#Showyourculture

Let me open by saying that I have a prize to give out, but you have to read to the bottom of the post to learn more!

In January, Blackbaud employees from all over the world rallied together to celebrate our cultural customers through our #showyourculture initiative.  Everyone from engineers to sales representatives to our CEO Mike Gianoni got in on the fun, posting their favorite memories from arts and cultural organizations on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, using #showyourculture in their post so we could all follow along.

Not only did this campaign produce a bunch of adorable pictures, it also taught me a few things about my company and social media campaigns in general:

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2. Blackbaud employees love arts & culture! Not really surprising – Blackbaud has been working with arts and cultural organizations for over 30 years and has over 2200 cultural customers. But it was still fun to see how many of my Blackbaud colleagues serve on arts boards, perform at theatres and orchestras, or regularly take their children to their local zoo, museum or aquarium.
   
3. People love to post pictures on social media. Cultural events make for great pictures. More than almost any other industry, the arts and cultural industry has the ability to be extremely visually captivating.  This gives organizations like yours a huge advantage when it comes to social media marketing.
   
4. People LOVE giraffes: Seriously, there were some really cute giraffe pictures posted. Go search #showyourculture on Twitter and Facebook and check them out.
   

Ok, now back to that special prize. Show us YOUR culture! Post a picture on social media of your favorite memory of a visit to an arts and cultural organization. Use these tags:

#showyourculture
@blackbaud

We’ll select one winning post, based on the uniqueness, aesthetics and sentimental meaning of your photo. The winner will win FREE tickets to an arts and cultural event of your choosing, up to $100 value!

You have until March 31^st to post to be eligible to win tickets!

Couple of helpful hints: we’ll check Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, but Twitter is the easiest to find. You’ll need to make sure your post isn’t set to private or we won’t be able to “see” it. Good Luck!