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THE NITTY GRITTYsocial media strategy
development for university residential education
@barb_leung
TODAY’S����������� ������������������ GOALS1. Understand our demographic
2. Know the “playing field”
3. Assess ResEd’s current social media presence and strategy
4. Brainstorm new ideas for implementation
but first...
WHY����������� ������������������ BE����������� ������������������ ONLINE?• Better connect with our students
• Make sure that we are the “go-to” source
• Engage students and encourage more participation
• Stay in touch with other NYU brands
• Extension of community building
so, who are they?
millennialsaged 18 to 33
7����������� ������������������ HIGHLY����������� ������������������ NEW����������� ������������������ HABITS• Computers are not technology*
• Internet is better than TV
• Reality is not real
• Learning resembles Nintendo
• Multitasking is the norm
• Always connected, therefore no delays
• Typing trumps handwritten/verbal* The following seven points are in reference to the following article. Oblinger, Diana. "Boomers, Gen-Xers, and Millennials: Understanding The "New Students"." EDUCAUSE Review 38 4 (2003): 37-47.
NUMBER����������� ������������������ CRUNCH• 83% of millennials are on social
networking sites (SNSs)*
• 57% of those aged 18 to 29 maintain more than one online identity
• 96% of students say that have Facebook
• 43% of those surveyed are on Twitter
• 18% of millennials admit to having a blog* Based on statistics presented at the UCDA Design Conference. Candito, Lauren. How Students Use Social Media. Rec March 25, 2011.
and us?
WE’RE����������� ������������������ ON����������� ������������������ PAR• 95% of 177 NYU students surveyed* have
a Facebook account**
• 57% have a Twitter account
• Only 9% of students use FourSquare
• 43% have a LinkedIn account
• Above average, 31% of students say “yes” to having a blog
*Leung, Barbara. "Student Social Media Engagement at New York University." New York, 2011.** Students included range of undergraduate and graduate levels
NYU����������� ������������������ LOVE?• 71% of students surveyed “like” at least
one NYU-branded Facebook page*
• 49% of students with accounts follow NYU on Twitter**
• Students that use the groups function on LinkedIn are more likely to engage
• 66% of those that use FourSquare check in on campus**
*Leung, Barbara. "Student Social Media Engagement at New York University." New York, 2011.** Keep in mind that some accounts are created but remain inactive
get to know the playing field
SO����������� ������������������ MANY!• Over 200 active and popular SNSs on a
global scale*
• No one-size-fits-all strategy
• Key networks: Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, LinkedIn, Google+, StumbleUpon, Youtube, Flickr, Tumblr
* The list is not exhaustive, examining only the most popular networks without necessarily following the clear definition posited by boyd & Ellison (2007). "List of Social Networking Websites". Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. January 7 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites>.
THAT����������� ������������������ SAID...• All universities make use of social media
to some degree,* but are not necessarily successful
• Only two schools leverage social media for the residential life and education division**
* Barnes, Nora Ganim, and Ava M. Lescault. "Social Media Adoption Soars as Higher-Ed Experiments and Reevaluates Its Use of New Communications Tools." UMass Dartmouth, 2011.** This is after evaluating Mashable’s evaluation of the top ten national colleges and USATODAY’s top twenty schools making use of social media; do note that there is also overlap between the two lists
harvard’s not
one of’em
WINNERS����������� ������������������ (KIND����������� ������������������ OF)• University of Texas
• @uthousing; 1095 followers, 34 listed
• fb.com/UTHousingandFood; 1491 fans
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• @univhousing; 479 followers, 35 listed
• fb.com/illinoishousing; 2191 fans
* The list is not exhaustive, examining only the most popular networks without necessarily following the clear definition posited by boyd & Ellison (2007). "List of Social Networking Websites". Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. January 7 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites>.
neither blow competition out of
the water...
so here’s our chance!
Image via http://chemistry.as.nyu.edu/page/contactus
(re)evaluation
HOW����������� ������������������ WE����������� ������������������ DOIN’?• Official ResEd Facebook page is inactive
• Official Twitter account doing well with over 1200 followers and listed 56 times
• Lack of connection between main website and residence halls’ blogs/online identities
• Consistent blog updates from four halls - Broome, Second Street, 80 Laf, Founders
• Few have Twitter handles that are active
• Facebook pages are not used/updated, have few fans, or do not exist
WE����������� ������������������ OUGHT����������� ������������������ TO...• Take advantage of FourSquare; there are
active residents that are users - reward’em
• Post on a regular schedule for all social media platforms
• Be more active on Facebook and Twitter because they are the most popular SNSs
• Involve RAs with attributive tweets (e.g. “tweet” ^BL) - put a face to the message!
• Better understand the different platforms
CHEAT����������� ������������������ SHEET• Facebook messages shouldn’t be longer
than three lines
• Take advantage of Facebook OpenGraph
• Twitter messages are short and concise
• Tumblr is for image-based/short posts
• Always include a photo with your blog post - people love pictures
• Flickr can be a great repository for photos and can be a community for all of ResEd
ONE����������� ������������������ LAST����������� ������������������ THING!• Cross-branding is great for you and your
partners at the university
• Consider brand cohesion (eg. should all residence halls have the similarity of the “nyu” prefix on Twitter handles?)
• Think about what you’re sharing; positive and high-emotion messages are more likely re-circulated in networks*
*Berger, Jonah, and Katherine L. Milkman. "Social Transmission, Emotion, and the Virality of Online Content." Philadephia: University of Pennsylvania, 2009.
remember, it may be trial and error
KEEP����������� ������������������ TRACK• Get to know what works and what doesn’t
for your individual brand
• Facebook Insights is great for pages
• Keep an eye on your clickthrus with bit.ly
• Check your Twitter growth and patterns via tweetstats.com and twitercounter.com
• Take a look at blog stats with the built-in Wordpress stats, and Google Analytics
that was a lot to digest!
TO����������� ������������������ SUM����������� ������������������ UP• New media is an extension of the NYU
community
• Your target demographic - the millennial - is into social media, but is not that different from yourselves
• Be like one of’em: trial and error is the way to build a great social media strategy
• No school has been able to well capture students in the ResEd/ResLife sphere via social media
we’ve taken baby steps, let’s now make leaps