On May 13, 2016, Joyce Sullivan led the social media seminar with New York Community Trust Leadership Fellows, Baruch College, School of Public Affairs.
2. Social Media Strategy Session
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1. Introductions: Name, Org, Types of Social Media Use? Beginner <> Advanced
2. Class Participation Using #NYCTLF Tag
3. Social Media Strategy – Answer The Five Questions
4. Steppenwolf Theatre – Wallace Foundation Case Study
5. Crowdsourcing – Definition and Examples
6. Crowdfunding - Platforms and Examples
7. Social Media Community and Hashtags
– Twitter
– Instagram
– Storify – collect social media shares into a story
8. Infographics
9. Recap
10. Contact Info
3. Introductions
Name
Organization
Social Media Used? Y / N
Platforms Used
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Snapchat,
Other?
Private Social Media Group Use?
(example: Facebook or Yahoo private or secret groups)
Beginner / Moderate / Expert
Main Question about Social Media
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4. Online and In Person Participation
Highly Encouraged!
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Please capture the moment in photos, tweets, using our class hashtag:
#NYCTLF
Add this tag to:
Photos
Tweets
Instagram (IG)
Snapchat
@JoyceMSullivan on Twitter and IG
Joycemsull on Snapchat
By following the #NYCTLF tag, you’ll be able to “read each others’ shares”
I will e-collect all the shares and ‘storify’ them and email to the NYCTLF
program.
5. Answer these Five Questions
before you begin your social media program:
① Brand
② Message
③ Audience
④ Tool
⑤ Journey
① Who are you?
② What do you have to say?
③ Who are you trying to reach
④ How do they want to be reached?
⑤ Once you connect, what’s your plan?
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8. BUILDING DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS
How Steppenwolf Theatre Company is turning Single-Ticket
Buyers into Repeat Visitors
- The Subscriber Model Loses Steam
- Tapping into Single-Ticket Buyers
- Deepening the Audience Relationship
- The Engagement Strategy
- Listening to the Audience Every Night
- Extending the Conversation beyond the Theater Space
- Online Content
- Extending the Relationship through Events
- Cultivating a Sophisticated Audience
- Treating Non-Subscribers and Subscribers Equally Well
hXp://www.wallacefoundaBon.org/knowledge-center/audience-development-for-the-arts/strategies-for-
expanding-audiences/Documents/Building-Deeper-RelaBonships.pdf
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10. Questions to Explore:
• What program and organizational factors produce success?
• What are the costs, benefits, and trade-offs associated with building
participation?
• What is the broader impact on arts organizations that undertake it?
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11. General Principles Discerned: Arts Organizations Can
Learn From and Adopt
1. Market research can sharpen engagement-strategy development
and execution
2. Audiences are open to engaging the arts in new and different ways
3. Participation-building is ongoing, not a one-time initiative
4. Audience-building efforts should be fully integrated into every
element of an organization, not a separate initiative or program
5. Mission is critical
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12. BUILDING DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS
How Steppenwolf Theatre Company is turning Single-Ticket
Buyers into Repeat Visitors
- Results
- Ticket Sales: Single-Ticket Buyers Become Repeat Visitors
- Post-Show Discussions Attended by a Minority of the Audience
- Online Content Access Grows Steadily
- The Artistic Mission Is Strengthened
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13. BUILDING DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS
How Steppenwolf Theatre Company is turning Single-Ticket
Buyers into Repeat Visitors
- Results Drivers
- Using Audience Research as a Decision-Making Tool
- Understanding What Audiences Are Seeking
- Creating a Broader Experience to Build Stronger Relationships
- Aligning the Organization around the “Public Square” Vision and
Strategy
- Encouraging Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Going Forward: Will a Sustainable Relationship Lead to
Contributions?
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14. Crowdsourcing
- Crowdsourcing is the practice of getting work or funding, usually
online, from a crowd of people
- The word is a combination of the words “crowd” and “outsourcing”
coined in 2005
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17. Crowdsourcing Examples
- Ushahidi , which translate to “testimony” in Swahili, was developed to map reports of
violence in Kenya after the post-election violence in 2008. Since then, thousands have
used Ushahidi’s crowdsourcing tools to raise their voice.
