I have been in the process of bringing our Squadron into the digital age through our website. It is my hope that the Wing may follow our example in the future. We are now using multiple forms of social networking to increase interest in our squadron and to help get the word out about our news. Young people especially pay very close attention to these networking sites, especially Facebook and Twitter.
In Facebook we are running adds, targeting youth who are interested in many of the aspects of CAP and in the last few days we have had several people click through to our website. We are also updating Twitter on a regular basis and are following many of the official CAP "tweets" throughout the country, and in turn they are following us. This really gets our news out there nationwide, and this is a growing trend in the CAP Public Affairs circles. The more we can drive up the buzz about CAP the more likely we are to gain membership.
In Facebook we are running adds, targeting youth who are interested in many of the aspects of CAP and in the last few days we have had several people click through to our website. We are also updating Twitter on a regular basis and are following many of the official CAP "tweets" throughout the country, and in turn they are following us. This really gets our news out there nationwide, and this is a growing trend in the CAP Public Affairs circles. The more we can drive up the buzz about CAP the more likely we are to gain membership.
We have been approved by Google to receive the full version of Google Apps for Non-Profit organizations. This means that everyone can have an ok113.org email account if you would like one. Those of you that have a duty position email may also have another email (example: name@ok113.org) if you would like one. I have the ability to merge the emails into a single login account.
If you would like an email, let me know what you want your login name to be and I will set it up for you and send you the information to login for the first time.
We now have a much easier address to get to your email login, it is: mail.ok113.org.
The emails are also fully pop and imap compatible, if you use something such as Outlook for your email, feel free to set the ok113.org email up in it. If you need assistance let me know.
Other new things:
1) We are now on Twitter and tweeting regularly, these tweets also update on the OK113 website and Facebook page. If you have Twitter, please follow us, our user name is OK113CAP. Using Twitter in CAP is a new public affairs grassroots initiative that we are trying to gain traction on, the more official CAP Twitter accounts are followed the better for us.
2) We now have a Facebook fan page, it can be viewed here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklahoma-City-Composite-Squadron-Civil-Air-Patrol/123814838963. All news from the website are also updated to our Facebook page, this will help keep news flowing to our members that don't check the website often, but live on Facebook.
3) You will soon be able to log in to your email within the website.
4) We will soon be able to host video on our website through Google Apps.
5) We will soon be migrating our calendar to Google Apps., you will be able to view upcoming activities through your ok113 email account as well as through the website. I will be giving a number of you access to edit the calendar, so that you can update it with upcoming events.
6) We have a new newsfeed that includes both the Twitter account and the Blogger account.
7) We will soon have a National News feed on our website.
8) The Members page has been redesigned, it is now a Links page, with key links to Squadron, Wing and National websites. Keep an eye on this page as it will be continually upgraded.
9) We have document hosting on the website, if there is an important document that you want our membership to have access to, I can upload it.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions, I would be glad to implement them.
Jordan Edmund, 1st Lt
Commander | Oklahoma City Composite Squadron
If you would like an email, let me know what you want your login name to be and I will set it up for you and send you the information to login for the first time.
We now have a much easier address to get to your email login, it is: mail.ok113.org.
The emails are also fully pop and imap compatible, if you use something such as Outlook for your email, feel free to set the ok113.org email up in it. If you need assistance let me know.
Other new things:
1) We are now on Twitter and tweeting regularly, these tweets also update on the OK113 website and Facebook page. If you have Twitter, please follow us, our user name is OK113CAP. Using Twitter in CAP is a new public affairs grassroots initiative that we are trying to gain traction on, the more official CAP Twitter accounts are followed the better for us.
2) We now have a Facebook fan page, it can be viewed here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklahoma-City-Composite-Squadron-Civil-Air-Patrol/123814838963. All news from the website are also updated to our Facebook page, this will help keep news flowing to our members that don't check the website often, but live on Facebook.
3) You will soon be able to log in to your email within the website.
4) We will soon be able to host video on our website through Google Apps.
5) We will soon be migrating our calendar to Google Apps., you will be able to view upcoming activities through your ok113 email account as well as through the website. I will be giving a number of you access to edit the calendar, so that you can update it with upcoming events.
6) We have a new newsfeed that includes both the Twitter account and the Blogger account.
7) We will soon have a National News feed on our website.
8) The Members page has been redesigned, it is now a Links page, with key links to Squadron, Wing and National websites. Keep an eye on this page as it will be continually upgraded.
9) We have document hosting on the website, if there is an important document that you want our membership to have access to, I can upload it.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions, I would be glad to implement them.
Jordan Edmund, 1st Lt
Commander | Oklahoma City Composite Squadron
