Clearly Quaker #16 – Growing Our Family of Friends: Outreach Basics

At the TriQuarter Gathering of Friends 2018 at Camp Ockanickon in Medford, Sarah Greenblatt, Carol Suplee, and Lynnette Davis provided an overview of outreach approaches for Quaker meetings, including “nuts and bolts” tips for contacting traditional media (newspapers, tv) and effectively navigating the new world of digital media (social media, blogs). The talk was entitled “Growing Our Family of Friends: Outreach Basics.”

Bios of speakers:

Sarah Greenblatt is currently the Director of Communications at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where she directs publicity, advertising and marketing initiatives, including development and production of print and online publications, the website and social media. Before joining staff at the law school, she was a reporter with the Courier Post, Home News Tribune, and the Princeton Packet. She has a Masters degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Carol J. Suplee ‘s career has spanned both journalism and public relations. After years as a reporter, columnist, editorial page editor, and freelance writer, she also experienced the “other side of the desk” in public relations, principally at George School. She has authored two books including “Stories of Willingboro Township,” a history of a Quaker-settled 17thcentury township here in Burlington County and “A Triumphant Life,” an “as-told-to” account of one Holocaust survivor’s experience. She is a member of Medford Friends Meeting.

Lynette Davis is a mental health peer advocate who writes, organizes events, and facilitates conversations centered on holistic wellness. She runs a virtual administrative support business partnering with women visionaries, and is the author of “Success To Die For: Breaking Down Assumptions About Anxiety, Depression, & Suicide and Their Impact on Business Women”. Her articles, poetry, and “old-soul” wisdom has been featured in local NJ magazines, blogs, an award-winning tour, and several podcasts. She created the Love Yourself Love Your Business initiative to get business owners, entrepreneurs, and leading professionals mindful about mental health and actively engaged in wholehearted activities that foster wellness in and out of the workplace. She invites people to get involved with this mental wellness movement at loveselflovebiz.com Reach her at Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynnddavis

Materials:

Outreach Tips for Quaker Meetings PPT — Copyright Carol J. Suplee

Developing a Social Media Presence for your Meeting — Friends General Conference

Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano.

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