brilliant people behind their social media storytelling! Today, you’ll meet Jenn and Allison.Learn how Jenn added a communications manager role to her district of 13,0000 students in 2022 so they could focus on the day-to-day stories happening in their 16 schools.How do you grow your Instagram followers? Allison will share her insight—and you must check out their Instagram page!There are a lot of different categories of content to share. Find out what the 8 A’s stand for and how Downingtown uses them to drive its social media strategy.
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Jennifer Shealy
Director of Communications
Downingtown Area School District, Pennsylvania
Email: jshealy@dasd.org
Allison Gangl
Communications Manager
Downingtown Area School District, Pennsylvania
Email: agangl@dasd.org
Website: https://www.dasd.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/downingtownschools
Instagram: @downingtown_area_sd
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All newsletter subscribers will be invited to the “2024 Best of Social Media Awards” Webinar coming up on May 10th. Sign up here if you aren’t already on my newsletter list!Post examples:Bullying awareness Black History Month - learning moment post! Special Olympics PhotosAutism Acceptance and Awareness Month Video (turn on sound)Student-created Happy Diwali video - (turn on sound)Indian Heritage celebration - (turn on sound)Order your copy of my book Social Media for Schools: Proven Storytelling Strategies & Ideas to Celebrate Your Students & Staff - While Keeping Your Sanity now!Interested in our membership program? Learn more here: https://socialschool4edu.com/MORE RESOURCES
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Lose the Fear: Use the POWER of Social Media w/ Student Interns w/ Jeanise Dimitri & Emma Danilowicz
Take your social media to the next level with student interns! Today, you’ll learn from the intern coordinator and one of the media associates at this career technical school in Pennsylvania.If you are diving into social media and using students to help, you may have fear holding you back. Learn how Jeanise tackled that.Emma discusses her job responsibilities of creating and promoting content on social media pages and offers some advice for other students who are helping with content creation.See how student storytelling has impacted MBIT - and how one video even went viral!
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Jeanise Dimitri
Community Engagement & Public Relations Coordinator
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology (MBIT), Pennsylvania
Email: jdimitri@mbit.org
Emma Danilowicz
Student Intern
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology (MBIT), Pennsylvania
Website: https://www.mbit.org
Facebook: @MiddleBucksInstituteTech
Twitter: @middlebucks
Instagram: @middle_bucks
TikTok: @midbuckstech
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/middle-bucks-institute-of-technology/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb_DFtwI83phpYiqK2wW6kw
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Viral Back Pack contestEmma’s New Year’s Resolution postFrom the K12PRTip - 10 Ways to Start a Post📣 Let’s hear it for...🌟 Field trip alert! 🌟Spread the word! 💛💙Guess what our 6th graders have been up to???Help us congratulate... 👏👏👏🎉Our students had a blast...Check out...Way to #BeABobcat...What an awesome day for...👀Let’s take a peek in the classroom…Order your copy of my book Social Media for Schools: Proven Storytelling Strategies & Ideas to Celebrate Your Students & Staff - While Keeping Your Sanity now!Interested in our membership program? Learn more here: https://socialschool4edu.com/MORE RESOURCES
Free Video Training: Learn the simple secrets behind social media for K12 schools!
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Behind the Screens: Communications in a Crisis for School Leaders with Lesley Bruinton, APR
Lesley’s experience with schools dates back to 2001, and she goes in-depth today on the US Department of Justice’s 575-page report on the Uvalde school shooting.Learn the key findings from the report and the steps you can take to help your school prepare.Grab Lesley’s free 8-page toolkit as a conversation starter at your school.Discover 3 critical social media tips to remember when navigating a crisis.
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Lesley Bruinton, APR
CEO & President at School Spirit PR
Email: lesley@schoolspiritpr.com
Twitter/X: @lesleybruinton
Website: www.SchoolSpiritPR.com
Twitter/X: @SchoolSpiritPR
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-spirit-pr
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Lesley’s toolkit - download here!Order your copy of my book Social Media for Schools: Proven Storytelling Strategies & Ideas to Celebrate Your Students & Staff - While Keeping Your Sanity now!Interested in our membership program? Learn more here: https://socialschool4edu.com/MORE RESOURCES
Free Video Training: Learn the simple secrets behind social media for K12 schools!
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Customer Reviews
Amazing content!
I have learned so much from Andrea and continue to get new wisdom with every podcast! Such valuable information for social media managers!
Great podcast for a newbie managing social media that doesn’t have a background on PR
I am brand new at my role managing social media in my district and I don’t have a background in PR or Communications, my title is Executive Assistant and I also co-manage the website. I love this podcast and I have been following advice from it as well as getting ideas from it. Definitely highly recommended!
The advice you’ve been looking for!
I can’t say enough good things about Andrea and this podcast. I started from the beginning and have been listening non-stop! Andrea is the ultimate cheerleader and her guests’ expert advice has helped me so much. I am brand new to school communications (6 months in!), but I have newfound confidence knowing someone like Andrea is here to help. She is so knowledgeable and offers so many resources for newbies like me. If you know anyone who is new to this field, the best thing you can do for them is to show them this podcast. Even if they’re not new, I guarantee they will still learn something. I am so grateful for this podcast! As long as Andrea keeps releasing episodes, I will be listening.
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