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🗣️ Channel Lead Role
We will try to get back to you within a week. In this role, you will likely go through a 30-minute interview and/or onboarding call.
👷 Role
- Volunteer role ~1-2 hours per week
- Check the channel at least twice a week (working days preferred)
🧭 Responsibilities:
Essential:
- Ensure at least one relevant topic is posted weekly
- This can be by either yourself or others
- Ensure all posts in the channel are substantively engaged with
- As the channel community grows, this should require less direct work on your part since other members will be more active in engaging with posts
- Monitor discussions for adherence to our Community Guidelines. 👀 and Slack Code of Conduct
Optional, depending on time and preference:
- Stay updated on animal advocacy news relevant to the channel to guide channel discussions. 🐾
- Experiment with and implement other ways to engage your channel, such as events, surveys, digests, and more (see below under “Posting Suggestions”)
- Pass forward any feedback, concerns, ideas to private channel leaders channel.
💥 Benefits
- Influence the direction of animal advocacy discourse. 🗣️
- Improve your reputation as a thought/community leader. 💬
- Highlight valuable offerings to help develop a cause area, group, region, or skill. 💼
- Expand your professional network. 🤝
🎖️ Skills
Required:
- Strong English language skills (reading and writing).
- Proficiency in using Slack and digital communication tools.
- Good overview of the topics your channel covers.
Good to Have:
- Good understanding of the broader animal advocacy movement.
💡 Posting Suggestions!
As a channel lead, you have complete control when it comes to the way this community is facilitated, but here are a couple of tips and suggestions for making the channel valuable for its members.
- Consistent Engagement: Post regularly (at least weekly) and invite participation. You’re welcome to post up to once a day if you’d like - however, assume that every post sends a notification to members of your channel.
- Resources: Share useful articles, tools, or integrations. Add the most useful resources to the channel’s Canvas (collection of notes for each channel).
- Open-ended Questions: Stimulate discussion with thought-provoking prompts.
- Feedback: Invite suggestions to improve the channel.
- Highlight Important Messages: Use emojis or bolded text to make key points or critical updates stand out.
- Pinned messages can help ensure long-lasting visibility for important content.
- Be Inclusive: Foster an environment where everyone feels welcome to contribute. Acknowledge member contributions, feedback, and achievements.
- Organize Meetups, AMAs or other events: Feeling ambitious? Consider scheduling regular check-ins or "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) sessions to increase engagement and answer member questions. You can suggest these on the channel leaders channel. If approved and there is a definitive plan in place, then we can put it on Luma and make an announcement on the slack.
- Promote Cross-channel Collaboration:
- Sometimes, channel topics may overlap. Coordinate with other channel leads to host joint discussions or share content.
Example from #s-media-strategies
Example from #s-ai-coalition
Example from #s-fundraising
Remember, as a Slack channel lead, you play a crucial role in shaping the tone and culture of the channel. By keeping the communication open, organized, and engaging, you can create a vibrant space that members look forward to participating in.