My presentation Monday night for the Winona State University chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, built upon my 35 Social Media Theses but with some particular student applications.
Unit 3 Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence.pdf
Practical Application of Social Media in Business and Professions
1. Practical Application of Social Media
in Business and Professions
Lee Aase
Manager, Syndication and Social Media
Mayo Clinic
Winona State University PRSSA
#WSUPRSSA
January 25, 2010
2. Agenda
• Why is a traditional organization like
Mayo Clinic involved in social media?
• Explore implications for other
established organizations
• Illustrate impact of social tools
• Discuss roles social media can play in
professional advancement of students,
particularly those with PR/
communications focus
3. About Lee Aase (@LeeAase)
• B.S. Political Science
• 14 years in politics and government at
local, state, national levels
• Mayo Clinic since April 2000
− Media relations consultant
− Manager since 2004
− Media Relations/Research Comm
− Syndication and Social Media
18. Mayo Clinic and Word of Mouth
• 91 percent of patients surveyed say
they have said “good things” to an
average of 40 people after a Mayo visit
• 85 percent say they recommended
Mayo to a friend
− Advised an average of 16 to come
− 5 actually came
19. Sources of Information Influencing
Preference for Mayo Clinic
Word of mouth 84
Stories in the media 57
MD recommendation 44
Advertising 27
Internet/Websites 26
Personal experience 24
Mailings to home 18
0 20 40 60 80 100
20. #2: Electronic tools merely
facilitate broader, more
efficient transmission by
overcoming inertia and
friction
23. Evolution of Community
• Local: Pre-1930
• National: 1930-2005, made possible by
mass media
• Global: Post-2005, individuals members
of multiple communities of interest
without regard to geography
• Succeeding levels build upon earlier
stages without completely supplanting
24.
25. #4: Social media are the
third millennium’s defining
communications trend
26.
27. #9: Mass media will remain
powerful levers that move --
and are moved by -- social
media buzz.
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34. #10: Social media strategies
can’t compensate for an
inferior offering or bad service
59. #20: Social media enable
authentic communication if
you don’t purposefully
complicate things
60. Key Tool: Flip Video Camera*
• Affordable for all campuses (and you)
• Recording interviews (with tripod)
improves existing processes
• Authenticity without writer’s cramp
• Provides potential blog resources
− Audio of full interview
− Video excerpts
• Limited group of video editors to ease
adoption, ensure quality
61.
62. Case Study: Simple Storytelling
• 8:45 a.m. Colleague mentions article
coming off embargo at 3 p.m.
• Interviewed M.D. via Flip at 10:20
• Edited video and had password-
protected post on blog by 11:55 for
pitching
• Uploaded files to YouTube channel
• WSJ Health Blog used video
65. The Octogenarian Idol Story
• Alerted to interesting video of elderly
couple playing piano in Gonda atrium
• Video shot by another patient and
uploaded to YouTube by her daughter
• Video had been seen 1,005 times in six
preceding months since upload
• Embedded in Sharing Mayo Clinic,
posted to Facebook, Tweeted on 4/7/09
82. Results to Date
• More than 5.7 million views on YouTube
• >1.4 million views on Sharing Mayo Clinic
• From 200 views/month to 5,000 views/hour
• Validation of Thesis #26
83. #26: Your mileage may vary,
but you’ll go a lot further if
you get a car.
84. #28: Paying for advertising
while not taking advantage
of FREE social media tools
isn’t particularly astute
89. Tamiko says...
“I’ve had lots of people ask me about the
YouTube video and I’ve told at least 30
people they should go to Mayo. ”
90.
91. Advice for PR, Communications
and Marketing Students
• Get on Twitter for networking
• Get a consumer-grade video camera
and start a personal YouTube channel
• Become a SMUGgle and work your way
up the SMUG Social Media Pyramid