Social Media in Public Health and the Onsite Sewage Industry
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Use of Social Media in Public Health and the Onsite Sewage Industry
Merriam Webster’s DefinitionSocial Media \s -sh l m -d - \ō ə ē ē ə
forms of electronic communication (as web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)
Social MediaSocial Media
What’s in it for you??What’s in it for you??
Getting to know you…
How many of you use:
• E-mail?
• facebook?
• twitter?
• Linkedin?
• Over 800 million active users
• Over 300 million access through mobile devices
• Huge network of useful (and not so useful) information available 24/7
Sign Up or Log In
Personal Account
Organization Page
Groups- OEHA
Groups- NOWRA
Onsite Pages
Ohio Onsite Wastewater Association
Onsite Installer Magazine
Minnesota Onsite Wastewater Association
Wastewater Education
Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences
Soil Science Society of America
Bio Microbics
Infiltrator Systems
Environmental/Public Health Pages
National Environmental Health Association
Ohio Department of Health
Williams County Health Department
Columbus Public Health
Wyandot County Health Department
Union County Health Department
Sandusky County Health Department
Hamilton County Health Department
Fulton County Health Department
Columbus Public Health- News Feed
Columbus Public Health- Photos
Wyandot County Health Department- Interactive
Wrap-up
Existing large network of users
Some information available will benefit you professionally
Valuable venue to communicate with constituents
• Over 465 million accounts (107 M in US)
• Adding 1 million accounts daily
• 175 million “tweets” every day
• 140 character limit means updates must be concise
Tweet- an update posted to your twitter profile
Re-tweet- someone else’s tweet repeated by another user
Hashtag- a key word used to enable users to search for tweets about a specific subject (#pumpershow)
Mention- when one user refers to another user by username to give that user additional exposure
Speaking the Language
Sign Up or Log In
Home Page (Timeline)
Composing a Tweet
Using Hastags (#)
Hashtag Search
Re-tweeting
@ mention
Ohio Onsite Wastewater Association @ohioonsite
Pumper Magazine @pumpermag
Netafim USA @NetafimUSA
SJE Rhombus @SJERhombus
American Liquid Waste Magazine @ALWMag
Anua @Anua_US
Infiltrator Systems, Inc. @infiltrator
Onsite Installer Magazine @onsiteinstaller
Onsite Accounts
Ohio Environmental Health Association @ohioeha
National Environmental Health Association @nehaorg
World Health Organization @WHO
Ohio Department of Health @OHdeptofhealth
Ohio EPA @OhioEPA
Hamilton County Public Health @HamCoHealth
Lake County Health District @LCHealthDist
Miami County Public Health @MiamiCountyPH
Environmental/Public Health Accounts
Existing large network of users (smaller than facebook)
Easy to share links to large volumes of information
Valuable venue to communicate with colleagues
Benefits
• World’s largest professional network (over 150 million members worldwide)
• New members joining at a rate of over 2 per second
• Members share information in more than 1 million groups
• Allows “twitter style” information sharing, along with an online resume
Network of PROFESSIONAL users
Share information with professionals in your field
Showcase your skills and qualifications for potential employers
Benefits
How do I manage all of this?!?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33778545@N07/4053418477/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Social Media “Dashboards”TweetDeck
Social Media “Dashboards”Seesmic
Social Media “Dashboards”
HootSuite
Share information with millions of users
Drive traffic to your website
Employer permission/social media policy
Guard personal information closely
Communicate in a professional manner
A few things to remember…
Jason Menchhofer, R.S.Van Wert County Health Department
419-238-0808, ext. [email protected]
@jmenchhofer
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