Community Councils Annual Joint Meeting

Social Media Workshop

Martin Gallagher – Vice Chair, Queensferry & District Community Council

The revolution

Some facts and figures (Socialnomics)

The challenge for traditional media

(The New York Times)

Communication vs

Information

Website

Informative

Broadcast

One way communication

Technical knowledge required

Social Media

Interactive

Consultation & Engagement

Simple to use - set up and go

Accessible & Intuitive

YOUR Neighbourhood –

South West

Why Facebook?

Widen our audience

Level of engagement

Relatively low resource

Popular medium

Name of page/group Members/Fans/"Likes"

I've lived in Wester Hailes 1,028

Calders Edinburgh 215

Gorgie City Farm 467

Sighthill Primary School 250

Residents of Sighthill - Murrayburn - Wester Hailes 53

EICA Ratho Climbers 506

Stevenson College Edinburgh 1,354

Hutchinson Vale 69

Currie Balerno Rotary Club 327

Edinburgh Napier University 6,471

Oxgangs Primary School 72

From There to Here: a Wester Hailes Story 579

   

Firrhill Community Council 15

Currie Community Council 53

Colinton Amenity Association 14

Sighthill, Broomhouse & Parkhead Community Council 15

Juniper Green Village Association 17

Balerno Village Trust 65

Queensferry and District Community Council

Queensferry District Community Council

Established April 2010

5 administrators, 500+ members

Main point of contact from community

Multiple uses for information and consultation

Questions

How do I Get Access?

Privacy

What can I use

it for?

What What happens happens if things if things

go go wrong?wrong?

What medium is

best?