Presentation on social media for orchestras and nonprofits, given to the ACSO 2010 conference (Association of California Symphony Orchestras), July 23, 2010, with Beth Kanter (Zoetica), Marc van Bree (Dutch Perspective), moderated by Oliver Theil.
Regression analysis: Simple Linear Regression Multiple Linear Regression
ACSO 2010 conference - Social Media For Orchestras Preso Final
1. Contemporary Connectivity: The Networked Orchestra Beth Kanter, CEO ZoeticaMarc van Bree, author, social media consultant Oliver Theil, Dir. of Public Relations, SF Symphony Association of California Symphony OrchestrasJuly 23, 2010
2. Beth Kanter Marc van Bree http://www.bethkanter.org http://www.mcmvanbree.com
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4. What we’re going to cover to day …. Part 1: Networked Orchestras: The Big Picture Part 2: Being A Networked Orchestra Part 3: Return on Insight, Return on Investment
11. In a networked world, nonprofits need to work less like this Source: David Armano The Micro-Sociology of Networks
12. And more like this …. Some nonprofits are born this way, others have to make the transition … slowly .. With apologies to David Armano for hacking his visual! Source: The Micro-Sociology of Networks
20. Responsibilities Marketing departments are involved, either jointly or solely, with managing social media efforts at a large majority (87%) of the orchestras. musicians artistic (content) Web and IT (technology) marketing (ticket sales, commerce and branding) communications (branding, media and public relations) ticketing (customer service) development (fund raising) volunteer (recruiting)
21. Budget * human resources * staff development * technological needs * marketing and promotion efforts * analysis and measurement
22. Monitoring and measuring None of the orchestras indicated they have implemented or established metrics for measuring social media activities. However, the majority of the orchestras (73%) recognize the need to measure social media activities and the remaining 27% are currently planning metrics for measuring social media.
25. Loss of control over their branding and marketing messages Dealing with negative comments Addressing personality versus organizational voice (trusting employees) Make mistakes Make senior staff too accessible Perception of wasted of time and resources Suffering from information overload already, this will cause more
26. How do senior staff of symphony orchestras get comfortable with social media?
57. Are your tweets about your organization or asking for something?Do you just stream your web site content on Facebook?
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59. Exploring the Relationship Are you even listening to me? How well do I really know you? Do we have anything in common? Opera San Jose, 2010 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike)
62. The Intern will be taken seriously, given real work to do, be respected for their opinion, and will be patiently taught the things they don’t yet know.
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64. The perfect intern might be already be in your network
69. LSO: Real Conversations “Moderate your tone of voice for these media. Marketing speak does not work. Speak to the audience in the same way as you would a friend.” - Jo Johnson, marketing manager
70. “Reply to any direct questions you get. To not do so is to miss the point of the media altogether.” – Jo Johnson, marketing manager
71. Eso que se conoce como la opera [This is known as the opera] Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/esoqueseconocecomolaopera/
72. ≥ 4 million views! Exceeded 2 million views in just two months… http://www.youtube.com/user/atenordelaopera
77. “…to bring the Palau to the community, make people feel that the place is theirs and they can enjoy it…" “…the only requirement that we might consider essential is the ability to feel and have emotions…” - Xabier Colinas, marketing director Side note
78. #operaplot “The right idea, the right time, the right place, the right audience” “I didn’t really think I had the influence to organize the press or the houses. ” “…the chance to explore the possibilities of Twitter in a no-risk way was appealing.” http://mcmvanbree.com/dutchperspective/an-interview-with-miss-mussel-of-operaplot-fame | Image: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
79. “…the type of people that are looking for a new kind of relationship with performing arts institutions…” “…one that is more transparent and honest rather than the traditional cursive script, lush images and WE ARE AWESOME AT EVERYTHING attitude…” Image: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
80. St. Louis: cross-platform integration Prominent feature on front page Highlighting all options on sub page Blog featured on front page
90. Social Media ROI: Insight, Interaction, Investment and Impact Impact Investment $ Return Interaction Insight Number of Months Using listen, learn, and adapt
91. Integrated Marketing Communications Social media is part of your IMC strategy: Holistic approach: total customer experience Cross-platform integration Online complements offline and vice versa Measurable outcomes: Communications: behavior change Marketing: financial value of that behavior
92. What are you evaluating? Social media is a tactical effort… …within a strategy for behaviorchange Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/
93. Define your goal The question is: what is the change your organization is trying to achieve over five to ten years? A mission statement-inspired goal… Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/keylosa/
94. New York Philharmonic | mission statement To maintain and foster an interest in the enjoyment of music and musical affairs, and to inculcate in its members in the community of New York city and the nation at large, an interest in symphony music and in order to foster such interest and the appreciation of music, among other things to cause the performance of symphonic and other musical performances in the concert and other halls, over the radio, television, by phonographic recordings, and in any other manner now known or hereafter to be.
