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Social Media Guide


Share.  Tweet.  Post.  Vote Up.  Google +1.  Pin.  Like.  

Voting period is here! Anyone who logs into or registers on the Climate CoLab site with a valid email address can vote for one proposal per contest.  The proposal with the most votes in each contest will win a Popular Choice Award.

Social media is a powerful tool, and we wanted to show you the social media pages we use, how you can link your posts to them, and what kind of activity we encourage and discourage.

 

Twitter

Climate CoLab page: https://twitter.com/ClimateCoLab (Follow us!)   

PLEASE DO tag us @ClimateCoLab and use our #climatevote hashtag.  Feel free to retweet (RT) our tweet of your proposal.

PLEASE DO NOT tweet or retweet similar messages repeatedly as this can be perceived as spam.

 

Facebook

Climate CoLab page: https://www.facebook.com/ClimateCoLab  (Like us!)

PLEASE DO tag our Climate CoLab page (@Climate CoLab) and use the #climatevote hashtag.  We'll be mentioning all Finalist proposals so feel free to share those posts with your networks.

PLEASE DO NOT post links to your proposal on our Climate CoLab Facebook page as a post, comment or message.  Any postings attempting to solicit votes will be removed.  As with Twitter, do not post similar messages repeatedly as this can be perceived as spam.

 

LinkedIn

Climate CoLab page: http://linkd.in/13xfQ30  (Join our group!)

PLEASE DO mention the Climate CoLab in your posts and invite other LinkedIn members to join the Climate CoLab group.  We invite you to use the group to offer or make requests for collaboration, feedback or advice on Climate CoLab proposals; to ask relevant questions to the community; and to share relevant climate change news items, research, articles, events, case studies, projects and websites that may interest the group.  

PLEASE DO NOT post links to your proposal on our Climate CoLab LinkedIn page as a post or comment in order to solicit votes.  All postings of this nature will be removed.  To see the full list of what we do/do not allow, click the "Group Rules" link on the group page.

 

Reddit

Climate CoLab profile: https://www.reddit.com/user/MIT-Climate_CoLab

PLEASE DO mention in your post that "upvotes" on reddit will not be counted as votes on the proposal.  Supporters must vote on the CoLab website in order to be counted.  Please also "vote up" other posts about proposals that you support to give them visibility on the reddit site.

As this is a site fewer people are familiar with, we recommend you read the reddit guide on self-promotion, which includes guidelines for best practice.

 

Climate CoLab Community Forum

Climate CoLab page:  https://www.climatecolab.org/discussion

PLEASE DO make requests for collaboration, feedback or advice on your Climate CoLab proposal; ask relevant questions to the community; report bugs and make suggestions to the Climate CoLab staff.  

PLEASE DO NOT post links to your proposal to solicit votes on the discussion board and the comment section of other proposals  All such posts will be removed. 

 

Climate CoLab Community Messaging

PLEASE DO only message Climate CoLab members to vote for your proposal if you have already some kind of relationship with them on the platform (e.g. if you have been in contact with them previously, if they commented on your proposal, if they are a collaborator, if they referenced your proposal in their proposal, etc.). Please note, the Climate CoLab team will send a message to your supporters encouraging them to vote.

PLEASE DO NOT send mass messages to Climate CoLab members that you do not know or that have not supported your proposal, asking them to vote for your proposal. 

 

Share Buttons on the Climate CoLab Site

Click this button on a contest or proposal page to receive emails about all contest and proposal activity, such as votes, "supports" and new comments.

Use these shortcuts on a proposal's page to share the proposal via Facebook, Twitter and email.

 

Posters

 

Please Note

We will be highlighting individual Finalist proposals through social media and will make every attempt to make sure each proposal is recognized equally; however, we cannot guarantee the timing or content of our posts on any of our platforms.  The Climate CoLab holds no responsibility for member-generated content that is posted or rejected on any sites.  The Climate CoLab does not offer specific social media recommendations or advice.