Social Media Strategy Education

Social Media Strategy

Education

11/16/2009 www.kaleidico.com 1

Kaleidico
• Local Michigan start-up
• Internet lead generation & new media intelligence
• Specializing in social media strategy & policy development
• Some of our notable experience & clients:


Agenda
• Social Media Tools
• PR/Crisis Management
• Social Media Policy
• Engagement/Community Building
• (Questions?)


A brief introduction to the…

Web 2.0 Learning Environment


Take out your cell phones

Text billrice to 50500


Twitter backchannel

#cranbrook


References & More Information

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Copy of the Slides

http://www.slideshare.net/wmrice/s
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What is it?


“Revolution doesn’t happen when
society adopts new technology, it
happens when society adapts new
behavior.”
-Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody


Selecting Appropriate Venues

TOOLBOX
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29802022@N07/2971774302/


Facebook
Personal Professional


Blogging
Wall Street Journal Huffington Post


Microblogging/Twitter
Twitter Real-time Search


Photo Sharing
Flickr Google Images


Linkedin
Resume Resume


Collaboration
Wiki Google Wave


Are we prepared?

PR/Crisis Management


Significant Part of Internet


By the numbers
• Social media is significant
– Twitter grew 1,382% y-o-y in February 2009
(registered 7 million US users)
– 65.7 mm unique visitors on Facebook February 2009
(update: 125 mm in September)
– Source: Nielsen Online
• Social media is a “professional” demographic
– Facebook’s largest group of users are 35-54
– Facebook users aged 55 and over has grown from
950,000 to 5.9 million in 6 months
– Source: iStrategy Labs


We’re already having problems
• More than 1 in 5 companies have disciplined an employee
for violating blog or message board policies in the last year
– Of these companies, half have terminated an employee for such
a violation.
– (Source: Proofpoint)
• Over 20% have investigated the exposure of confidential,
sensitive, or private information via a blog or message
board posting.
– (Source: Proofpoint)
• 1 in 3 employees surveyed never consider what their boss
or customer might think before posting material online.
– (Source: Deloitte Ethics & Workplace Survey)


Risks


Cyber Bullying
• 13 year old commits suicide
• “Rival” parent creates fake MySpace
identity
• Numerous red flags to indicate
probable fake/hoax


School/Teacher
Reputation
• High school student
• Uses Facebook to “bully” English
teacher
• Disciplined with removal from AP
class and suspended
• Student sues school


Sexting
• 20% of teens admit to participating in
“sexting” in nationwide survey
• Teens are being charged with felony
counts of trafficking child pornography
and placed on the sex offender registry


Our students are changing
• 78% of the incoming class of 2009 will have
had Internet access their entire K-12 career*
• 98% of the incoming class of 2012 will have
had Internet access their entire K-12 career*

*Institute of Education Studies, National Center for Education Statistics


15%
Percentile change in
10%
importance of task type
in U.S. economy
5%

0%

-5%

-10%
1960 1970 1980 1990 2002

Autor, D., Levy, F., & Murnane, R. J. (2003). The skill content of recent technological change:
An empirical exploration. Quarterly Journal of Economics 188, 4. [updated, D. Autor, 2008]

Growth of the creative class
50%

45%

40%

35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

Agriculture Working Service Creative
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Florida, R. (2002). The rise of the creative class (p. 332). New York, NY: Basic Books. 28

Everyone must be prepared to
operate in this space


#amazonfail


#amazonfail: Starts small


#amazonfail: PR crisis
• Probst’s blog post April 12, 2009 (Sunday at
2:08 am) within 24 hours
– #AmazonFail is #1 trending topic on Twitter
– Over 5,000 blog posts
– Facebook group with over 1200 members
– Online petition collects 9000 signatures
– Blogger campaign takes #1 spot on Google (still)
– 335 mainstream media articles (WSJ, Wired, NPR)
• No response from Amazon.com


#amazonfail

Meanwhile, customers take control…


…of the website, and…


…their reputation


Social Media Policy

Participate in a Respectful and
Relevant Way


Transparency
• Use your real name
• Identify who you work for
• Be clear about your role
• If you have a vested interest, disclose it


Authenticity
• Avoid false or misleading statements
• Claims should be substantiated
• Facts should be verifiable
• Hyperbole should be avoided
• Speak only within the bounds of your
expertise or knowledge


Value
• Contribute to the community
• Be helpful
• Point to other resources
• Post meaningful, respectful comments
• Always add value first


Common Sense
• Use good judgment
• Use common courtesy
• Ask permission when in doubt
• Always properly attribute works
• Protect privacy and confidential information


Expertise
• Stick in your area of expertise
• Try to add…
– Unique
– Individual
– Non-confidential
– Specific
– Examples


Appropriate
• You will disagree
• You should disagree
• Be…
– Respectful
– Polite
– Empathetic
• Politely excuse yourself from antagonism


Diplomatic
• Strive for clarity
• Double check facts
• Avoid legal matters
• Get advice from PR professionals
• Avoid engaging in crisis situations
• Protect your privacy
• Protect employer’s confidentiality


Now What?


Observe First

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/


Building Social Media Assets

• Listening
• Educating
Learn • Using
• Studying

Strategy

• Objectives
• Governance
• Definition
Engagement
• Capabilities

• Listen
• Engage
• Measure
• Iterate


Focus on the Audience

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Starting in the Right Place

Objective

Measure &
Adjust People Strategy

Technology


Avoiding Fragmentation



Funneling in Attention


Mechanics of Community Building

Community

Connection Context

Conversion Content


Context
• Map your audience(s)
• Consider their objectives
• Position your strategy to be…
– Appropriate
– Differentiated
– Valuable


Listen


Recruitment


Alumni


Public Relations


Content

Comments

Editorial
Videos Articles
Consistency

Images


Social Media Policy


Teach


Conversion
• Have an objective
• Measure it in some way
– Test
– Did it convert?
– Iterate
• Focus on small projects


Practice


Connection
• Main objective!
• Followers, traffic, users are not connections
• Energize with the unexpected
– Handwritten notes
– Offline meet-ups
• Get people face-to-face


Engage


Get “Real”


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/


Community
• Leverage what is already there
• Energize them
• Keep them informed
• Ask them questions
• Get them doing something!


Questions
Bill Rice
734.775.4487
bill.rice@kaleidico.com
www.kaleidico.com
@billrice


Social Media Strategy Education

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