Hi, my name is Susan Jarvis. I am the Executive Director of Southside Health Education Foundation, and Ed has helped me so much today with my social media platforms and website. He really helped me hone in on how readers and visitors to our website and social media accounts will be impacted — and how to truly engage with them.
A lot of valuable information was shared, and I’m looking forward to making all the improvements that were recommended to increase our viewership. I’m very appreciative, and it was a wonderful experience.
Case Study: Humanizing Healthcare Education—Strategic Digital Transformation for Southside Health Education Foundation From Overlooked "One-Woman Team" to an Authority in Regional Health Advocacy
Client Overview
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| Client Name | Susan Jarvis (Executive Director, SHEF) |
| Industry | Healthcare Education / Non-profit / Philanthropy |
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https://youtu.be/xFqYEPGQg24?si=doSFOuo35EqWXewk
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Client: Susan Jarvis
Position: Executive Director
Organization: Southside Health Education Foundation
Organization Type: Health professions education nonprofit
Geographic Scope: Southern Virginia region (approximately middle of state southward)
Mission: Supporting education in health professions through scholarships, forgivable loans, and exploratory healthcare career programming
Target Audience: High school students interested in healthcare careers within service region, current healthcare professionals as potential donors, families with members pursuing healthcare education, community members valuing healthcare workforce development
Programs: Healthcare explorers summer camp (high school students visiting medical facilities learning about healthcare professions), scholarship program for students pursuing healthcare degrees, forgivable loan program for healthcare education, community education and outreach
Operational Context: One-woman team with part-time assistant, rebuilding organization after years of dormancy, recent nonprofit of the month recognition, navigating stock market impacts on investment-funded operations delaying planned 2025 expansion to 2026, managing competing priorities including recent family obligations and event coordination
Digital Presence: Self-built WordPress website, active Facebook page, newer Instagram account (24 followers), recently discovered Canva, no TikTok presence, limited email marketing infrastructure, marketing materials created through external printer
Challenge: Maximizing limited solo-operator capacity while improving social media engagement and website effectiveness, increasing viewership and follower counts across platforms, optimizing content for platform-specific algorithms and user behaviors, developing sustainable content creation workflows preventing burnout, establishing clear calls-to-action driving scholarship applications and donations
Goal: Implementing professional social media best practices increasing reach and engagement, creating efficient reusable content systems, understanding platform-specific optimization techniques, developing strategic content framework aligned with organizational mission and geographic constraints
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