Welcome to new members on social media
This campaign tip (no. 50) was published on Tuesday, 19th February 2019
I just read the following on a Facebook group where I am just a member. "So then, in the absence of any relevant recent experience and with nothing to add to the debate, why bother posting here?". YUK!
There's quite a hurdle for a new member to jump when they join a social media group (or indeed come along to a meeting in person) and they are the future lifeblood of the group - they should be welcomed and encouraged to join in. Perhaps they have little experience to add initially, but newcomers are a wonderful way of reminding older hands of the questions we assume that everyone knows the answers to, and of providing us with a checkpoint to help us look at ourselves and say "are we doing this right".
The groups on which these campaigning daily tips are being published - the Melksham Rail User Group and the Coffee Shop Forum both welcome new members, and introductory posts, with open arms and encouragement. We want you on the team and we do not set up a system to put off boarders!
Discussion via Coffee Shop forum
There's quite a hurdle for a new member to jump when they join a social media group (or indeed come along to a meeting in person) and they are the future lifeblood of the group - they should be welcomed and encouraged to join in. Perhaps they have little experience to add initially, but newcomers are a wonderful way of reminding older hands of the questions we assume that everyone knows the answers to, and of providing us with a checkpoint to help us look at ourselves and say "are we doing this right".
The groups on which these campaigning daily tips are being published - the Melksham Rail User Group and the Coffee Shop Forum both welcome new members, and introductory posts, with open arms and encouragement. We want you on the team and we do not set up a system to put off boarders!
Discussion via Coffee Shop forum
