A presentation for program managers and data experts at the U.S. Census Bureau. Focus on the Census engagement and federal compliant tools and Terms of Service for free social media tools available to agencies.
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Census Social Media: Part 2
1. U.S. Census and Social Media 8/2/2011 1 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies Center for Excellence in Digital GovernmentEngagement and Outreach Team Part 2: Census Engagement
2. Agenda 9:00-9:10 Introduce Topic and Speakers (Rick Denby) 9:10-9:50 Demographic Internet Staff (Census) 9:50- 10 Break 10:00 - 10:50 Social Media Part 1: Inform (Center for Excellence in Digital Government, General Services Administration) 10:50 - 11:00 Break 11:00 -11:20 Social Media Part 2: Engage (CEDG) 11:20-12:05 Brainstorming Sessions / Breakout (CEDG) 12:05 Wrap-up and adjourn (CEDG) 2 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 8/2/2011
3. We are Jonathan Rubin (@jonathan_rubin Tammi Marcoullier (@TammiM) 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 3
14. Other Questions How other gov agencies are using it and how well it's worked for them How to use social media to get information to our data users Why do people feel the obsessive need to know all about useless information? How can / will it improve visibility of the programs SAIPE and SAHIE 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 12
15. Other Questions Appropriate use in the office Why should I care about social media How can we use it to interact with our data product users and customers? I understand how SM can stimulate conversation / interaction, but how has it helped to reduce agency / org costs (in terms of time/resources)? 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 13
16. Agenda 1. Results of Social Media survey 2. Take a look at your Twitter feed 14 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 8/2/2011
24. Who Owns Your Social Media? Marketing? IT? Corporate Communications? Social Media Team? Management? 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 20
25. Two Ways to Divide Work 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 21 Centralized Decentralized
36. 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 30 Terms of service signed with: Search tools Blogs Bookmarking Document sharing Multimedia
58. Resources Data Visualization Challenge - http://datavizchallenge.org/ The Best and Worst of Statistical Graphics - http://www.datavis.ca/gallery/ Improving Visualization http://www.improving-visualisation.org/ Open Knowledge Foundation http://okfn.org 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 46
62. You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 48
63. Is This Stuff Working? 52% of surveyed didn’t know how to measure Social Media effectiveness Source: The CMO Site, 2010 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 49
68. Remember: Don’t ask “What’s the right metric?” Ask “What’s the right metric for us and this project?” 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 51
69. Possible Social Media Measurement Visitors and sources of traffic Network size (followers, fans, members) Quantity of commentary about brand or product (sentiment analysis) When do people visit your site Where are they coming from? What are they looking for? 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 52
70. Metrics Need to be USED, Not Just Collected 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 53
72. April 2011 Survey to 150 Socmed Professionals: 54% spend <$100 a month on metrics tools 60% are OK with current tool 48% would be “very disappointed” if no Twitter 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 55
73. Which Tool to Monitor Twitter? 26% Desktop client (Tweetdeck) 23% Mobile app (SocialScope, Tweetie) 12% Scheduling tool (Hootsuite, CoTweet) 12% Analytics tool (Klout, TwitterCounter) 15% Web-based client (Brizzly, Ginx) 4% Auto-follow tool (TwitterMass, Twollow) 6% Notification tools (Qwitter, Social Oomph) 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 56
74. Watch Out for the Time Sink 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 57
75. 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 58 Invest in Your Audience and Your Assets + + =
76. 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 59 = Social Media = Conversation Tool
78. See you in 10 minutes 8/2/2011 Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies 61
Hinweis der Redaktion
People have chosen the most popular ones
Other = combination of FB and youtube. 1 person said apps were blocked but the majroity said there weren’t any issues
This is what people perceived……… Other – people didn’t specify
There is verbal support but action is limited
Caring about it
News are tracking agency information
Appropriate use – social media guidelinesSave $ - this is new yellow pages – where people are coming for info, saves on phone calls, sharing info in user-friendly formatsocial media campaigns can cost very little, internal collaboration / wikipedia and knowledge sharing, conencting your team, good for morale, teaches people new skills and helps you recruit and retain younger people
Look at tweets and twitter streamsocial media page - http://www.census.gov/aboutus/social_media.htmlgood information, all one 1 page (compare to nasa page at http://www.nasa.gov/connect/)could use more verbsnice disclaimer on bottomtop banners look weird, too much text thatfocal point?
TAMMI SLIDELater – include slide on census vs. uscensusbureau – show them – check social names – do it liveOn knowem.comMOVE IT HERE
census vs. uscensusbureau – show them – check social names – do it liveOn knowem.com
possible to have coherent and strong voice with training
Social media tools, 508 compliant + FISMA compliant, free
TAMMIFree, guidance, hosting, tons of examples, interactive – help business side of the agency, managing data
107+ challenges and 36 agencies
Free, guidance, hosting, tons of examples, interactive
July 21 - national cancer institute - Using Public Data for Cancer Prevention and Control (http://challenge.gov/challenges/208) - develop software apps that use data to promote healthy behaviors, early detection, early detection
Occupational Employment Statistics Challenge - Develop data visualizations that can help people plan their education, explore a career change, know what to expect in a new town, or negotiate pay and benefits.
we don’t have any data visualziation tools but here are some tip
http://www.good.is
Context – comparing info to make it more personal + interesting - comparison
Gallery of Data Visualization
We lack
timing for core audience – post during the spikes, are people doing the thing that you want them to do
Monitoring data is only valuable if metrics relevant to a company are being tracked, analyzed, then applied to improving a Social Media Marketing (SMM) strategy. metrics - strategy - output (in a circle)
Jay Baer's Social Media Metrics Sequence
What Are The Best Social Media Monitoring Tools? - http://oneforty.com/blog/what-are-the-best-social-media-monitoring-tools/
There are more than a dozen tools – find one that works for youhttp://oneforty.com/blog/what-are-the-best-social-media-monitoring-tools/
Social media metrics may be free but you can spend a LOT of time looking at them – too much. Know what you’re looking for BEFORE you collect
Bring connectivity, connectyour world to the customers – social media does this – you just need these 3 pieces
All sociaol media is a way for you to have conversations and share information with people, and for them to be able to reach you.
In the end, I hope you find just as much to like about social media as we do
http://oneforty.com/blog/what-are-the-best-social-media-monitoring-tools/What Are The Best Social Media Monitoring Tools?