Join AMWA’s Social Media Team!

Help spread the word about how AMWA connects, supports, and leverages the power of women physicians to transform the culture of medicine and improve quality and equity in healthcare! 

 

Our Social Media Team contributes to AMWA’s work by connecting, informing, aligning, activating and extending our community. There are many ways to participate on our team, depending on your interest and time.

Interested in joining our team?  Here’s how to get involved:

1) Read about our team structure and roles.

2) Think about your time, experience & interests -- including what you’d like to learn!

3) Click below to sign up as an Ambassador or a Platform Management Team member 

Social Media Ambassadors help by committing as little as 1-2 hours monthly to engage from their social profile(s)

Social Media Platform Management Team members help manage activities on AMWA’s Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook profiles and have a time commitment starting around 4-6 hours/month.

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Volunteer as a Social Media Ambassador 
Volunteer for Social Media Platform Management Team

Learn more about the roles below. 

AMWA Social Media Ambassadors

Time Commitment - 1-2+ hrs/month, as your time allows!

All AMWA members with social media profiles are encouraged to become Social Media Ambassadors. Our Ambassadors commit to engaging regularly with AMWA content from their individual social media profiles. 

By liking/loving, commenting on and/or re-posting AMWA posts and posts of followers that mention AMWA, our Social Media Ambassadors help to spread the word about AMWA programming and to raise awareness of important issues and initiatives that we, our members and followers are involved in. No meetings are required for this team and communications to the team will be minimal.

We will reach out to the team from time-to-time via email with a heads-up about important happenings that we want special help with -- e.g. awareness activities around Women In Medicine Month in September or our Annual Meeting in March.

Team members are always invited to reach out to AMWA staff with questions and/or ideas!

AMWA Social Media Platform Management Team

Time Commitment - Starting at 4-6 hrs/month, depending on your role, interest & available time

This team manages activities for AMWA Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook profiles. 

We welcome volunteers experienced in social media, as well those with minimal experience but strong interest in learning.

To help organize work, our team is broken into specialty roles. AMWA’s Director of Communications helps to oversee and provide training, insights, back-up, and direction to the team, as needed.

Platform Team Roles 

Social Media Platform Management Team roles include:

  • Strategic Advisors
  • Platform Leaders
  • Content Developers
  • Engagement Specialists
  • Profile Analytics Specialists

For more info on each role, see our section on Social Media Management Team Role Descriptions.

Platform Team Work Schedules

Volunteer work schedules will vary according to the individual’s availability and their role. Within the team there is room for volunteers with all kinds of schedules!

Platform Team Meetings

Team meetings connect and align our team members and advance our practice so that we can have the greatest impact possible for AMWA’s work and our organization.

  • Platform & other working group meetings are set based on the work of each team.
  • Leadership meetings will be held monthly, with leaders being encouraged to touch base with AMWA’s staff leaders anytime support or information is needed. 
  • Team-wide meetings will be held quarterly. Leader Mtgs will be abbreviated or skipped in months with Quarterly Mtgs

We understand that team members will not always be able to attend all meetings. Minutes will be shared, and team members will be invited to contribute ideas and questions for consideration in advance if they cannot attend in person.

Platform Team Development & Role Changes 

Providing enjoyable, fulfilling volunteer opportunities for AMWA members on the Social Media Team is important to us. 

Platform Management Team Role Descriptions

  1. Strategic Advisors
  2. Platform Leaders
  3. Content Developers
  4. Engagement Specialists
  5. Profile Analytics Specialists

1. Strategic Advisors

Strategic Advisors are emeritus Platform Leaders and/or other experienced social media leaders who have deep experience with social media.

Core Activities

  • Follow one or more AMWA social media platforms
  • Be aware of extended social media environment, including following what AMWA peer organizations and other Social Media Leaders are doing
  • Determine when to consult with team leaders and/or other Advisors
  • Bring ideas and advice back to the AMWA team as you can

Time Commitment -- 2 - 6+ hrs/month

  • All work to be conducted on your schedule
  • Attendance of monthly Leader meetings and quarterly Team meetings encouraged when possible

2. Platform Leaders

Separate leaders are needed for each platform - Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter. Platform Leaders are asked to work with AMWA’s Communications Director to manage platform strategy and team activities. Platform Leaders will attain an umbrella view of what is going on in AMWA and will support and coordinate their team to help achieve AMWA social media goals.

Core Activities

  • Work with AMWA staff to help develop and refine platform strategy & activity plans
  • Coordinate and attend platform team meetings
  • Coordinate schedules of engagement specialists for your platform; provide them with support and act as a liaison to AMWA staff, as needed
  • Work with the Content Developers and Engagement Specialists, as needed for planning purposes, to ensure content is tailored to your platform and content scheduling runs smoothly
  • Review draft posts and/or schedule posts on social platforms or on Hootsuite or other social management software, as needed
  • Contribute to monthly Leader meetings and quarterly Team meetings

Time Commitment -- 6 - 8+ hrs/month

  • Preferred availability of around 2 hours/week most weeks
  • Time may be on higher end if you are interested in participating in functional work as well as  managing others

3. Content Developers

Content Developers will work on content for all platforms. There are opportunities to learn as you go. If you have used PPT, Canva, or other design programs and/or done simple photo editing in iPhoto or other platforms and you have an interest in functional design, you can learn to create content for AMWA social profiles!

Core Activities:

  • Use Canva to fill in AMWA templates or create new graphics for social media posts
  • Use information provided by AMWA to develop content for artwork with captions
  • Work with Platform Team leaders and/or AMWA staff to inform and finalize posts, as needed

Additional Activities:

  • Attend Quarterly Team meetings, as possible

Time Commitment -- 6 - 7+ hrs/month

  • 2-4 hours start up time to learn AMWA systems 

4. Engagement Specialists

Engagement Specialists will select a platform team to work on -- Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook. These team members work from their selected AMWA social profile to increase AMWA’s engagement with AMWA members, partners, followers, key thought leaders and influential organizations on topics that align with AMWA’s mission.

Core Activities

  • Monitor & respond to direct messages that come in on your platform
  • Proactively engage with AMWA followers and extended community of interest
  • Work with Platform Team leaders and/or AMWA staff to inform engagement, as needed
  • Alert AMWA staff to breaking information that you feel we should urgently know about

Additional Activities:

  • Attend Quarterly Team meetings, as possible

Time Commitment -- minimum of 4 - 5+ hrs/month

  • Determine schedule based on your availability and needs of the team
  • 2-4 hours start up time to learn AMWA systems

5. Platform Analytics Specialists

Platform Analytics Specialists are responsible for gathering and helping to interpret data on AMWA social media programs. Specialists will select or be assigned a platform to work on. Learn about how social media analytics can impact organizational visibility and engagement.

Core Activities

  • Learn about and monitor analytics in assigned platform and on social media management software used by AMWA (currently Hootsuite & Sprout Social)
  • Prepare a monthly report
  • Look for & share insights that may help increase reach and engagement
  • Recommend process improvements if ideas or opportunities arise

Additional Activities:

  • Attend Monthly Leader meetings & Quarterly Team meetings, as possible

Time Commitment -- minimum of 4 - 6+ hrs/month

  • 2-4 hours start up time to learn AMWA systems & begin to become oriented to workflow and performance history