Post by kaurm23 on Oct 2, 2014 22:28:44 GMT -5
For this week’s second discussion, I’m going to be talking about Doctors without Borders. I’ve heard about this organization a bunch of times throughout college and even previous years. Nick Owen is the person we spoke to this week on the Google Hangout who is a representative of Doctors without Borders. The organization started in 1971 with a group of doctors and journalists. What’s neat is that it started out with Red Cross but when doctors became unsatisfied, they split and created this!
Social media is playing an important role right now for them; they have the UN involved to help spread awareness through different platforms. Their social media plays a role in their advocacy and currently, Ebola is a communications emergency like Nick Said than a medical emergency because more people ought to know about it. Nick Owen talked about how Instagram and how it is difficult to get awareness out there. Currently when I take a look at their Instagram, they have a ton of pictures and I mean, a LOT with a LOT of likes as well. I wanted to focus on their strategy of powerful posting. Nick was really helpful in telling us that they have a wonderful team of photographers that work with Doctors without Borders. Nick also mentioned that any piece of communication that they receive is always checked by different teams in their headquarter offices in case of security risks and whatnot. They also have to get the consent of the patients to take pictures of them and be able to post them which is a really big ethical deal. Through that, they are able to capture some of the most powerful images that get over 1.4K likes! I think that’s pretty neat. They’ve got about 42,000 followers with 370 photos. I love each and every picture they’ve posted because as a photographer myself, there’s a story behind every image and that’s truly what their images make your mind think. I have checked out their Tumbler page and I can say they like to keep the page very alive but at the same time they could use an effective staff for the social media department that can help revamp the site a bit. Maybe add some testimonials and more images of younger patients that carry stronger messages. I really enjoyed Nick’s Google call because it was very informational and at the same time, it made me feel like by liking their pictures, it’s truly benefitting them. In conclusion, their social media platforms are pretty vivid and have good, short, and to the point statements that go a long way in one’s mind.
Social media is playing an important role right now for them; they have the UN involved to help spread awareness through different platforms. Their social media plays a role in their advocacy and currently, Ebola is a communications emergency like Nick Said than a medical emergency because more people ought to know about it. Nick Owen talked about how Instagram and how it is difficult to get awareness out there. Currently when I take a look at their Instagram, they have a ton of pictures and I mean, a LOT with a LOT of likes as well. I wanted to focus on their strategy of powerful posting. Nick was really helpful in telling us that they have a wonderful team of photographers that work with Doctors without Borders. Nick also mentioned that any piece of communication that they receive is always checked by different teams in their headquarter offices in case of security risks and whatnot. They also have to get the consent of the patients to take pictures of them and be able to post them which is a really big ethical deal. Through that, they are able to capture some of the most powerful images that get over 1.4K likes! I think that’s pretty neat. They’ve got about 42,000 followers with 370 photos. I love each and every picture they’ve posted because as a photographer myself, there’s a story behind every image and that’s truly what their images make your mind think. I have checked out their Tumbler page and I can say they like to keep the page very alive but at the same time they could use an effective staff for the social media department that can help revamp the site a bit. Maybe add some testimonials and more images of younger patients that carry stronger messages. I really enjoyed Nick’s Google call because it was very informational and at the same time, it made me feel like by liking their pictures, it’s truly benefitting them. In conclusion, their social media platforms are pretty vivid and have good, short, and to the point statements that go a long way in one’s mind.
