Social Media for Organizations: Enjoy Your Own Party

Social Media for Organizations:

Enjoy Your Own PartyAmy Sample Ward

AmySampleWard.org

This webinar is part of the membershipseries from www.lorijacobwith.com

Agenda

• What is social media?• How does social media fit with your organization’s current work?• How can you get started?• What can you do today?• Where can you learn more?

What is social media?

How does it fit: The Kitchen

How does it fit: Make Connections

How does it fit: Shared Content

How does it fit: Signposting

Getting Started: Listening

Listening: RSS

Listening: RSS

Listening: Google Alerts

Listening: Twitter

Listening: Dashboard

Listening: Dashboard

Getting Started: Joining

Joining: Comments

Joining: Comments

Joining: Signposting

Getting Started: Creating

Creating: Profiles

Profiles: Be Real

Profiles: Be Engaging

Profiles: Be Valuable

Creating: Content

What You Can Do Today

• Start listening:• Subscribe to blogs or news• Set up Google Alerts• Set up a listening dashboard

• Start asking:• Where do you go?• What do you do?• What do you want to do with us?

Photo Credits• Slide 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/345653550/• Slide 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/intersectionconsulting/4044928121/• Slide 4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/2986252088/• Slide 5: http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4167751227/• Slide 6: http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_moog/348347334/• Slide 7: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/2978863444/• Slide 8: http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctabu/443262049/• Slide 15: http://www.flickr.com/photos/billiejoesentourage/3730330633/• Slide 19: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tripletri/3395716436/• Slide 20: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivanwalsh/3677282034/• Slide 21: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxtongue/687861111/• Slide 22: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aadplus/3036857920/• Slide 23: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsmall/3673567823/• Slide 24: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagwired/3091227429/• Slide 24: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagwired/3092068214/• Slide 24: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagwired/3091227573/• Slide 29: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ww4f/2526809770/

ResourcesHow to create a listening dashboard step-by-step: http://amysampleward.org/2009/10/27/how-to-create-a-listening-dashboard-for-your-organization/

Netvibes (RSS Reader): http://netvibes.com

Google Alerts: http://alerts.google.com

Google Reader (RSS Reader): http://reader.google.com

Google Blog Search: http://blog.google.com

Technorati: http://technorati.com

Twitter Search: http://search.twitter.com

TechSoup: http://techsoup.org

We Are Media Project: http://wearemedia.org

ConnectAmySampleWard.orgTwitter: @amyrsward

Email: [email protected]

Questions?