I suggest you reverse the order, to announce he’s joining the board first, then give some background on who he is.

For example:

Twitter:

Welcome @GuyKawasaki to our Board of Trustees! Guy is a noted author and entrepreneur who brings unique experience to our movement. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/

Facebook/Google+:

We’re pleased to welcome Guy Kawasaki to our Board of Trustees! Guy is a noted author, entrepreneur and internet evangelist, who will bring unique experience and perspective to our movement. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/

-f

On Mar 24, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Michael Guss mguss@wikimedia.org wrote:

I like the second tweet; I'd tweak to say @Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

I'd cut " a new board member...." and just start with " We are pleased to announce our newest addition to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Guy Kawaski."

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Andrew Sherman <asherman@wikimedia.org mailto:asherman@wikimedia.org> wrote: Hello everyone,

We published "Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Guy Kawasaki as board member" to the blog. URL:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/

Thanks to Jan-Bart De Vreede for writing the draft and everyone else for helping to edit.

Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed

Twitter

Introducing our new board member @GuyKawasaki.

Noted entrepreneur, writer, and Chief evangelist of @canva -- Please welcome @GuyKawasaki to the board of trustees.

Facebook/Google+

A new board member has joined the Wikimedia ranks. Welcome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Kawasaki)Guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Kawasaki)Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur, writer, and speaker.

Thanks,

-- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation

E: asherman@wikimedia.org mailto:asherman@wikimedia.org WMF: ASherman (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF) _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media

-- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss@wikimedia.org mailto:mguss@wikimedia.org_______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media

Muchas gracias!

-f

On Mar 24, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Michael Guss mguss@wikimedia.org wrote:

We have shared:

Fb: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153110783523346 https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153110783523346 @wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/580439247859109888 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/580439247859109888 Wikimedia G + https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po... https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/posts/TFEJ3DuGPWY

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Fabrice Florin <fflorin@wikimedia.org mailto:fflorin@wikimedia.org> wrote: I suggest you reverse the order, to announce he’s joining the board first, then give some background on who he is.

For example:

Twitter:

Welcome @GuyKawasaki to our Board of Trustees! Guy is a noted author and entrepreneur who brings unique experience to our movement. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/

Facebook/Google+:

We’re pleased to welcome Guy Kawasaki to our Board of Trustees! Guy is a noted author, entrepreneur and internet evangelist, who will bring unique experience and perspective to our movement. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/

-f

...

On Mar 24, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org mailto:mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:

I like the second tweet; I'd tweak to say @Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

I'd cut " a new board member...." and just start with " We are pleased to announce our newest addition to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Guy Kawaski."

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Andrew Sherman <asherman@wikimedia.org mailto:asherman@wikimedia.org> wrote: Hello everyone,

We published "Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Guy Kawasaki as board member" to the blog. URL:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/

Thanks to Jan-Bart De Vreede for writing the draft and everyone else for helping to edit.

Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed

Twitter

Introducing our new board member @GuyKawasaki.

Noted entrepreneur, writer, and Chief evangelist of @canva -- Please welcome @GuyKawasaki to the board of trustees.

Facebook/Google+

A new board member has joined the Wikimedia ranks. Welcome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Kawasaki)Guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Kawasaki)Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur, writer, and speaker.

Thanks,

-- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation

E: asherman@wikimedia.org mailto:asherman@wikimedia.org WMF: ASherman (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF) _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media

-- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org http://wikimediafoundation.org/ mguss@wikimedia.org mailto:mguss@wikimedia.org_______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media

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-- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss@wikimedia.org mailto:mguss@wikimedia.org_______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media