Editor's Notes
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Beth wears many hates. She is the CEO of Zoetica, writes Beth’s Blog, and Visiting Scholar for Nonprofits and Social Media at the Packard Foundation. She started off her 30 year nonprofit career as a classical flute player and when she didn’t get first chair in the Boston Symphony, she started working in orchestra administration. It’s a long story about how she from tooting to tweeting …
It isn’t a nonprofit with an Internet Connection and a Facebook Profile …Networked Nonprofits are simple and transparent organizations. They are easy for outsiders to get in and insiders to get out. They engage people to shape and share their work in order to raise awareness of social issues, organize communities to provide services or advocate for legislation. In the long run, they are helping to make the world a safer, fairer, healthier place to live.Networked Nonprofits don’t work harder or longer than other organizations, they work differently. They engage in conversations with people beyond their walls -- lots of conversations -- to build relationships that spread their work through the network. Incorporating relationship building as a core responsibility of all staffers fundamentally changes their to-do lists. Working this way is only possible because of the advent of social media. All Networked Nonprofits are comfortable using the new social media toolset -- digital tools such as email, blogs, and Facebook that encourage two-way conversations between people, and between people and organizations, to enlarge their efforts quickly, easily and inexpensively.
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Solution: Networks of individuals and institutions that reduces the burden on everyone, leverages the capacity, creativity, energy and resources of everyone to share solutions, solve problems. This changes the definition of scale for social change - was institutions now networks. http://www.flickr.com/photos/me_maya/171223061/
The transition of how a nonprofit goes from institution to looking like and working more like a network is what our book is aboutThe transition isn’t an easy, flip a switch – and it happens – it takes time Some nonprofits, newer ones like Mom’s Rising have networked nonprofit in their DNA, while others – institutions – make the change slowly.Way of being transforms into a way of doing
The transition from working like this to this – doesn’t happen over night, can’t flip a switch
Social media activities, familiarity and usage seem to be widespread among orchestras. Managers find social media important and organizations are generally enthusiastic. However, the efforts are far from organized and strategic. It seems many orchestras are dipping their feet in the social media pool, but do not have the policies, budgets, and metrics in place to effectively use the tools at their disposal, even if they do recognize the need for checks and balances.
Formalize your goal What are you trying to achieve? As we have seen in the findings, the most important goals for orchestra managers are increasing Web traffic, awareness of programming and brand awareness. Keep in mind, social media can help you in your core mission: bringing art and music to your community. And that’s a goal too. Whatever your goal might be, in setting up your social media efforts, keep these goals in front of mind, and make them measurable.
Ten out of fifteen orchestras (67%) divide social media responsibilities among multiple staff members; more than a quarter (27%) of the orchestras list social media responsibilities as part of an existing staff member’s duties. And 6% uses an intern.Marketing departments are involved, either jointly or solely, with managing social media efforts at a large majority (87%) of the orchestras.
http://www.devonvsmith.com/2010/07/the-networked-nonprofit-theatre-a-manifesto-a-book-review/We assert the unalienable rights of The Intern. We understand that The Intern might be a high school student, an MBA, a retiree, or anyone in between. The Intern will be taken seriously, given real work to do, be respected for their opinion, and will be patiently taught the things they don’t yet know.
A costly process of weeding out the uninterested and unresponsive; a labor-intensive process of guiding a large group of potentials through a narrowing funnel to end up with a small group of ticket buyers.
According to the Wyman study, nearly half of all patrons in a given season bought only one ticket and 86% of those patrons did not return the following season. Furthermore, about half of all patrons in a given season attended a concert for the first time and 85% of those patrons did not return the following season.
Customer service is proactive, not just reactive. It’s much easier to engage than to manipulate. A technological framework and organizational process supporting a new customer-centric ecosystem. It’s about allowing customers to be advocates and evangelists.Creativity today means allowing and setting the stage for people to be creative.A technological framework for creativity, cultural change; social media is the overarching framework.
Also relevant: Art Institute of Chicago red box experiment (blurs line of art/marketing)
Twitter landing page(those who click from your Twitter profile to your Web site. What are they supposed to do next?)Facebook landing page(those who go to your Facebook Page. Welcome tab with a call to action)Google AdWords landing pages(a specific ad; a specific landing page with a call to action)Why landing pages? Measurement.
Thomas Alva Edison held 1,093 patents for different inventions. Many of them, like the lightbulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, were brilliant creations that have a huge influence on our everyday life. However, not everything he created was a success; he also had a few failures.
donations, leads, new subscribers, increased page rank,Interaction ReputationLoyaltySatisfactionSentimentFeedbackInsights about what worksDonationsLeadsSubscribersMembersSaved Time Saved CostsIncreased page rankSigned petitionsCalls or emails to government officials
http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/4078416459/in/faves-cambodia4kidsorg/http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2010/04/spreadsheet.htmlMeasurement should inform specific decisions and/or actions.Do not measure everything, but do measure what is most important to your goals.The data you gather should help you learn
“Make it about what your boss already wants: Don’t position your web 2.0 idea as a social media initiative; frame it as your initiative to support your boss’s goals, in your boss’s language.”- Katya Andresen, nonprofit marketing author