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Social Media 101: A Beginner's Guide
1. Social Media 101 By Tim Nekritz Associate Director of Public Affairs/Director of Web Communication
2. What is social media? Interactiveparts of the Internet where we can communicate with such audiences as prospective students, current students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and friends of the college. Includes (but is not limited to) Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, Formspring, Foursquare and more.
3. Why social media? “Third space” Customer service Interactive nature Media-rich Where they are But remember to bring them back (hub and spoke)
10. 5 top tips 5. Goals before tools Does it help us meet a goal? What’s in it for us? What’s in it for our users? Avoid OSS
11. Crowd-sourced additions “Try to get someone who has a bit of a sense of humor (again not always possible) as it makes the tone of your channels friendly and more approachable.” -- Annalisa Boccia, Queen’s University “Be Valued ... Many are getting into social to ‘have another way of pushing our message’ or creating a new place for the same people to ignore the same press releases.” -- JP Rains, Laurentian University “Be Yourself. Social media operates in a transparent arena where it’s easy to see who’s a jerk, who’s not telling the truth and who’s making themselves out to be more than they are.” -- Patrick Powers, Webster University
12. Types? Oh so many … Facebook Twitter YouTube Formspring Foursquare/Geosocial Photosocial Blogs [We keep an online inventory]
22. Geosocial/location-based Services tied to your smartphone Fastest-growing part of social media Location-based services have enormous potential to connect people to places, places to people, and people to people in places. -- Tim Jones,North Carolina State University
26. Monitor and respond Social media is 24/7 Basic customer service, just new way Most users just looking for an answer Would you ignore your email for days?
27. Our FB comment guidelines The discussion board is available for questions, often from those entering or considering Oswego ... we hope to get you answers in a timely manner as you ponder joining our community. However, spam, blatantly commercial, obscene and/or denigrating messages are not welcome in this space and may be removed, as this page exists to serve a broader community.
32. Social media conduct Microsoft’s social media policy: “Don’t do anything stupid” It’s pretty much common sense
33. Next steps What are your goals? Look at your time/resources Examine options/communities Content strategy: what to say Get social!
34. Questions? Also available at: tim.nekritz@oswego.edu … or http://www.facebook.com/tim.nekritz … or http://twitter.com/TimNekritz Presentation on http://www.slideshare.net/TimNekritz/ Social media users’ guide *NEW*: http://www.oswego.edu/administration/public_affairs/socialmediaguide.html