Catawba County Social Media Strategies - Rockingham County Presentation

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Presentation given to the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners on April 25, 2011 on Catawba County's Social Media efforts.

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MediaRockingham

County Commissioners

March 28, 2011

Lee Worsley, Assistant County Manager Catawba County, NC

OpennessCollaborationCommunityTrust

ShareContent -> Tools -> Dialogue -> Control

Users Add Value

Social Networks

BLOGS

Empower the Public

Hashtags

Crowd Sourcing

NewspapersRadio

TVCitizen

Engagement

Web Site

Voters

Meet

Gavin“Life is a Stage… Perform”

“Leading, Inspiring, & Motivating Young People across Our Nation!”

2000 to 2008 Age 18 to 44

Not Growing

New DevicesChange Expectations

Public Information StrategyICMA Report

Buy In From Commissioners

did we get started?

BUTwhat is Catawba County doing?

How Catawba County Uses Social Media

Successful Tweeting

• Try to create interesting and valuable content

• Be honest and respectful in online postings

• Think before posting/ think before replying

Think Before You Tweet!

Resources•Does not take a consulting firm to bring up a Social

Networking site.•Think beyond traditional webmaster and PIO

• Look down the hall•Use online tools• Link feeds from existing sources•Most Popular Sites

•Facebook, My Space, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube•Tools

•Tweet Deck, hash tags, Google Alerts, RSS, Twitter Feed

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