My presentation to senior staff to get buy-in on the idea of social networking.

1. Social Networking @ IYI Finding our audience in new circles Social Marketing Niche Marketing Multi-Channel Communications Digital Marketing Push vs. Pull Marketing Grassroots Online Social Media Optimization

5. The Marketing Funnel IYI Clients, Partners, Advocates, Volunteers, Donors… $$$

6. FLIP The Marketing Funnel IYI Clients, Partners, Advocates, Volunteers, Donors… A grassroots campaign with some great credibility and more immediate results.

8. How well are we reaching our intended audiences? Parents & Caregivers Direct Service Youth Workers Youth Serving Organizations A Concerned Community Moms , grandpas, aunts n uncles , Dads , Babysitters, Foster Parents, Grandmas Counselors , Teachers, after-school workers , Pastors, Partners , Mentors Administrators , Principals , Presidents, Executive Directors , Coalitions, Curriculum planners Businesses, Civic Leaders , Child Advocates, other Bloggers , Legislators, PTAs, Town Councils, Media, Foundations

10. Start Simple, Make Friends Users join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. It’s used to send friends messages, and update personal profiles to notify friends about what’s new. IYI’s potential benefits: News Feed – appears on every user's homepage and highlights information including profile changes, upcoming events, and birthdays related to the user's friends. A repeat of IYI’s web content = minimal staff time. Photo Albums – allows IYI to upload an unlimited amount of photos and “tag” our friends. Spreads the IYI Brand around this virtual community. Online Donations?

11. Start Simple, Make Friends Facebook is the leading social networking site based on monthly unique visitors, having overtaken main competitor MySpace in April 2008. The website's ranking among all websites increased from 60th to 7th in terms of worldwide traffic, and 15th in US traffic. Facebook is also the most popular for uploading photos, with 14 million uploaded daily.

12. Start Simple, Make Friends Demographics Comparison: IYI Youth Workers Direct Service Administrators Facebook’s Population Age 18-34 47% 16% 79% Age 35-54 42% 52% 7% Age 55+ 11% 32% 1.2% *Facebook stats by iStrategyLabs.com

13. Start Simple, Make Friends Among the major Facebook age segments, the fastest growing are young (26-34) to middle-age (35-54) professionals. Noted in research is also a very strong growth in the much smaller and 55+ age groups. The 35-54 year old segment grew 172.9% in 10 months - the other two mentioned are growing at a rate of 97%+. (10/07-6/08 – source istrategylabs.com)

16. Start Simple, Make Friends Linked in is a business-oriented Social Networking Web site. It’s strictly professional and used to make connections with trusted business contacts. A contact network is built up consisting of their direct connections, the connections of each of their connections and also the connections of second degree connections. This can be used to gain an introduction to someone you wish to know through a mutual, trusted contact. Employers can list jobs and search for potential candidates.

17. Start Simple, Make Friends This is another venue to post IYI news, but perhaps in a more formal, press-release format. Again, minimal work. The searchable LinkedIn Groups feature allows users to establish new business relationships by joining alumni, industry, or professional and other relevant groups. – A place to connect with those we may be missing on Facebook. The newest LinkedIn feature is LinkedIn Polls. Not to replace SurveyMonkey, but instead to get general feedback on one specific question.

18. Start Simple, Make Friends 60% of the 30 million LinkedIn users have high personal incomes, hold executive level or consultant positions, are decision makers and likely to be active networkers… -Anderson Analytics

19. Start Simple, Make Friends LinkedIn is also a great place to brag about the amazing qualifications of IYI staff. Just being connected to IYI as a staff member, others may view our long and impressive resumes. The final benefit to both LinkedIn and Facebook are the applications that will show IYI’s blog.

20. What? A blog you say?

22. What? A blog you say? “ The word blog is irrelevant, what’s important is that it is now common, and will soon be expected, that every intelligent person (and quite a few unintelligent ones) will have a media platform where they share what they care about with the world.” – Seth Godin, Author Tribes sethgodin.typepad.com

23. What? A blog you say?

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26. Notes from the CEO Best Practices in Kid Safety On the Road Again… – Bill Stanczykiewicz As I was driving through Jasper Indiana this week, I stopped in to visit with my friends at Safety First for Kids . Partnered with the Fire Department, this org... [Read more] Comments: ( 3 ) Bill, we were so glad to have you Thursday and glad you joined us for lunch. We look forward to seeing more of Joe Schrode as we partner with the Evansville Health Network to develop new programs for playground safety. Perhaps IYI could do an Issue Alert on Indiana playgrounds? Just an idea. - Susan Jones I think playground safety is a great idea for an issue alert! - Bob (Noblesville)

28. Blogophobia *NetSquared.org’s blog “ In general, a blog is a different communication tool than say, a newsletter. Should it have correct spelling and grammar? Yes . Should the content be appropriate to your audience? Yes . But blogs are all about authenticity, transparency and the voice of a real person. Don't stifle blogs' most precious qualities.”