Resources

Canva

Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos, and more.

Citation style guides for social media

• How to cite social media using MLA Style and APA Style
• How to cite social media using Chicago Manual of Style
• Citation style guide (MLA, APA, and Chicago)

Managing the conversation

• Social media conversation starters

Social media images and video

• Guide to social media image sizes
• Social media image resizing tool
• Guide to social media video specs

Tags and hashtags

• When you tag a person or organization (for example, @ucanr) on social media, you bring your post to their attention.
• When you add a hashtag (#) to a post, you add your post to all other posts that have the same hashtag, thus giving your post more exposure. 
• See the following for best practices: Using tags and hashtags in your social media strategy and The complete guide to using LinkedIn hashtags

Tags

See the ANR social network list <TK> for relevant UC ANR tags to add to your posts. Here are a few others you may want to add:

• UC: @UofCalifornia
• https://www.facebook.com/universityofcalifornia/
• UC Newsroom: @UC_Newsroom
• UC Advocacy Network: @UCAdvocacy

Hashtags

Below are some common UC ANR hashtags:
#4H
#agriculture
#ag
#CalNat
#CAwildfire
#climatechange
#climatesmart
#ClimateSmartAg
#compost
#CooperativeExtension
#COVID19
#FarmtoSchool
#foodpolicy
#foodpreservation
#foodsystem
#foodsystems
#foodwaste
#foodwasteprevention
#gardening
#GivingTuesday
#goodfire
#healthycommunities
#HispanicHeritageMonth
#healthyfood
#healthysoil
#innovators
#innovation
#IPM
#LandGrant
#naturalresources
#nutrition
#nutritionresearch
#SGMA
#soil
#soilhealth
#stewardship
#UCANR
#urbanagriculture
#urbanag
#water
#wildfire
#winegrape
#workinglandscape