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Putting the social in social media The whys and hows Caitlin Cormier Employment Security Department June 17, 2016

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Putting the social in social mediaThe whys and hows

Caitlin CormierEmployment Security Department June 17, 2016

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Welcome

▶ What is social media?▶ Is it even for government

agencies?▶ What platform is best for us?▶ Social strategy▶ What’s with the lingo?▶ Join the conversation!

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What is social media?

▶ Why is it important?▶ What is its value?▶ What does it look like?

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I know! Mind blown!

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Headliner platformsFacebookTwitterYouTube Instagram / FlickrPinterestPeriscope SnapchatLinkedIn

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Finding your voice

▶ Who are your audiences?

▶ What is the event or topic? How will it affect them?

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Finding your voice▶ Who are your audiences?

▶ What are they comfortable with?▶ What can they hear?▶ How can they hear it?

▶ What do you want to get across?▶ How does it represent you?

▶ What is the event or topic?

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Initial strategy

▶ You’ve decided:▶ You’re using social media▶ What will you use?▶ What will tell your story best?▶ Who will manage it?

▶ What is his or her role?

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Initial strategy

▶ Social-media policy▶ Get Internet security involved.▶ Who needs to give permission?▶ Who needs to vet?

▶ Social-media protocol▶ Document how it will be used.

▶ Authorization forms can help.

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Initial strategy

▶ Planning▶ Who does what? Be inclusive.▶ Involve any division that can help.

▶ Rolling out▶ Announcing

▶ Internal and external communication.

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Getting started▶ Optimize posts

▶ Timing▶ Tagging

▶ Involve partners, clients▶ Wording ▶ Where you post

▶ How you post (the same facts are not

necessarily written the same way on various platforms).

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Planning into the FutureBe open to change

Yes, Bilbo. Change is the only constant.Remember, MySpace?

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Putting the “social” in social media▶ Social media is:

▶ Conversation▶ Responding▶ Tagging, hash tags #hashtags▶ Links▶ Memes

▶ What?

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What’s a meme?

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State-agency humor

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It’s a powerful new tool

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You’ve posted, now what?

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To keep or not to keepRecords and disclosure rules in Washington: Social media is like other forms of electronic communication. It is considered temporary information.BUT, always keep public-records requests

in mind and retain your posts.Many companies can automatically record

everything – free or fee.

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Questions?

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Thank you