North Carolina Parks And Recreation Association Presentation on Social Media

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#Hashtags to Handbills: Engaging your community through digital media (social media) Presented by Matt Carusona, NCRPA, Cara McLeod, Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources, Kendrick Mayes, Garner Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources. Both traditional and digital media are vital to any agency's communication plan. As digital media continues to grow it has been embraced and utilized by agencies. This session will focus on social media best practices, implementation and ways to incorporate traditional media.

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#Hashtags to HandbillsEngaging your community through digital media (social media)

Are you Tom Haverford

orRon Swanson

WHO WE ARE | WHAT WE DO

Cara McLeod | Marketing Communications Coordinator | @CaraDMC

City of Raleigh, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources | @Raleighparks

Kendrick Mayes | Marketing and Special Events Coordinator

Town of Garner, Parks Recreation and Cultural Resources | @GarnerPRCR

Matt Carusona |Program and Marketing Manger | @PowItsMatt

North Carolina Recreation and Parks Association | @NCRPA

What is Social Media?

"Social media" is a way for people to communicate and interact online.

Defining: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

FACEBOOK USAGE: 829 million daily active users on average in June 2014

654 million mobile daily active users on average in June 2014

1.32 billion monthly active users as of June 2014

1.07 billion mobile monthly active users as of June 2014

TWITTER USAGE: 271 million monthly active user

500 million Tweets are sent per day

78% of Twitter active users are on mobile

Vine: More than 40 million users

INSTAGRAM:

o 200 million Instagrammers

capturing and sharing

their lives every month.

o Over 20 billion photos

shared on Instagram to

dateo 60 Million Photos Per Day

THE SURVEY SAYS……..

WHICH SITES/SERVICES DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT USE?

WHO MANAGES YOUR DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA?

DEPARTMENTPOLICY?

TOWN/CITY/COUNTY POLICY?

PAID?

#Hashtags, Tagging, Replies, RT, MT.... Wait, how about I just send you a fax?

How Raleigh Parks uses Hashtags

RT?... MT?.. ET?

Telling your story... What kind of content do I want to share?

ADJACENT CONTENT

COMMUNITY CONTENT

TIPS, TRICKS AND IDEAS

RESPONSES

NON-PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

ANECDOTES

UPDATES, CLOSURES, PERTINENT INFORMATION

PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION ( WITH IN REASON )

JOB, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND CALLS TO ACTION

Content is KING…

Photos, Photos,

Photos, Videos!

Lessons Learned• Create engaging content

• Pictures and Video are King

• Listen and Be responsive

• Look for Opportunities

Tools and Technolog

y

Scared? Don’t be scared?

There is no need to be nervous about social media. It is just another channel for communication.

GARNER PRCR FACEBOOK PAGE

Necessity

Every other department had a Facebook page (WDP, GPAC, Garner Senior Center)

NO athletics, NO youth, and NO adult programs

NO Special Events being highlighted

Promoting the page

o Created mini handbills to pass out at various special events.

o Created QR codes for people to easily scan.

o Made the links to the pages easy for people to access.

Social media scavenger hunt

• Clues

o Clue #1: Home to Broadway Voices, Music Off Main, the Towne Players of Garner and It's Showtime! series. This "historic" place is your first clue. Happy Hunting!

Goal Increase awareness of

department programs, activities, events, parks, and facilities.

Your turn: Roughly one mile long and growing, from bridge to bridge, home to walkers, runners and tourist. Surrounds the Sunday night social. Happy Hunting.

Share your photo via: Tweeter/Instagram/Facebook @NCRPA #NCRecre8 #NCParksCon

BEST PRACTICES AND MANAGING YOUR REPUTATION

How not to be a social media pariah

Wait you did what?

oDo you need to?

oWho is posting?

oAlways get permission from stakeholders!

Let me ask my boss about that one? Better to be safe than sorry

TWEET WATCHING!

Be mindful

Ask Permission

When in doubt check with supervisor

When and when not to respond- Turning bad to good and good to bad

Analytics and Klout Score

POLICY

BE SMARTBE ACCOUNTABLE A GOOD POLICY WILL PROTECET YOU AND YOUR

ORGANIZATION WHAT WOULD YOUR GRANDMOTHER THINK?

Let’s end on a good note!

Success Stories

Success Stories- #tagurit

#tagurit

NRPA #ParkRecLuv

NRPA #JulyOUTisIN

#NCRecre & #MeInMyPark – NCRPA

Questions?

So are you Tom Haverford or Ron Swanson?

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