Communicating Celebrations and Student Tragedies with Josh Burnett

A topic that every school communicator will deal with at some point is the death of a student or staff member. No matter what the cause of death may be, you might be wondering if you should share anything on social media. Listen in to a thoughtful perspective from Josh Burnette, who dealt with three different tragedies in three different ways on social media during 2021.

IN THIS EPISODE, JOSH SHARES:

• His unique path into school communications, which included seven years in the ministry
• How he has used social media to communicate when student deaths have occurred
• What is the most important response he looks for when sharing tragic news
• How he stays on top of his many job responsibilities as a one-person communications department in a school of over 11,500 students.

SPECIAL GUEST

Josh Burnett

Communications Coordinator

Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation, Indiana

Email: burnettj@bcsc.k12.in.us 

School Website: https://www.bcscschools.org/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bcscschools/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BCSCSchools 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bcscschools 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcscschools/ 

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