1. Social Media Use,
Government, and You
Dr. Curtis R. Rogers
Communications Director
803-734-8928
crogers@statelibrary.sc.gov
2. Introductions
Open discussion style Q&A
Review Facebook and Twitter
Social media policy issues and
concerns in the workplace
Canva.com demonstration
Brainstorming project
discussion/report
Agenda
3. Social media is no longer
something new.
Facebook has been around for more than
10 years.
Twitter has been around since 2007.
It’s time to stop thinking of social media
as a new communications resource.
4. Who uses what?
Facebook (personal)
Facebook (work)
Twitter (personal)
Twitter (work)
Other social media outlets?
Facebook and Twitter
5. Facebook
Founded February 4, 2004;
12 years ago
Subsidiaries
Messenger
Instagram
WhatsApp
Oculus VR
1.71 billion monthly active users
(June 30, 2016)
6. Facebook in Government
The Government’s Guide to
Using Facebook
https://www.govloop.com/wp-
content/uploads/2015/05/The-
Governments-Guide-to-Using-
Facebook.pdf
8. Facebook Best Practices
1. Good content creation.
2. Reach the right people.
3. Measure success.
4. Make sure your page is
secure.
5. What’s your list of best
practices?
6. Pay for advertising.
Take 2 minutes to write
down additional points
you think are important!
9.
10. Twitter
Founded March 21, 2006;
10 years ago
Subsidiaries
Vine
Periscope
313 million active users
(June 2016)
DISCUSSION: How does
your workplace use
Twitter?
How could it use Twitter
better?
11.
12. The 16 Rules of Hashtag Marketing Mastery
http://blog.sumall.com/journal/16-rules-hashtag-
marketing-mastery.html
1. Proofread with the mentality of a 12-year-
old
2. Have a backup plan if a hashtag goes bad
3. Use hashtags in sentences
4. Capitalize multi-word hashtags for clarity
Use Hashtags
13. Social Media in the Workplace
1. Read
2. And
3. Follow
4. Your
5. Workplace
6. Social
7. Media
8. Policy
14. Workplace Scenario
New staff member always
appears to be “playing” on
Facebook.
You are the supervisor.
Three people have come to
you in the last month to let
you know this person just
plays on Facebook all day
long…
How do you deal with the
situation?
16. Brainstorming
Project
Take _____ minutes
Get into groups of 3-4
people
Someone in the group
volunteer to take notes
Think about and respond
to the following
questions:
Your organization is starting an
advocacy campaign for Fire
Prevention Week.
1. Which social media outlets
could/should you use?
2. Who is your target audience?
3. How will you brand the
campaign? (Tag line,
graphics, etc.)
4. What is the project timeline?
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