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New Media for the Networked NGO Content and Measurement for Facebook Presenter: Beth Kanter E-Mediat is funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative of the United States Department of State with support from Microsoft Corporation and craigslist Charitable Fund and administrated by the Institute of International Education

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New Media for the Networked NGO

Content and Measurement for FacebookPresenter: Beth Kanter

E-Mediat is funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative of the United States Department of State with support from Microsoft Corporation and craigslist Charitable Fund and administrated by the Institute of International

Education

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To understand how to organize, create, and measure a micro content strategy

for Facebook

Facebook: Learning Objectives

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Content Strategy: Organize

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Chop ShopFacebook Micro Content Strategy:

Chopping Existing Content Into Smaller Pieces

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Chop ShopExample

Web Site Content: Images

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Ten Tips for Creating Content That Gets into the Newsfeed

1. Variety of content types and consistency

2. Short: 80 characters or less for status updates

3. Eye catching images with bright colors and relevant content

4. Include a call to action: share, like, comment, caption this

5. Celebrate milestones, share news

6. Timely topics with the right frame for your audience

7. Experiment with varying time of day/day of the week/frequency

8. Repeat proven stuff

9. Always be commenting

10. Curate from other similar pages

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Variety of Formats: Photos, Videos, Status Updates, Links

Photos

Status Updates

Videos

Annotated Links

Questions

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Short: Less than 80 characters

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Eye Catching Relevant Images

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Eye Catching Relevant Images

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Eye Catching Relevant Images

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Eye Catching Relevant Images

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Eye Catching Relevant Images

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Experiment with Time of Day and Day

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Month Content/Type Topic Time

Monday Question

Tuesday Photo

Wednesday Video

Thursday Link

Friday Question

Monday Question

Tuesday Photo

Wednesday Video

Thursday Link

Friday Question

Facebook Micro Content Editorial Calendar

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Use the Facebook Insights Tool

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Blue = Reach Green = Engagement - People Talking AboutPurple = ContentSize of circle = frequency

Where are the Mountains and Valleys? What caused them?

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Blue = Reach Green = Engagement - People Talking AboutPurple = ContentSize of circle = frequency

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Had highest virility rate

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Learning: Post fun geeky visual stuff that is useful on Fridays

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Small Group Exercise: Plan A Month of Facebook Content

1. Each table has a different focus area – go sit at a table that matches your NGO’s focus area

Focus Areas:• Youth• Education• Women's Issues• Civil Society• Poverty Reduction• All Other

2. Look at your editorial calendar and the ideas for FB content3. Use the tips to further define your Facebook Content4. Extra credit: If you have a laptop and can get into your

Facebook Page, take a look at your Insights metrics and see if you can notice any patterns about what content your audience likes.

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Reflection: Think and Write

• What are some of the ideas you had for Facebook Content?

• If you were able to check your Facebook data, what content did your audience like? Did that surprise you?

• What is one step you will take with planning and implementing Facebook content when you get home?