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UGC: Leveraging the Power of Social Media
1. UGC: Leveraging the
Power of Social Media
@NikkiSunstrum, Director of Social Media
University of Michigan
2. @UMich Director of Social Media
Former State of Michigan @MIGov
SM Coordinator
B.S. in PoliSci & M.A. in Ed
Skilled in making dull things
interesting
Co-Captain to a hashtag’ed
entourage of 5
Former Elected official
Throws parades for fun
@NikkiSunstrum
3. You get paid to play on Facebook?
“Because somebody grows up being a social media native,
it doesn’t make them an expert in using social media at
work, that’s like saying, ‘I grew up with a fax machine, so
that makes me an expert in business.’”
William Ward, professor of social media at Syracuse
University’s S.I. Newhouse School of
Public Communications
5. Tweeting the ninety-five thesis
The way in which we
get our point across
has changed, not the
concept or necessity of
information
distribution.
6. Social Media Communications
1 in 4 people use social networking sites
Globally, in 2012 over 1.73B registered users of social —
By 2017 2.55B
73% of adults are using social media — 56% in America
43% of senior citizens in the U.S. now use social media
There are now more smart devices than people
57% of people are talking more online than they do in real life
Nearly two-thirds of Americans sleep with their cell phones
7. Social Media Communications
Instagram grew 50% in 9 months ’14, is now bigger than Twitter
Organic Facebook reach drops to 2% for pages over 500k,
~6% for others
In June of 2014 Facebook had more video views than YouTube
Snapchat is [fastest] growing messaging app at a rate of 56% a year
50% of devices on corporate networks will be mobile in 2015
Instagram gets 50x more engagement than Twitter
Gangnam Style has been viewed 2,182,109,637 times
9. Millennials are…
The 1st generation to never know life
without the internet
The largest generation since the baby boomers
About to take over as the majority of the workforce
20. What can get you fired…and what won’t.
• Post about working
conditions, whether
it's pay, hours,
assignments, difficult
supervisors, dress
code, or any other
issue are considered
freedom of speech
• Posts that damage a
company, disparage
its products or
services or reveal
trade secrets or
financial information
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22. 1 Hour
509 posts
were generated
Reach
exceeding
200,000 people
Over 5 million
impressions
25. "When disasters
happen, people need to
know their loved ones
are safe," he wrote in a
Facebook post. "It's
moments like this that
being able to connect
really matters.”
-Mark Zuckerberg
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32. Take Aways
The method is new, not the concept
Never underestimate the power of strategy
Embrace opportunities for collaboration
Put the proper resources in place for success
Compose guidelines and set expectations