Collect meaningful
data on any device
from the field or at
the office with
crowdsourcing
tools
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18. Crowdsourcing Examples
- Ushahidi helped thousands of Peoples’ Votes Count in the 2012 USA Election to monitor
issues and voter suppression on the the day of the election. The use of Ushahidi that day
allowed issues and problems at polls in four states to be fixed and to stay open longer.
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20. Crowdfunding Platforms
• Funding platform for creative projects. Films, games, music, art, design,
technology
• Project needs to be a finite work with a clear goal; album, book, film
• Funding goal is the amount of money needed to complete the project
• Funding must meet or exceed goal to collect funds; It’s all or nothing
• Backers pledge money to join creator in bringing projects to life
• Rewards are a creator’s chance to share a piece of their project with the
backer community
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21. Crowdfunding Platforms
• Funding platform for innovative ideas. Not for profit, creative
entrepreneurship
• Funding goal is the amount of money needed to complete the
project
• Funding is awarded even if goal is not met
• Socially minded fundraising for causes big and small
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22. Social Media Community and Hashtags
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24. What is Twitter?
• Online social networking service – one person to talk to one or many
• Users can send and read short 140 character messages
• Registered users can read and post ‘tweets’
• Unregistered users can only read them (Listening)
• QUESTION: Do you want to ‘tweet’ or ‘listen’ or both
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25. The story of a tweet
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26. Twitter terms
• @ NAME = You! Me > @JoyceMSullivan
• TWEET = a short text message you send to others
• REPLY = comment on a tweet and join a conversaBon
• RETWEET = share a tweet you like with your followers. You can add your own
thoughts too
• FAVORITE = to let the author know you like it. Digital ‘thank you’ / shoulder
tap
• HASHTAGS = topics for tweets. You can make these up! Click on a hashtag to
see conversaBons related to a tweet
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27. The story of a tweet
A Tweet is an expression of a
moment or idea.
It can contain:
o Text
o Photos
o Videos
o Links to websites
o Hashtags (a hashtag is a word or
acronym with ‘#’ at the front)
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29. What is Instagram?
• Online mobile social networking service
• Allows users to take pictures and videos
• You can share your Instagram photos/videos on other social plarorms such as Facebook,
TwiXer, Tumblr (blog site) Flickr (photo site)
• DisBncBve feature: Photos are all Square shape
• Digital filters can be added to your image
• Instagram videos can be up to 60 seconds (as of March 2016)
• No limit for text messages
• #Hashtags are used extensively in messages
• For more info: hXps://help.instagram.com/
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32. @JoyceMSullivan @ProfJoyceSull #NYCTLF @TrustFellows @BaruchCollege
TwiHer
• Your @ Name:_______________
keep as short as possible and distinct; can be
your name or other combo of letters / numbers
• Your photo / avatar:__________
Full face photo recommended though you
may wish to use your company logo / art
image
• Instagram Bio:
your bio must be 150 characters or fewer
______________________________
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• Your #hashtag highly recommended
______________________________
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Instagram
• Your @ Name:____________ highly
recommend you have same twitter and
Instagram @ names
• Your photo / avatar:__________
Full face photo recommended though you
may wish to use your company logo / art
image
• Instagram Bio:
your bio must be 150 characters or fewer
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
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• Your #hashtags highly recommended
______________________________
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Name:________________________
Sefng up your TwiXer and Instagram
33. CreaBng a ‘tweet’ and Instagram post
TwiHer
• Your message:
keep to less than 140 characters so
there is room for others to ‘retweet’
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
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• Image / website link to
include:
__________________
• Include your #hashtag
highly recommended so others can
find and follow your conversation
topic
__________________________
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________
Instagram
• Your photo / art you are
sharing:
• Note: the image you post will be
square. You will be able to
position it before publishing to
Instagram
• Your message: can be more
than 140 characters including
hashtags. Upper limit is ?
______________________________
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Name:________________________
46. RECAP –
Answer these Five Questions
before you begin your social media program:
① Brand
② Message
③ Audience
④ Tool
⑤ Journey
① Who are you?
② What do you have to say?
③ Who are you trying to reach
④ How do they want to be reached?
⑤ Once you connect, what’s your plan?
@JoyceMSullivan @ProfJoyceSull #NYCTLF @TrustFellows @BaruchCollege