Use Dental Central to build and strengthen your Student Group/Class
Use Dental Central to Build and Strengthen your Student Group/Class
It Compliments Face Book: How ya going to grow your organization and accomplish your mission if you only reach out through FB or GroupMe? DC is an essential way to get your upcoming events and posts up on a website that can be accessed by all students (as opposed to a Facebook group, where only students in your group).
Grow your membership: DC highlights your group’s activities. It is a good way to increase student membership; when new students see which events are coming up and how much the organization has done, they will be interested in joining.
Free Publicity! The DC weekly email is culled from posts and calendar listings. Make sure the good work of your group or class is on DC so we can do a shout out!
Links and event info are easy to find! Let’s face it–when you send an email with an event sign-up link to all of TUSDM, half the folks lose the email or don’t open it. DC links are easy to find and your group’s posts and events are searchable on DC if someone can’t find your email!
Need Oral Health Supplies and activities for your community work? Need to reserve a room? Heard over to the DC homepage sidebar and find the links right there!
Broadcast your group’s cool stuff to one and all! DC shows the whole community –faculty, staff…and even some alumni what you have been doing. Let them know what you are up to –be it community based research, study groups or community engagement. Presente!
Money Money Money: Need money for your organization? Keep an eye on DC so you can hear when the TISCH Fund is open or other opportunities for student group funding!
15 minutes of fame: DC posts gives you a byline (J) and can help boost your resume—you’ve been published doing good work in the community and being a leader!
Educate people about important issues: Upload info that is important to you. Did you know there are articles about oral health care for the homeless and oral health for people with developmental disabilities? Help your classmates learn about issues that are important to your organization.
Planning an event or a special dinner!! Check out DC calendar to ensure nothing else is happening that night to conflict with your turnout.
Go Global: Too busy in clinic to get out? Armchair travel on DC’s Global Connections page!
A pic says a thousand words: And so does the DC social wall! #tusdm/#dentalcentral
Research a past event: Use the search function and read what happened the previous year at an event.