Local Government Meets Social Media - Parks Edition

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Social Media presentation given to Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites in May 2010.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENTMeets Social Media

By KERRI KARVETSKICompany K Media

http://www.CompanyKMedia.com

YOU’VE GOT QUESTIONS

WHY do we need social media? WHAT exactly is social media? WHERE do we even begin? WHO is going to do this?

IMAGE SOURCE: 姒儿喵喵

WHAT WE’LL COVER

①Define and describe social media②Opportunities for government③Case Studies④Strategy Basics⑤Tools & Resources

The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and JESS3

The days of controlling your marketing message and interrupting your prospects to tell it are over. Today, your message is what your [audience] say it is.

The [biz/np/gov’s] who win are those who listen to and empower their [audience] to evangelize their [brand/np/gov].

Joseph Jaffe, Flipping the Funnel

IMAGE SOURCE: Seth Godin On Creating A Non-Profit That’s Remarkable

PUBLIC SERVICE 2.0

Stakeholders want to receive info/satisfy needs WHERE, HOW and WHEN they want

SwiftPersonalInformalFlexible

IMAGE SOURCE: Happy Bunny graphic by Jim Benton

WHY SOCIAL MEDIA WORKS

IMAGE SOURCE: Tapping Communities to Accelerate Corporate Innovation

FACEBOOK, SPRING 2010

400 MILLION active users

5 BILLION pieces of content shared/week

55 MINUTESper day

LARGESTsocial network

MORE TRAFFICthan Google

DATA SOURCE: Social Brand Value

TWITTER, SPRING 2010

106 MILLION active users

300,000 NEW accts/day

55 MILLION tweets/day

600 MILLION search queries/day

DATA SOURCE: Social Brand Value

YOUTUBE, SPRING 2010

2 BILLION views/day (double prime-time audience of all 3 broadcast networks COMBINED)

24 HOURS video uploaded/minute

15 MINUTESper day

DATA SOURCE: Social Brand Value

INTERNET + GOVERNMENT

82% Looked for information or completed a transaction on a government website in the last twelve months (April, 2010)

SOURCE: Pew Internet Government Online Report

WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?

Emergency management (case study)Request feedback (case study)Election info (case study)Education (case study)ListeningCustomer serviceGiving attention

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTUSGS maps Tweets during an earthquake.

SOURCE: Twitter 101 – CASE STUDY: The United States Geological Survey

CRISIS COMMONS evolves from Haiti earthquake

SOURCE: CrisisCommons

PUBLIC EDUCATION

SOURCE: Salt Lake County Health Department YouTube Series

FOUNDATION FIRSTWEB 1.0

WEB, E-MAIL, FUNCTIONS (donate, tickets, buy)

YOU OWN relationshipYOU PAY for serviceYOU CONTROL experienceSLOWER growth BETTER ROIBACKBONE for social

media

IMAGE SOURCE: Chiot’s Run

OUTPOSTS NEXT(mostly) FREE WEB 2.0

THEY MAKE THE RULES (Facebook, Twitter)

THEY OWN relationshipTHEY CONTROL

experienceFAST growthINCONSISTENT ROIBEST FOR RECRUIT +

ENGAGE

IMAGE SOURCE: Warren County CVB

DIY WEB 2.0Blogging and custom social networks

Web 1.0 control w/Web 2.0 benefits– YOU own relationship– YOU control/influence experience– SLOW growth

Blogging = SEO

SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY Define need Define audience (internal and external) Get ideas from staff Integrate with existing strategies/initiatives Set aside staff resources Find your internal Evangelist Develop policy w/IT, HR, legal Authorize/empower Get training, give training to staff Set goals Monitor Measure Experiment/pilot

YOU’RE GOING TO NEED TOOLS

MonitorGoogle AlertsSocial MentionGoogle Blog SearchListening dashboard

ManageHootsuite, Tweetdeck or Seesmic

MeasureGoogle Analytics

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

GovLoopPew Internet Government Online ReportFacebook and Government PageGov 2.0 ExpoGovTwit

A BIT ABOUT ME

• Rhinebeck resident• 19 years communication experience• Specialize in nonprofit, small business social

media, e-mail, web• Clients– Town of Rhinebeck– Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites– Teaching the Hudson Valley– Amnesty International US

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