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Creating a Successful School BlogLeo Marshall, The Webb Schools - Chuck Will, Proctor Academy - Peter Baron, AdmissionsQuest
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April 2009 May 2010 *July 20100
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Source: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?timeline
ed ed Social Media
April 2009 May 2010 *July 20100
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400
500
Source: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?timeline
ed ed Social Media
April 2009 May 2010 *July 20100
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Source: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?timeline
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Source: eMarketer: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007271Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-stats-2010-4#twitter-now-has-106-million-users-1
ed ed Social Media
April 2009 April 20100
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150.0
Source: eMarketer: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007271Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-stats-2010-4#twitter-now-has-106-million-users-1
ed ed Social Media
April 2009 April 20100
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60.0
90.0
120.0
150.0
Source: eMarketer: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007271Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-stats-2010-4#twitter-now-has-106-million-users-1
Racing to 2000 fans!
Racing to 2000 fans!Tweeting to1000 followers!
What do you do when you get there?
Blog ingredients (based on importance)
✓Great content that engages readers✓Leadership commitment
✓Promote the blog
✓Commit to consistency
✓Recruit contributors
✓Select a platform
SILVERPOINT.NETWEB SOLUTIONS FOR SCHOOLS
How do we think about Education?
A Different Kind of Thinking About Blogs
What Do We Really Need to be Saying about our Schools?
A Different Kind of Thinking About Blogs
It’s Not About the Hype!
A Different Kind of Thinking About Blogs
Strategies that work for me
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
Law #2: If you are not #1 in a category, create a new category in which you are #1.
Strategies that work for me
Strategies that work for me
Strategies that work for me
• Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths.
Strategies that work for me
• Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths.
• Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion.
Strategies that work for me
• Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths.
• Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion.
• Develop and cultivate a voice.
Strategies that work for me
• Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths.
• Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion.
• Develop and cultivate a voice.
• Use (imperfect!) images.
Strategies that work for me
• Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths.
• Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion.
• Develop and cultivate a voice.
• Use (imperfect!) images.
• Avoid writing about… Provide the immediate experience of…
Strategies that work for me
• Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths.
• Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion.
• Develop and cultivate a voice.
• Use (imperfect!) images.
• Avoid writing about… Provide the immediate experience of…
• Comment on an intriguing article or blog. Provide links.
Strategies that work for me
• Explore the trivial to illuminate great truths.
• Communicate as a person. Be human. State opinion.
• Develop and cultivate a voice.
• Use (imperfect!) images.
• Avoid writing about… Provide the immediate experience of…
• Comment on an intriguing article or blog. Provide links.
• Twitter: It’s not who you follow, it’s whom you follow.
Strategies that work for me
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Finding your student story tellers
Finding your student story tellers
There are as many perspectives as there are students
Why Andrea & Brandon would rock a student blog!
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West Beverly HighThe Student Newspaper at West Beverly High School
Finding your student story tellers
This is just a start...
Judd Nelson ’78, St. Paul’s School
Tucker KimballDirector of Communications
Gould Academy
Image credit: Gould Academy
Tucker KimballDirector of Communications
Gould Academy
Image credit: Gould Academy
Glog NotesAuthentic student voiceTrust: post without review content posted 5 days a weekCompensation: digital cameras50,000 views in 4 years
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Go Organic... it’s not just about food
ed ed Social Media
Newspaper
Radio
English Dept
Science Dept
Math Dept
SID
David Bill & Pete Smith
twitter.com/dcinc66 twitter.com/pesmith
SOCIAL MEDIA STUDENT REPORTERSUSING SOCIAL MEDIA TO TELL THE STORY OF THE INAUGURATION
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Photo credit: Worcester Academyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/worcesteracademy/collections/72157612502822154/
The result?
Go Organic... it’s not just about food
USA TodayJanuary 13, 2009
NBC WHGH, Ch7 Boston
January 13, 2009
National PostCanada
January 14, 2009
PBS News Hour Extra
January 14, 2009
CBS - WBZTV Channel 4
BostonJanuary 16, 2009
WA @ The Inauguration
WA @ The Inauguration
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Trust me. You can do this!
Blog to do list (based on importance)
✓Great content that engages readers✓Leadership commitment
✓Promote the blog
✓Commit to consistency
✓Recruit contributors
✓Select a platform