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Building an Effective Social Network by Connie Crosby, Crosby Group Consulting for IAAP Toronto, February 1, 2012

Building an Effective Social Network

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Presented to the International Association of Administrative Professionals Toronto Chapter (IAAP - Toronto) on February 1, 2012 in Toronto. Topics include:- Introduction to social networking- Networking on behalf of your organization- Professional versus Personal- More to get you started (a list of resources)

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Building an Effective Social Network

by Connie Crosby, Crosby Group Consultingfor IAAP Toronto, February 1, 2012

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Agenda

Introduction to Social Networking

Networking on behalf of your organization

Professional versus Personal

More to get you started

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Introduction to Social Networking

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Overview

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Facebook

Sources: Facebook, August 2011and Inside Facebook, June 12, 2011

more than 500 million active users

(almost 700 million according to Inside Facebook)

50% log in on any given day

Canada: 16.8 million users

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Twitter

Over 200 million users (100 million “active” users)

200 million messages (“tweets”) sent per day

13.7% of Canadians are active users

Sources: Twitter, June & September 2011 and Digital Journal, December 2010

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LinkedIn

“world largest professional network”

more than 120 million members

Canada: 4 million members

Source: LinkedIn, August 20117

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YouTube

Canada: 17.6 million active users

71% of Canadian Internet users versus 55% of US Internet users

2 billion videos viewed by Canadians in Nov. 2010

Source: comScore, January 20118

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Google Pluslaunched end of June 2011 in closed beta

open beta in September 2011

reached 20 million users after 3 weeks; 67 million by November 2011

over 800k Canadian users after 3 weeks (now 2 million+?)

Sources: comScore, July & Dec 2011, Google Plus blog

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Google+ LinkedInTwitter

FacebookYouTube

Use in Canada(millions of users active in the past month)

Note: data from various sources10

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Blogs: news, corporate, industry

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Flickr (photographs)12

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Wikis13

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RSS (feeds)

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RSS feeds

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RSS feeds

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Google Reader - add RSS feeds for on-going monitoring

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Social media affects all aspects of society.

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Business not as usual

Governments subverted

Consumers become creators

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journalism

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social revolution

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social responsibility

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Social networking on behalf of your organization

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Social media plays a role in:

Communications, Marketing, PR

Sales

Digital and mobile strategies

Advocacy, awareness, and fundraising

HR (recruitment, hiring, staff retention)

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and in:

Information delivery and information management

Knowledge management

Technology

others?

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Focus on specific goals

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What are they saying about you?

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set up a “listening station”

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Selected “listening” tools (free)

Google Alerts - http://www.google.com/alerts

Twitter search - http://search.twitter.com

Google Reader & RSS feeds - http://www.google.com/reader

Social Mention media alerts - http://www.socialmention.com

Ice Rocket - http://www.icerocket.com

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Selected “listening” tools (paid)

Radian6 - http://www.radian6.com

Sysomos - http://www.sysomos.com

Alterian SM2 - http://www.alterian.com/socialmedia

Wildfire - http://www.wildfireapp.com

Crimson Hexagon - http://www.crimsonhexagon.com

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track what they are saying about you & your industry

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encourage establishment of policies & procedures

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Social Media PolicyToolhttp://socialmedia.policytool.net

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notify someone if you see a problem

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Content is king

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3 types of content:

1. Internal sources (marketing, brand, informational)

2. “Earned” content (customer testimonials, comments)

3. Paid media (external sources e.g. advertising)

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Fresh, relevant content

Attracts an audience

Gives you “Google juice”

Takes time to bring in eyeballs (that, or money!) - C.C. Chapman

Content marketing: “delivering the right thing in the right place at the right time” - Maggie Fox, Social Media Group

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Content needs:

sourcing content and writers/creators

managing the editorial calendar

editing content for the web

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Professional Personal

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Key considerations:think about your personal boundaries/ethics

protect your personal identity

respect your family’s and friends’ privacy

you represent your organization even off-duty and in social networks

“Don’t do anything stupid”

Policies and procedures help protect you

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More to get you started

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Six Pixels of Separationby Mitch Joel

photo: Eva Bluehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/evablue/4982314424/

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Content Rulesby Ann Handley & C.C. Chapman

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Open Leadershipby Charlene Li

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Macrowikinomicsby Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams

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The Social Organizationby Anthony J. Bradley & Mark P. McDonald

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Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk

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Effective Blogging for Librariesby Connie Crosby

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More Resources“How to set up the ultimate listening station using Google Reader,” by Colin Alsheimer (Jan 19, 2010) - http://www.colinalsheimer.com/google-reader-listening-station

“Meet the Chief Listening Officer,” by Neville Hobson (August 30, 2010) - http://www.nevillehobson.com/2010/08/30/meet-the-chief-listening-officer/

“The Framework and Matrix: The Five Ways Companies Organize for Social Media,” by Jeremiah Owyang (April 15, 2010) - http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/04/15/framework-and-matrix-the-five-ways-companies-organize-for-social-business/

Social Media Group blog - http://socialmediagroup.com/blog/

Six Pixels of Separation blog by Mitch Joel of Twist Image - http://www.twistimage.com/blog/

Chris Brogan - http://chrisbrogan.com

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Connie CrosbyCrosby Group Consulting

http://[email protected]

416-919-6719@conniecrosby@crosbygroup

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Thank you!

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Image Credits (1/2)Apollo 11 Mission Image - Earth view over Central and North America, 1969, from NASA on The Commons. No known copyright restrictions - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/5052744574/in/set-72157625096855580

Aqua Theater Audience, 1955 from Seattle Municipal Archives, made available under Creative Commons license - http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/3097689953/

Photo of Jay Moonah at PodCamp Montreal 2008 be Eva Blue, made available under Creative Commons - http://www.flickr.com/photos/evablue/2875304911/

Downtown Toronto cityscape by Lars Plougman, made available under Creative Commons license - http://www.flickr.com/photos/criminalintent/2535046172/

Photo from Tarhir Square, Cairo, Egypt by Mathieu Baudier, made available under Creative Commons license - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbaudier/6097699347/

Screen shot from Maria Aragon’s “Born This Way” on YouTube - http://youtu.be/xG0wi1m-89o

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Image Credits (2/2)

Telephone Operators, 1952, from Seattle Municipal Archives, made available under Creative Commons license - http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/2680257100/

Miners and their families gather to talk, The U.S. National Archives. No known copyright restrictions - http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/3906450209/

Sharon Conway bookbinding in Document Preservation, The U.S. National Archives. No known copyright restrictions - http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/3873936047/

Donlands Fire by Danielle Scott, made available under Creative Commons license -http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielle_scott/4769830818/

Image of Mitch Joel by Eva Blue, made available under Creative Commons license - http://www.flickr.com/photos/evablue/4982314424/