This document summarizes a United Way of Greater Kansas City social media committee breakfast meeting. It discusses the organization's focus areas of successful children and families, financial stability, and healthy communities. Metrics are provided on clients served in areas like child abuse victims, domestic violence shelters, and homeless housing. The upcoming 2010 fundraising campaign is outlined with a $25,000 new donor goal. Plans for social media initiatives and events like Live United Week are presented. Contact details are provided for the United Way's online presences on websites, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr.
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SMCKC Breakfast - United Way GKC Social Media Launch
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2. United Way of Greater Kansas City #SMCKC Breakfast @unitedwaygkc#UnitedWayGKCwww.UnitedWayGKC.org #UnitedWayGKC
3. Quick Agenda About the United Way? Our Goal Social Media Committee Campaign Kickoff Initiatives Profiles #UnitedWayGKC
4. Key Impact Areas Successful Children, Youth & Families Helping children, youth and families attain their full potential. Financial Stability Assisting people in achieving financial independence and stability. Healthy People, Healthy Communities Assuring people and their neighborhoods are safe, healthy and thriving. Safety Net Helping people facing crisis or disaster access timely assistance.
13. Live United WeekSept. 27 – Oct. 4 United We Care – October 4 Collection Drive for Personal Care Items to be donated to emergency shelters Community Wide Jeans Day – September 29 Encouraging companies to allow employees to allow jeans for an extra $5 donation Eat. Drink. Live United. – All week! Local companies are donating 10% of the week’s food revenue to United Way.
14. Social Media Committee Shannon Schlappi – Locker Partner & Rockdex @DramaClub Ramsey Mohsen – Consultant and video-blogger @RamseyM Dr. Simon Kuo, Ph.D. – Founder LightThread @Simonkuo #UnitedWayGKC
15. Social Media Committee Shane Adams – Community Manager, AMC Theaters and Asst. Pastor Olathe Community of Christ (@shaneadams) Kerstin Deppe – Social Influence Supervisor, NK and Treasurer of #smckc (@KayHasWings) Mike Burns – Senior Manager at Perceptive Software and #smckc board member for standards and ethics (@wrytir) #UnitedWayGKC
16. Social Media Committee Jessica Best – Marketing Manager, emfluence (@bestofjess) Zena Weist – Social Media Director H&R Block (@zenaweist) Zach Cobb – Owner, Westside Studio@zachishere #UnitedWayGKC
17. Social Media Committee Jonathan D. MastBlack and Veatch(@JonathanDMast) Mark Jorgenson (@ksbigred)US BankCo-chair United Way Campaign #UnitedWayGKC
32. Advancing the Common GoodCreating opportunities for a better life for all. “We all win when a child succeeds in school, when a neighborhood turns around, when families have good health and workers have solid jobs.”
33. Live United Underneath everything we are, underneath everything we do, we are all people. Connected, interdependent, united. And when we reach out a hand to one, we influence the condition of all. That’s what it means to live united.
34. United Way 2-1-1 A three-digit number phone number connecting people with local health and human services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This year, calls have gone up 23%. More than 60% of those calls have been seeking emergency assistance.
35. United Way GKC #UnitedWayGKC Web – www.UnitedWayGKC.org Twitter – @unitedwaygkc Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/United-Way-of-Greater-Kansas-City/56776589517 Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/unitedwaygkc Flickr.com (photos) http://www.flickr.com/photos/unitedwaygkc #UnitedWayGKC