The document discusses best practices for using social media for public health communication during crises. It recommends providing timely information to the public, allowing two-way participation, addressing rumors, monitoring multiple online platforms, and streamlining information. Example tweets and profiles from CDC and WHO are shown that give facts concisely with hashtags and shortened URLs. Setting up accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and creating a website are also recommended.
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Social Media And Public Health Communications
1. Social Media and
Public Health
(Crisis) Communication
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2. Give people information (ASAP)
Allow others to comment and participate
◦ Share photos and video
◦ Link to other experts and sources
Dispel rumors and misinformation
Monitor (your own news and other breaking
news)
Respond
Comprehensive (multiple online accounts)
Compile credible sources
Streamline information
◦ Badges
◦ Widgets
Online Communities &
Social Media
3. Email
Twitter
Facebook
Ning site (create your own network)
Web site and/or blog
Text
Photo (Flickr)
Video (YouTube, Seesmic)
Applications (badges and widgets)
What are you going to use & what
already exists? (your inventory)
5. Build up your community (start now)
◦ Send an email announcement
◦ Reach out to people from your account(s)
Include social media sites in your email
signature, print materials, Web site, etc
Let people know you’re there
6. Is this just for breaking health news?
Are you going to interact with people?
Is more than one person going to update
the account(s)?
Will there be updates 24/7/365?
What is your voice/brand?
Is more than one account on each
network appropriate (see upcoming
example)?
Let people know what you’re
going to talk about
7. Twitter is a service for people to communicate and
stay connected through the exchange of quick,
frequent messages. These messages are posted to
your profile or your blog, sent to your followers, and
are searchable on Twitter search.
Twitter lets users engage in conversations with other
users in 140 characters or less.
Twitter
8. Tweet Posting a message to Twitter
@ + name The command which allows tweets to be sent;
proceeds username (i.e. @journchat)
Retweet (RT) Sharing someone else’s information and giving
them credit (RT @name message…)
Following You choose to receive someone's updates
Followers People who choose to receive your updates
Direct Message (DM) Private message sent between two people
Block Preventing someone from reading your updates
Favorites A public area to save your favorite tweets
Fail Whale When too many people are tweeting!
Hashtag The # next to a word allows for conversation
tracking (#tweetup)
Tweetup A face-to-face gathering of those who tweet
Basic Terms
18. Create a fan page
Post and allow others to share links,
information, photos, videos
Monitor for those interacting on your page
Send messages to a targeted audience
In an emergency you can update your
status and send a message to the group
You MUST monitor this page (and think
about how you want to interact)
Facebook
28. Running Twitter feeds (yours + CDC)
Widgets
Links to your online profiles
Email alerts
RSS feeds
Show where people can go for additional
information
Link to other credible sources of
information
To do’s for your Web site
29. Set up Google alerts
Monitor http://search.twitter.com and
Facebook
Identify who is in charge of your social
media presence
Talk about your strategy and plan for
social media use
Once you join in, you’re expected to
participate
To do’s for you
30. • Conserve Space and Track: Shorten your URLs
• http://bit.ly
• http://tiny.url
• http://www.tiny.cc
• 3rd Party Applications
• http://www.tweetdeck.com
• http://www.twhirl.com
• http://twitter.com/downloads
• Streamline updates = Ping.fm
• Mobile
• Blackberry = Twitterberry
• iPhone
• Tweetie
• Tweetdeck
• iTwitter (just launched)
Resources