Social Media and Spreading the Word

I am in charge of fundraising for my chapter of Kappa Phi. Kappa Phi is a Christian girl's club here at ONU. Many times I will extend fundraisers to other chapters. The main way I connect with these other chapters is via Facebook. There is a group on Facebook solely for active members of Kappa Phi across the country. Posting fundraisers in this group can boost a fundraiser by almost 50%. I recently posted a fundraiser on the page and before I had even shared it with my chapter I had 17 people order at least one if not more products.

Social media is also a great way to let other chapters learn about our sisters. Every week I post five good things about three of our sisters so other chapters can learn about us and we can get the word out about us. It's a good way to connect with other chapters and let Nationals know about who we are and what we do.

Because of the distance between chapters social media is a great way to let other chapters know what we're doing and stay connected. We can share ideas and what we found that works or what doesn't work. Without social media our chapters would be a lot more separated and information wouldn't be able to be passed as easily between them.

Social Media and Monitoring

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Social media is a tricky thing sometimes. It requires constant attention and supervision. There has been many a time where I post something on social media and within seconds someone has already commented on it. If I don't pay attention or miss this it creates a missed opportunity for me to connect with a friend or other individual depending on if it is on my personal social media or an organization's social media that I am in charge of monitoring.

One of the ways I try and keep up with everything is by having different devices logged in to different accounts. On my phone I have my Facebook, Twitter and one of my Tumblr pages while on my computer I have a different Tumblr page, which is also on my iPad. My iPad is also logged into the Kappa Phi Facebook which I am in charge of posting on and monitoring. Doing this allows me to easily access all accounts without worrying about passwords or taking the time to log out and log in to different accounts on different social medias.

Stratford Shakespeare Festival

This weekend I had the opportunity to go to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada. I went once four years ago and I was so excited to be able to go back. We left early on Friday morning and arrived between 1:30-2 in the afternoon. We spent a couple of hours wandering around Stratford and going in various shops and walking beside the river. We also ran into an older man who asked us why the chicken crossed the road. He said it was because the chicken wanted to get away from Colonel Sanders! It totally made our night.

 After dinner we went to a showing of "Love's Labour's Lost" at the theater. It was a great production though from watching I could tell some of the actors were a bit off that particular night. There were some missed cues and lines as well as just a general air of being distracted from the actors. We all decided we were so tired after the show we all went back to the hotel and right to sleep.

The next day we went to a farmer's market which was really cool. Not only did they have to fresh fruits and vegetables there was also a deli with fresh meats and cheeses, people selling breads and pies as well as jewelry and handmade crafts. Afterwards we drove around some of the local neighborhoods. The houses around Stratford are absolutely gorgeous and I loved getting to see all the different styles.

While on this trip I also tried poutine for the first time. I had never heard of it before this weekend but I found out that it's probably one of my new favorite things. The basic poutine is just french fries covered in cheese curds and gravy then you can add other toppings and create variations as wanted. I had a meatball and marinara one as well as one that had cheddar cheese along with the cheese curds and gravy. Both were excellent and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

We also went into a store and found out there was a cat sitting on the counter. We all took turns petting the cat while the others browsed around the store. Another really fun thing that happened is we went into a cafe for coffee when it started raining, I found a framed and signed program from one of the shows I went to the first time I went to Stratford.

The show we saw Saturday night was "The Taming of the Shrew," which I really enjoyed. After the show we decided to check out the Stratford night life and hit a few bars before heading back to the hotel and going to bed.

Sunday morning we got to take a backstage tour of the theater, which was the second time I have gotten to go backstage at that theater. It's a lot of fun because I learned different things both times and I never get tired of seeing the behind the scenes of how things work at a theater. It's really fascinating.

Before we started the drive home we stopped at this amazing bookstore. There were stacks and shelves of books everywhere. I told my friends when we went in that I hoped my house looked like that one day because I absolutely love books and hope I can have as many as was in this store some day.

I'm so glad I got to go back to Stratford. It's an absolutely beautiful town and the theater there is phenomenal. Hopefully I'll be able to go back more often, maybe even next year if I'm lucky.