Socially engaged

Getting “Fluent” with Social Media

Social Media Sessions

Social Media Sessions

Why bother with Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, YouTube etc?

Social Media Sessions

• Your constituents are already using social media. – They are tweeting about local issues– They are using Facebook to communicate– What are they saying on their blogs?

Social Media Sessions

• Social Mentions

• Twitter

• YouTube – William Nunn

• Press

Social Media Sessions

Social Media Sessions

• @PeoplesAstro 25,090 followers on Twitter

What would you do?

Social Media Sessions

Social Media Sessions

Social Media Sessions

Social Media Sessions

Council Watch UK

What are they saying on their site?

Social Media Sessions

Social Media Sessions

The newspaper article

Social Media Sessions

• The Comments

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• What are people using social media for?

Social Media Sessions

• What are people using social media for?

Social Media Sessions

•What are people using social media for?

Social Media Sessions

• What are people using social media for?

Social Media Sessions

Social Media Sessions

Social Media Sessions

Twitter Stories “All started with that 1 little tweet”

Social Media Sessions

Facebook

• Get sent to Coventry

Social Media Sessions

Social Media Sessions

• Facebook.com/CoventryCC– Started November 2009 as a pilot experiment– Started out putting out the same press

releases as on the website– Got 500 fans in 2 months

Social Media Sessions

• Facebook.com/CoventryCC– Elections– School closures due to snow– Went from 500 to 2000 users the day after the snow,

and over 10,000 fans after the snow

Social Media Sessions

Facebook locally

Social Media Sessions

Questions?