Kwan, P. (2007). Adopt a Pet, Live Longer! [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://www. flickr.com/photos/sayheypatrick/1140020132/ |
For blog of my choice I’ve decided to focus on the Edmonton Humane Society (EHS), a registered charity that works to prevent cruelty to animals as well as find forever homes for animals in their care. The Edmonton Humane Society was first organized in 1907 as a welfare educator and then in 1910 it was established as a nonprofit organization working for the welfare of animals. The EHS has gone to great lengths to integrate themselves into the available online social media sites in order to get their message out to Edmontonians, Albertans and potentially all of Canada.
Salt Lake County Animal Shelter/Services (2010). Pit Bull
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The EHS has expanded to other uses of social media including Facebook and Twitter. Through the sites the EHS has been able to integrate themselves into the everyday lives of Edmontonians. Their Facebook page encourages people to share stories about their pets as well as comment on questions the EHS proposes. The page is also used to feature events occurring around the city and feature certain adoptable animals. Their twitter account @EdmontonHumane offers the most up-to-date information on the society. This site is also used to highlight pictures of animals and stimulate discussions about different topics. Through these sites the EHS has been able to feature certain animals which could potentially diversify the viewers they have to their site. I think it’s a great business strategy for an organization to be involved in Facebook and Twitter since the population uses these sites heavily. By having numerous tweets or posts per day the EHS stays in the forefront of people’s mind. By encouraging people to comment and share their stories the EHS becomes more personal and helps people to connect with their cause. They are also able to better disseminate information about adoptable pets by having feature pets on each site.
The EHS has come a long way from 1907. While they still maintain their nonprofit status and work for the prevention of cruelty to animals they, through their uses of social media, have been able to connect to Edmontonians like never before. This has been a great business strategy that can only continue to help them in the future.
Another student in this class, Becky, has an interesting wiki article about double muscling in cattle and she also speaks about the uses of wikipedia, another online tool.
Hi Jenn,
ReplyDeleteThis is a very detailed blog that gives a lot of informative statements about the Edmonton Humane Society (EHS). I love how you are able to tap into all aspects of their online resources through their '.com' website. I never knew that by having a standalone, ‘.com’, website, it would be perceived as more professional.
I really enjoyed your links to the pit bull blog and government law reviews. I personally believe there are breeds of dogs that are more aggressive than others, just like there are breeds of dogs that are more docile and relaxed. However, I feel that a dog’s behaviour in majority is a product of their environment. So if these animals have been bred for aggression then they will be more aggressive, nevertheless with proper training and treatment this breed could be just as tame as any other breed of dog.
Thank you, Jenn, for giving me more information on this topic.
-Becky
Hey Jenn,
ReplyDeleteI applied for EHS volunteer two years ago, but there was no reply... I don't know why...Maybe, technique issues...?
By the way,
I went there before, it is so nice. Volunteers are enthusiastic. Dogs and cats are so cute,except some huge guys, and it seems like that they love their home (EHS) very much.
EHS offers a chance for all people who like animals to have a communication, and it also help to build person's responsibility.
Thank you for showing so much useful information about EHS.
I am going to follow their Twitter @EdmontonHumane to know more about EHS.
Nian
Hi, Jenn
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to see how you link EHS to ALES 204 class, which are two irrelevant stuff. This shows that you have been able to practice the things we learnt in class in professional usage. I believe it is very important for EHS to use Facebook and twitter. It is less attractive for the majority of people to go to EHS website to read or learn something. However, twitter and Facebook can easily fill in people's mind about little but important information about their relevant information. Also, just like you said, "it stimulates disgussions about their topics".
I really enjoyed this post you made. The Humane Society of Edmonton is so great, and it can function even better now that they have a fancy new building! I've been there and it is so state of the art and comfortable for the animals that are staying there. The cat rooms are especially cool, where you can let yourself in and cuddle a bunch of cats at once!
ReplyDeleteThe Pit Bull post they made is very informative. It is so unfair that this breed is so stereotyped and there are so many biases against them. Really they are just another dog, and they are a breed that needs to be trained and handled properly. If this is done they end up friendly as anything. The problem is owners that don't train them at all, or train them for the specific purpose of being aggressive.
Great post, thanks!
I think it is great what vets in Edmonton do for those animals. I have some dogs too and they are awesome.
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