Safe States and CDC offered this four-part webinar series on social media for injury and violence prevention (IVP). No matter your level of experience in social media, you will find something useful for learning how it can help in your IVP efforts.

The four webinars in this series are Webinar 1: Why Social Media for IVP?; Webinar 2: Getting Started with Social Media for IVP; Webinar 3: Social Media Engagement and Content Development for IVP; and Webinar 4: Social Media Measurement, Analysis, and Next Steps for IVP.

This is Webinar 1: Why Social Media for IVP? It covers the basics, including the different types of social media, who is on various platforms, how they use them, and the differences between social media and traditional media/communication methods.