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Walsall Council’s social media journey
Dan Slee Walsall Council
Really Useful Day December 2012
http://flic.kr/p/aDenpC
In 1982...
Greetings from Brisbane
In 2012...
Our first social media
strategy...
One ring to rule
them all
http://flic.kr/p/5yhUEp
“Organisations don’t
tweet. People do.”
- Euan Semple
A human face...
A human face...
A human face...
Morgan Bowers,
countryside ranger
Morgan Bowers,
countryside ranger
Oedemera nobilis
This little guy is imaginatively named the Thick Legged Flower
Beetle... wonder why? Found on the Beacon Way on Chapel Lane
near Merrions Wood, Walsall.
#Walsall24
#Walsall24
70 profiles in 11 platforms
Put emergency
planning into your
social media
strategy...
Twitter
Twitter
6.2m unique UK users
March 2012 Source: UKOM / Neilson
Twitter
6.2m unique UK users
March 2012 Source: UKOM / Neilson
@pcstanleywmp Walsall Police Station at 19:11
today, not on fire. Look how not on fire it is.
Very not on fire.”
Twitter
6.2m unique UK users
March 2012 Source: UKOM / Neilson
March 2012 Source: UKOM / Neilson
Be social in a crisis
1. Create or spot an
authoritative voice on
Twitter.http://flic.kr/p/6YVLJr
2. Share it.
http://flic.kr/p/6YVLMp
11 golden rules for
social media in an
organisation...
44
1
http://flic.kr/p/6ZxFLc
Be a helpful gatekeeperBe a helpful gatekeeper
44
2
Use the language of the platformUse the language of the platform
http://flic.kr/p/2utcz
44
3 Gently remind
people there’s
a code of
conduct
Gently remind
people there’s
a code of
conduct
http://flic.kr/p/9t5K9q
44
4
Be humanBe human
http://flic.kr/p/nf4q1
44
5 Be transparentBe transparent
http://flic.kr/p/2UvgKQ
44
6 Be politeBe polite
http://flic.kr/p/3JRr6h
44
7 Be connectedBe connected
http://flic.kr/p/8ay13B
44
8 It’s about conversationIt’s about conversation
44
9
Don’t let comms hog
the sweetie jar
Don’t let comms hog
the sweetie jar
44
10
It’s okay to be a digital
native
It’s okay to be a digital
native
44
11
ExperimentExperiment
http://flic.kr/p/5j78nv
In conclusion...
Thank you.
Dan Slee
Email: sleed@walsall.gov.uk
Blog: www.danslee.wordpress.com
Twitter: @danslee
Any questions?

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