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Abi Signorelli Communications specialist Tel: 07590 497263 Email: abi@abisignorelli.com Web: www.abisignorelli.com Blog: abi-signorelli.blogspot.com Twitter: @abisignorelli Keeping communication simple
 Helping create engaging and meaningful conversations with your employees and your customers
THE GENERATION FACTOR The importance of generation Y Four generations at work… Traditionalists :  born 1900-1945 Baby boomers:  born 1946-1964 Generation X:   born 1965-1976 Generation Y:  born 1977-2000
ACCORDING TO MASHABLE, WOMEN RULE THE SOCIAL WEB! Data & images sourced from www.mashable.com
FACEBOOK USERS ARE GETTING OLDER Largest age group 35-54 18-24 only  3 rd   largest group Users over 55 up by 513% in 2009 Data & images sourced from www.mashable.com
OTHER INFLUENCERS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],No matter how sophisticated technology gets, we're reminded daily that it's about people…  Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder and director of communications
LED BY EXAMPLE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ he’s talking to me, he’s in my network,  he’s someone I feel like I know”
POPE’S MESSAGE TO PRIESTS: WE MUST BLOG “ The spread of multimedia communications and its rich ‘menu of options’ might make us think it sufficient simply to be present on the Web, or to see it only as a space to be filled. Yet priests can rightly be expected to be present in the world of digital communications as faithful witnesses to the Gospel ,  exercising their proper role as leaders of communities which increasingly express themselves with the different ‘voices’ provided by the digital marketplace . Priests are thus challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources (images, videos, animated features, blogs, websites) which, alongside traditional means, can open up broad new vistas for dialogue, evangelization and catechesis. ”  Pope Benedict XVI “ exercising their proper role as leaders of communities which increasingly express themselves with the different ‘voices’ provided by the digital marketplace.”
ASDA’S GREEN ROOM “ Trust and transparency are key to earning real customer loyalty… … My ambition for Asda is to actively involve customers in every aspect of the business, to lift the lid on how we do things, and enable our customers to help make decisions that have an impact on what we sell and how we sell it. ” Andy Bond, Asda CEO
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AN EVOLUTION NOT A REVOLUTION
FOOD FOR THOUGHT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],You have to trust the users to make the best use of it. Sometimes it’s a bit like letting children fall so that they realise themselves that it hurts. Euan Semple

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Social Media For Internal Comms Channelship Webinar March 31 2010

  • 1. Abi Signorelli Communications specialist Tel: 07590 497263 Email: abi@abisignorelli.com Web: www.abisignorelli.com Blog: abi-signorelli.blogspot.com Twitter: @abisignorelli Keeping communication simple
 Helping create engaging and meaningful conversations with your employees and your customers
  • 2. THE GENERATION FACTOR The importance of generation Y Four generations at work… Traditionalists : born 1900-1945 Baby boomers: born 1946-1964 Generation X: born 1965-1976 Generation Y: born 1977-2000
  • 3. ACCORDING TO MASHABLE, WOMEN RULE THE SOCIAL WEB! Data & images sourced from www.mashable.com
  • 4. FACEBOOK USERS ARE GETTING OLDER Largest age group 35-54 18-24 only 3 rd largest group Users over 55 up by 513% in 2009 Data & images sourced from www.mashable.com
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7. POPE’S MESSAGE TO PRIESTS: WE MUST BLOG “ The spread of multimedia communications and its rich ‘menu of options’ might make us think it sufficient simply to be present on the Web, or to see it only as a space to be filled. Yet priests can rightly be expected to be present in the world of digital communications as faithful witnesses to the Gospel , exercising their proper role as leaders of communities which increasingly express themselves with the different ‘voices’ provided by the digital marketplace . Priests are thus challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources (images, videos, animated features, blogs, websites) which, alongside traditional means, can open up broad new vistas for dialogue, evangelization and catechesis. ” Pope Benedict XVI “ exercising their proper role as leaders of communities which increasingly express themselves with the different ‘voices’ provided by the digital marketplace.”
  • 8. ASDA’S GREEN ROOM “ Trust and transparency are key to earning real customer loyalty… … My ambition for Asda is to actively involve customers in every aspect of the business, to lift the lid on how we do things, and enable our customers to help make decisions that have an impact on what we sell and how we sell it. ” Andy Bond, Asda CEO
  • 9.
  • 10. AN EVOLUTION NOT A REVOLUTION
  • 11.

Editor's Notes

  1. Every company is different and there’s no one way of making the case for introducing social media An excellent first step is to identify your key stakeholders/decision makers – ie, who do you need to convince? Ask the floor to brainstorm all the areas they may want to consider eg Leadership Team, HR, IT, security, legal, PR/external comms etc. Once establishing your stakeholders, work out how you will approach each. Examine what benefits social media will bring to each of the stakeholder groups. Brainstorm around the room for examples eg. increased productivity, cost savings, more engaged workforce, attracting talent, building a platform/environment for the next generation, innovation and collaboration Dealing with tricky customers/nay sayers – identify who these are and carefully establish why they are skeptical or even a blocker. Work on tactics to mitigate these concerns. Find allies – in particular among your key stakeholder groups – use them to help fight your corner and also keep your priorities at the top of their teams’ agendas Establish guidelines early on and use these to help convince and reassure those with concerns – provide examples of published guidelines THERE’S NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH
  2. Every company is different and there’s no one way of making the case for introducing social media An excellent first step is to identify your key stakeholders/decision makers – ie, who do you need to convince? Ask the floor to brainstorm all the areas they may want to consider eg Leadership Team, HR, IT, security, legal, PR/external comms etc. Once establishing your stakeholders, work out how you will approach each. Examine what benefits social media will bring to each of the stakeholder groups. Brainstorm around the room for examples eg. increased productivity, cost savings, more engaged workforce, attracting talent, building a platform/environment for the next generation, innovation and collaboration Dealing with tricky customers/nay sayers – identify who these are and carefully establish why they are skeptical or even a blocker. Work on tactics to mitigate these concerns. Find allies – in particular among your key stakeholder groups – use them to help fight your corner and also keep your priorities at the top of their teams’ agendas Establish guidelines early on and use these to help convince and reassure those with concerns – provide examples of published guidelines THERE’S NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH