Take Back The Mic

Music * Community Storytelling *Arts

Kickoff for a National Community Storytelling Campaign

Creating Buzz with Social Media

Use Your Facebook Wall

1. Go to your Facebook profile
2. Post one of the following messages to your wall:
   
   How do you Take Back The Mic? Post your answer at http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=113013795393797&ref=ts. And then post the question to your friends.  
   
   More than an event, this is the kickoff for a National Community Storytelling campaign that will assist, inspire and train low income communities to tell their own stories:
   http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=113013795393797&ref=ts
   
   Corporate media presents two stories and they are both lies! Neither are our stories. With social media, we can tell our own stories and amplify our voices. It is our responsibility - Take Back The Mic!
   http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=113013795393797&ref=ts
   
   
3. Below your post, click *Like*.
4. Below your post, click Comment and write a short note about the campaign.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 on a regular basis (e.g., every couple of days until the May 20th event)

Use the Walls of Facebook Friends

1. Make a list that includes your most influential Facebook friends and Facebook friends with the most Facebook friends. The more the better. (You don't have to do them all at once.)
2. Order your list by their potential to create buzz. Do this quickly; no need to split hairs. Start with the Facebook Friend at the top of the list.
3. Go to the profile of your Facebook friend
4. Post one of the following messages to their wall:
   
   How do you Take Back The Mic? Post your answer at http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=113013795393797&ref=ts. And then post the question to your friends.  
   
   More than an event, this is the kickoff for a National Community Storytelling campaign that will assist, inspire and train under-represented communities to tell their own stories:
   http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=113013795393797&ref=ts
   
   Corporate media presents two stories and they are both lies! Neither are our stories. With social media, we can tell our stories and amplify our voices. It is our responsibility - Take Back The Mic:
   http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=113013795393797&ref=ts
   
   
5. Below your post, click *Like*.
6. Below your post, click Comment and write a short note to them about the campaign, the event, and/or personal message to which they would be inclined to reply.
7. Repeat Steps 3-6 with the next friend in the list. Remember you don't have to do it all at once.
8. After you are finished with a group, go to YOUR wall, and delete all the posts generated by this activity.
9. Consider doing this on a regular basis (e.g., every couple of days) but with different messages (e.g., campaign updates)  

Use Your Facebook Profile Picture

1. Right click on the Take Back The Mic image and save to your hard disk.
2. Got to your Facebook profile
3. Click your profile picture, select "Change Picture", and then click "Upload a Picture"
4. Select the Take Back the Mic image
5. Copy this into the text box and post.
   
   More than an event, this is the kickoff for a National Community Storytelling campaign that will assist, inspire and train under-represented communities to tell their own stories:
   http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=113013795393797&ref=ts
6. Keep this as your profile picture at least through May 20th