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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kristen Walker [email protected] CSUN students create social media marketing plans for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Los Angeles to increase brand awareness and donor/volunteer engagement December 20, 2017 – CSUN’s community partner, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), a nonprofit organization of dedicated volunteers helping abused and neglected children in foster care, worked with the fall 2017 Social Media Marketing class (MKT 459) to create social media marketing plans. Led by Dr. Kristen Walker and working with Robert Smith, the chair of the National CASA Marketing Committee, the class was divided into five teams to research the organization’s current situation, focusing on social media presence. The students competed to prepare and present marketing plans aiming to assist CASA L.A. reach their organizational goals using social media. Dr. Walker described the class efforts overall, “the class worked hard to develop social media marketing strategies that fit both the client’s needs and the interest of current and potential markets on social media. I’m incredibly proud of the results.” One student, Joao Jaeger, concluded that he, “…loved the experience in general. I believe it was the class that taught me the most at CSUN. We were literally doing what we would be doing if we were in an agency.” Throughout the Fall 2017 semester, students analyzed CASA L.A.’s current situation, including their existing brand exposure and competitors on a local and national level. Teams gained realworld experiences by donning their own professional brand image while conducting thorough research, creating and administering surveys, interviewing CASA L.A.’s stakeholders, including CEO Wende Nichols Julien, and testing social media marketing strategies through an online social media simulation, Mimic Social (part of Stukent offerings). Jesse Martinez (team Three Marketeers) reflects on the process of the project: “I thought it gave a real life hands on experience, going through every stage of the marketing process...I learned a lot about how it’s like working for a client and formulating a formal social media marketing plan.” Through this research, students learned the meaning behind the nonprofit organization and its community contributions, even taking a trip to its location in Monterey Park, CA. It is through these experiences, that the teams uncovered the full scope of the project and needs of the client. With the guidance of Dr. Walker, each team used findings from their research to prepare social media marketing plans, unique from the other, drawing on the strengths of each contributing student. Ozzy Molina described the class as “like no other,” finding that the project was a constant challenge that ultimately brought out the best in his team, BLINC.

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FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  Contact:  Kristen  Walker  [email protected]    CSUN  students  create  social  media  marketing  plans  for  Court  Appointed  Special  Advocates  (CASA)  of  Los  Angeles  to  increase  brand  awareness  and  donor/volunteer  engagement    December  20,  2017  –  CSUN’s  community  partner,  CASA  (Court  Appointed  Special  Advocates),  a  non-­‐‑profit  organization  of  dedicated  volunteers  helping  abused  and  neglected  children  in  foster  care,  worked  with  the  fall  2017  Social  Media  Marketing  class  (MKT  459)  to  create  social  media  marketing  plans.  Led  by  Dr.  Kristen  Walker  and  working  with  Robert  Smith,  the  chair  of  the  National  CASA  Marketing  Committee,  the  class  was  divided  into  five  teams  to  research  the  organization’s  current  situation,  focusing  on  social  media  presence.  The  students  competed  to  prepare  and  present  marketing  plans  aiming  to  assist  CASA  L.A.  reach  their  organizational  goals  using  social  media.  Dr.  Walker  described  the  class  efforts  overall,  “the  class  worked  hard  to  develop  social  media  marketing  strategies  that  fit  both  the  client’s  needs  and  the  interest  of  current  and  potential  markets  on  social  media.  I’m  incredibly  proud  of  the  results.”  One  student,  Joao  Jaeger,  concluded  that  he,  “…loved  the  experience  in  general.  I  believe  it  was  the  class  that  taught  me  the  most  at  CSUN.  We  were  literally  doing  what  we  would  be  doing  if  we  were  in  an  agency.”    Throughout  the  Fall  2017  semester,  students  analyzed  CASA  L.A.’s  current  situation,  including  their  existing  brand  exposure  and  competitors  on  a  local  and  national  level.  Teams  gained  real-­‐‑world  experiences  by  donning  their  own  professional  brand  image  while  conducting  thorough  research,  creating  and  administering  surveys,  interviewing  CASA  L.A.’s  stakeholders,  including  CEO  Wende  Nichols  -­‐‑  Julien,  and  testing  social  media  marketing  strategies  through  an  online  social  media  simulation,  Mimic  Social  (part  of  Stukent  offerings).  Jesse  Martinez  (team  Three  Marketeers)  reflects  on  the  process  of  the  project:  “I  thought  it  gave  a  real  life  hands  on  experience,  going  through  every  stage  of  the  marketing  process...I  learned  a  lot  about  how  it’s  like  working  for  a  client  and  formulating  a  formal  social  media  marketing  plan.”    Through  this  research,  students  learned  the  meaning  behind  the  non-­‐‑profit  organization  and  its  community  contributions,  even  taking  a  trip  to  its  location  in  Monterey  Park,  CA.  It  is  through  these  experiences,  that  the  teams  uncovered  the  full  scope  of  the  project  and  needs  of  the  client.  With  the  guidance  of  Dr.  Walker,  each  team  used  findings  from  their  research  to  prepare  social  media  marketing  plans,  unique  from  the  other,  drawing  on  the  strengths  of  each  contributing  student.  Ozzy  Molina  described  the  class  as  “like  no  other,”  finding  that  the  project  was  a  constant  challenge  that  ultimately  brought  out  the  best  in  his  team,  BLINC.    

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On  the  final  day  of  class,  teams  presented  their  plans  to  Robert  Smith  and  Marie  Carpenter,  responsible  for  marketing  efforts  at  CASA.  Each  team  had  a  unique  theme  and  focus;  all  had  a  common  goal  of  delivering  a  marketing  plan  (with  social  media  content)  that  could  be  used  immediately  by  CASA  of  L.A.  for  the  benefit  of  local  foster  youth.  Robert  and  Marie  selected  Team  Build  459,  with  members  Lan  Nguyen,  Joao  Jaejer,  and  Fernando  Charles  as  their  ‘winning’  team,  though  the  organization  plans  to  use  material  from  each  team’s  plan.  Lan  wrapped  it  up  best  when  he  said,  “as  long  as  we  are  creative,  collaborative,  and  goal-­‐‑driven,  we  can  make  a  difference.  I  want  to  thank  Dr.  Walker  for  her  guidance  and  the  opportunity  to  help  out  a  very  significant  local  cause,  and  perhaps  even  nationwide.”    Robert  Smith  summed  up  the  experience,  “This  project  was  a  huge  success  thanks  to  you  and  your  class.  Marie  and  I  were  extremely  impressed  by  the  quality  and  sophistication  of  the  proposals.  Your  hard  work  and  good  ideas  will  directly  affect  our  success  in  finding  new  donors  and  volunteers  and  lifting  our  brand.  And  that  means  that  each  of  you  personally  had  a  hand  in  getting  a  deserving  foster  child  a  CASA  volunteer  who  cares  deeply.”    Final  presentation  picture  (Natalie  Leist  and  Marli  Ehrlich  not  pictured),  from  left  to  right:  Kavanagh,  Kayleen;  Martinez,  Jesse;  Sanchez,  Cassandra;  Charles,  Fernando;  Nguyen,  The  Lan;  Jaeger,  Joao;  Smith,  Robert;  Walker,  Kristen;  Molina  Rodriguez,  Osvaldo;  Carpenter,  Marie;  Reints,  Alex;  Murphy,  Kevin;  Salam,  Aryan;  Morales,  Ziomara;  Alfaro,  Nicholas      

                                   

     

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Sample  of  Team  Presentation  Pictures:    Collective  Insights    

                                 

 Team  Build  459