ISO (In Search Of)
Chapter Social Media Admins managing accounts approved prior to 2024.
Requirements:
New Year - New Opportunities, Part 2
On January 5, we shared a blog post announcing 2026 as a year of New Opportunities for social media admins and the accounts they manage. The post mentioned our internal housekeeping needs and included the new Approved and Reviewed Social Media Accounts list - accounts approved and reviewed 2024-present.. This is not a static list. In the month of January, we added 20 newly approved or reviewed accounts!
The purpose of the list is to help one another by visiting and engaging with other chapters’ accounts.
Social Media algorithms look at the number of page visitors and engagements as factors in their determination of whether the content is worth promoting. If the algorithm decides your content is of value, they will extend your reach. If they extend your reach, your visibility increases. If your visibility increases, the odds of attracting new members also increases.
Following the Jan 5 post, several chapter admins contacted us asking if there was a way for them to be added to the list and get a fresh badge. Little did they know, we had a process for that in the works.
We invited those chapter admins to be our first wave of process testers. They accepted our invitation and since then, we have been working together, moving their accounts through this fledgling process, plugging holes, celebrating successes, and concluding with their old approved account being in line to receive a brand new, 2026 Reviewed Social Site badge!
We finished Round 1 of testing Sunday evening and we are almost ready for round 2.
Ready for Round 2 (Almost 😊)
We are currently working on the last set of modifications to the process and expect to have those changes completed this week. As soon as those modifications are in place, we need another set of testers.
We need volunteers.
We need a few chapter social media admins with active social media accounts approved prior to 2024 who are
- willing to get a little messy (new processes are rarely clean),
- have an abundance of grace to extend (we will make mistakes - this is new to us, too!),
- are willing to help us help other chapters, and who
- have a sense of humor. (Sometimes you just have to laugh.
What exactly would you be volunteering for?
To become an early adopter of the brand new Social Media Tune up process.
Introducing: Social Media Tune Ups
Whenever you take your vehicle into the shop for a tune up, you know there will be adjustments recommended by your service tech. You enter the process knowing a tune up can catch small issues, improve efficiency, and extend the life of your vehicle. You know a car performs best when its components are checked, adjusted, and cared for on a regular basis.
Just like a vehicle needs a regular tune up, your social media account benefits from routine reviews to ensure everything is in alignment and that your content is getting you where you want to go.
That’s what was on our minds when we embarked on this new initiative.
- We wanted to develop a voluntary process - one you initiate and we support.
- We wanted a process that is beneficial to states and chapters but does not add workload to our already stretch-thin state VIS Committees.
- We wanted a way to connect with social media admins who have been working faithfully on their chapter's socials for years.
- We wanted to come alongside you in the work you are doing.
To accomplish this, we are pleased to tell you we will soon be offering: Social Media Tune ups!
Tune ups will be available for any social media account approved prior to 2024. You will initiate the request using a Google form and we will take it from there. A tune up review is similar to an approval review and if you’ve recently gone through a social media approval, you know it’s easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
Our Goal
Even though we are adding the opportunity for chapters to request a Social Media Tune up, our top priority remains that of Social Media Approvals. Whether we are doing an approval, performing housekeeping tasks, or conducting a tuneup, our work is united by a common goal.
To enhance the public image of DAR by improving the quality, brand consistency, and strategic management of our state and chapter social media accounts.
That’s our bottom line. But would you like to know the best part of our work? You. You are the best part! ❤️
You are the Best Part of our Job - Seriously!
When you submit a social media account for approval, we do our thing, you do yours, the end. However, Social Media management doesn’t end. You have posts to write, photos to edit, graphics to create, comments to curate, plans to execute. And in some cases you have been doing this for years. You are often unsung heroes, consistently promoting DAR and the work your chapter is doing - over and over again.
We get you. After all, we ARE you! We are serving at chapter and state levels ourselves. We either have been or are currently doing the same work you are doing. We have not lost sight of your POV because we share it. <3
Yes, when you request an approval we compare the content of your social media profiles and posts to the Online Policy document and Social Media Checklist. Yes, we send you an email containing change requests. But the best part? The part of our job we love? Engaging and interacting with you.
We don’t want to only work with you during an approval, we want to work with you as you navigate the path of creating social media content and managing the overhead of ever changing social platforms.
Have We Piqued Your Interest?
Within a few days, we will be ready for another round of testing for the new Social Media Tune up Process.
Are you interested in helping and getting a new badge to post on your chapter’s social media account?
Here’s what is involved:
- Email smapproval@nsdar.org to let us know you are willing to help.
- Compare your previously approved account to the new Social Media Approval Checklist.
- Make sure it aligns with the requirements listed (profile image, cover photos, email addresses, and disclaimers are the items most often needing work)
- Submit the Tune up Request Form (link will be emailed to testers)
- Make changes requested by our Social Media Approval Team
- Provide feedback about the process and the notification emails you receive.
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Be ready to have fun.
Our limit for Round 2 of testing is10 social media admins and spots will be assigned “First come, first serve.”
So don’t wait! Shoot us an email and let's do this! 💌
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To State and Chapter VIS Chairs and Chapter Regents: Whenever we receive a Tune up Request from a chapter social media admin, we will send you a notification email - no action required. Then when the process is complete and a badge issued, we will cc you. We want you looped in but we don’t want to add work to your To-Do list.
Want a SNEAK PEEK at what else we have in the works for you and your chapter?
Not sure if the account you manage has been approved by NSDAR?
Email questions to smapproval@nsdar.org and keep an eye on the DOC - More information is coming soon!
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