Using Social Media to Keep Residents
Engaged and Informed
Texas Leadership Institute
June 11, 2009
Remember This
• It’s just a conversation …
What We Do
• Social Media Suite includes:
–Blogs
–Twitter
–Facebook
–Flickr
Blogs
• Only for the brave …
… and skilled
Twitter
• @roundrocknews
• 701 followers
• Content comes primarily from RSS feeds from web site, blogs
Psst! Great tool for pitching stories to media
Facebook
• roundrocktexas.gov/facebook
• 680 fans
• Content comes primarily from RSS feeds from web site, blogs
Flickr
• roundrocktexas.gov/flickr
• 78 members
• If you upload ‘em, we can use ‘em