Slides for @BrecklandVocal

1. Getting “Fluent” with Social
Media
Social Media Sessions

2. Social Media Sessions
Why bother with Twitter, Facebook,
Blogging, YouTube etc?

3. 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?

4. Social Media Sessions
• Social Mentions
• Twitter
• YouTube – William Nunn
• Press

5. Social Media Sessions

6. Social Media Sessions
• @PeoplesAstro 25,090 followers on Twitter
What would you do?

7. Social Media Sessions

8. Social Media Sessions

9. Social Media Sessions

10. Social Media Sessions
Council Watch UK
What are they saying on their site?

11. Social Media Sessions

12. Social Media Sessions
The newspaper article

13. Social Media Sessions
• The Comments

14. Social Media Sessions
• What are people using social media for?

15. Social Media Sessions
• What are people using social media for?

16. Social Media Sessions
•What are people using social media for?

17. Social Media Sessions
• What are people using social media for?

18. Social Media Sessions

19. Social Media Sessions

20. Social Media Sessions
Twitter Stories “All started with that 1 little
tweet”

21. Social Media Sessions
Facebook
• Get sent to Coventry

22. Social Media Sessions

23. 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

24. 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

25. Social Media Sessions
Facebook locally

26. Social Media Sessions
Questions?