“Everything should be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.” -Albert Einstein.

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“Everything should be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.” -Albert

Transcript of “Everything should be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.” -Albert Einstein.

“Everything should be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”

-Albert Einstein

Today we will try to answer these questions…

1. What is (and what isn’t) social media?

2. Should we be using social media?

3. What time is lunch?

4. How can we use social media to better communicate with our audience?

5. What if someone says mean things about us?

6. Isn’t this just a waste of staff time and a distraction from our core mission?

7. How much time does social media take to use?

8. Who are the experts at this?

Social media is…

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Content

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RELATIONSHIPS

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RELATIONSHIPSMulti-Media

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Pertinent

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RELATIONSHIPSMulti-Media

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FUN!

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FUN!NOT GOING AWAY

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FUN!NOT GOING AWAY

GROWING

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FUN!NOT GOING AWAY

GROWING

SOCIAL

so-cial [soh-shuhl]

Living or disposed to live in companionship with others or in a community, rather than in isolation.

Small group activity • Does your agency currently have a social media

strategy? (do you know what it is)

• Does your agency have a social media use policy on work time? (what is it)

• Are you currently personally using any social media? (which outlets)

• Is your agency currently using any social media? (which outlets)

Report out

LUNCH!

Who is your intended audience?

Who do you want to have a conversation with?

Parents

Who is your intended audience?

Who do you want to have a conversation with?

Parents Teens

Who is your intended audience?

Who do you want to have a conversation with?

Parents TeensStudent Athletes

Who is your intended audience?

Who do you want to have a conversation with?

Parents TeensStudent AthletesColleagues

Who is your intended audience?

Who do you want to have a conversation with?

Parents TeensStudent AthletesColleaguesPolicy Makers

Who is your intended audience?

Who do you want to have a conversation with?

Parents TeensStudent AthletesColleaguesPolicy MakersGeneral Public

Who is your intended audience?

Who do you want to have a conversation with?

Parents TeensStudent AthletesColleaguesPolicy MakersGeneral PublicCollege Students

Who is your intended audience?

Who do you want to have a conversation with?

Parents TeensStudent AthletesColleaguesPolicy MakersGeneral PublicCollege StudentsDonors

What does that audience have to say to you?

What do you have to say to them?

Are you where the conversation is happening?

• Are they Tweeting?• Are they blogging?• Are they on Facebook?• Are they watching videos?• Are they looking at pictures?• Are they creating THEIR own media?

Do you have a message crafted?

• Don’t text and drive• Drink 1% milk• Exercise 30 minutes per day• Have family dinners• Save the whales• Donate to our fund• Vote for Pedro

Do you need their input or action?

• Get out the vote• Attend school board meeting• Come to town hall meeting• Take our survey• Call us if you need help with your recovery• Are you outraged?• Send us a check

Can you and are you willing to respond to their input?

• I need help• I hate you guys• You never returned my call• You guys are idiots• You guys are great• Visit my web site to learn how to make money

from home• Go here for male enhancement pills

http://area2oh3.com/post-response-assessment-agency-version/

How does this fit our mission?

• KPBS Radio, San Diego: Texting Service Aims At Keeping New Moms And Babies Healthy

• CNN “the Chart” blog: Texting program to help teens quit smoking

• Social Work magazine, April, 2010: Social Networking in Addiction Recovery — Raising Hopes, Concerns

How does this fit our mission?

• Addiction Recovery mobile apps

• Links to parenting articles and other resources

• PSA distribution via tumbler, youtube, etc

How does this fit our mission?

http://mashable.com/2012/02/25/when-parents-text-15-best/#4992913-21st-Century-Parenting

www.youtube.com/mcrud2

Isn’t this going to take up a lot of our valuable staff time?

Where are

you?

Where do you want

to be?

38Source: http://bit.ly/9NBmcc

ONE WEEK OF WEB 2.0

Source: Image from http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-much-time-does-web-20-take.html

DO:Have a social media strategy

DON’T:Wait until your strategy is done to

get started

DO:Plan long term

DON’T:Forget that trends are changing

FAST

DO:Pay attention to your feeds

DON’T:Forget to listen. And talk back

DO:Sound off on important topics

DON’T:Whine, complain, or be mean.

DO:Let people know what you are up

to

DON’T:Only promote yourself

DO:Let your passion be known

DON’T:Go to far with letting your passion

be known

DO:Starve your agency for the sake of

your social media efforts

DON’T:Starve your social media efforts

DO:Join the conversation

DON’T:Join the conversation just

because I said so

General social media resources

www.mashable.comhttp://www.youtube.com/nonprofits

http://www.pewinternet.org/http://www.kff.org/entmedia/internet.cfm(Kaiser Family Foundation internet& health study)

http://www.ladonnacoy.com/

Prevention Network social media links

• www.twitter.com/kendail• www.twitter.com/pnmichigan• https://www.facebook.com/pages/Prevention-

Network-Michigan/340383004922?ref=ts%3F7%2C15

• www.facebook.com/mcrud96• https://www.facebook.com/pages/Parenting-

Awareness-Michigan/344643609571

Or, the old fashioned way

Prevention [email protected]