Grateful for Amplified Impact: A Thanksgiving Thank-You to Oktopost
As we move into the Thanksgiving holiday, our team at We Connect The Dots has been reflecting on what we’re most grateful for this year. At the top of that list is something that might not be immediately visible in a photo or a report—but it’s been transformational behind the scenes: our partnership with Oktopost.
In the nonprofit world, visibility is not a “nice to have.” It’s fuel. Our ability to share stories of impact, highlight student achievements, celebrate volunteers, and keep our community informed is directly tied to our ability to sustain and grow our mission. That’s where Oktopost has made all the difference.
Turning Social Media into a Strategic Engine for Good
Before Oktopost, managing our social media presence across multiple platforms meant a lot of manual effort, scattered tools, and reactive posting. Like many organizations our size, we were “doing social” but not truly leveraging it.
With Oktopost, we’ve been able to:
Centralize and streamline our social media efforts across platforms
Plan campaigns more strategically, aligning content with important initiatives and moments in our programs
Showcase our impact more consistently, from workforce development stories to STEAM learning milestones
For an organization like ours, this isn’t just about efficiency—it’s about survival and growth. Many nonprofits are facing funding cuts, staff reductions, and increasing pressure to “do more with less.” Having a platform that supports smarter, more intentional communication helps us stretch every minute and every dollar further.
Empowering Our Community to Become Advocates
One of the most powerful features Oktopost brings to our work is its employee and advocate advocacy tools.
We’re now able to:
Invite our volunteers, board members, and partners into a more active role on social media
Make it easy for them to share pre-approved, mission-aligned content with their own networks
Turn our extended community into a ripple effect of awareness for the work we do
This has helped us transform social media from something managed by a small internal team into a shared effort across our ecosystem. When board members, volunteers, and supporters can easily amplify our message, the impact multiplies far beyond what any one channel could do alone.
Doing More With Less—Without Losing the Human Touch
Nonprofits are often asked to operate like high-performing organizations on lean budgets and limited staff. Oktopost has become a core part of how we meet that challenge.
The platform helps us:
Batch and schedule content weeks in advance
Align messaging with key events, campaigns, and fundraising moments
Spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time on creative storytelling and relationship-building
But while the technology is powerful, what we’re especially grateful for is the people behind the platform.
The Oktopost team has been one of the strongest customer support teams we’ve worked with. They have:
Taken the time to teach us how to use the platform to its full capabilities
Helped our team grow in confidence and skill with social media strategy
Treated our mission as something they are truly invested in, not just another customer account
That kind of partnership is invaluable to a social enterprise like ours.
A Thanksgiving Thank-You
As we head into Thanksgiving, we want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone at Oktopost.
Your innovation is helping organizations like We Connect The Dots:
Reach more people
Tell deeper, more meaningful stories
Build awareness that leads to opportunities, partnerships, and long-term impact
Most importantly, you’ve helped us ensure that the work we do for students, families, and communities doesn’t stay hidden—it’s seen, shared, and supported.
From all of us across our social enterprise at We Connect The Dots: We are deeply grateful to have you on this journey with us, and we’re excited about the impact we’ll continue to create together in the year ahead.
Year-End Giving to We Connect The Dots
If this story resonates with you and you’re planning your year-end charitable giving, we invite you to invest directly in the work of We Connect The Dots. Your support helps us expand access to STEAM and workforce development programs for young people and communities that are too often left out of opportunity.
👉 Make a year-end gift: https://www.we-connect-the-dots.org/donation
Every contribution—large or small—helps us reach more learners, train more educators, and build more resilient futures.
Pre-Order Resilience Is a Muscle
You can also support We Connect The Dots by pre-ordering Laurie Carey’s upcoming book, Resilience Is a Muscle. This book weaves together real stories, science, and practical tools to help people build resilience in a world of constant change.
By pre-ordering, you’re not just getting a book—you’re helping us:
Grow awareness of the importance of resilience for students, educators, and leaders
Generate revenue that directly supports We Connect The Dots’ mission and programs
Create even greater impact in the communities we serve
👉 Pre-order Resilience Is a Muscle and help power our mission.