3. NAVY
MEDICINE
COMMUNICATIONS
Media
Internal
Social
Media
Outreach
Mainstream
Corporate
&
Social
&
New
Face-‐to-‐Face
and
trade
Employee
Media
engagement
media
CommunicaHon
engagement
locally
and
engagement
naHonally
One
message…Many
channels
8. Social
Media
Empowers
Advocates
• Social
Media
communica8on
efforts
on
Spice
led
to:
– Recogni8on
of
Navy
as
leading
voice
on
issue
– Tips,
support
and
feedback
– Requests
from
Employees
to
help
10. Diffusion
Theory
Example
of
Diffusion
Theory
at
work…Studios
can
create
Social
Media
tons
of
“awareness”
of
a
product
but
only
trusted
accelerates
&
“influencers”
can
convince
expands
that
their
social
circles
to
adopt
group
of
trusted
a
product…
“influencers”
15. Crisis averted by
monitoring social
media and
reaching out to
those who were
anxious to help to
link them up with
the right point of
contact to avoid
negative
discussions online
based on
misperceptions
16. Metrics
• Social
media
provides
opportunity
for
immediate
feedback
&
ROI
17. Surge in Twitter Surge in Twitter activity
activity from BUMED from BUMED PAO
PAO “tweeting” from BUMED “tweeting” from Canton
NOB Press pier
Release
20. Takeaways
• Social
media
is
valuable
when
part
of
overall
communica8ons
• You
can’t
control
the
sea
of
public
opinion,
but
you
can
at
least
navigate
it
• Leave
Breadcrumbs
online
to
leave
a
trail
about
your
posi8on
on
an
issue
so
others
may
find
it
when
THEY
need
it.
• It
takes
8me
to
build
audience
–
Start
now
so
you
have
the
capability
when
you
need
it
• Listening
can
help
mi8gate
and
avoid
some
crisis
events
• Authen8c,
credible,
responsive
voices
humanize
bureaucracies
• Social
media
empowers
employees
to
be
your
advocates
• Content
is
KING.
Make
it
credible
and
keep
it
coming