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September 7, 2011 Navigating Social Media Science at the heart of medicine Overview, Official Guidelines and Best Practices Paul Moniz, Director of Communications and Marketing David Flores, Social Media Manager

Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Navigating Social Media

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September 7, 2011

Navigating Social Media

Science at the heart of medicine

Overview, Official Guidelines and Best Practices

Paul Moniz, Director of Communications and Marketing

David Flores, Social Media Manager

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What Are We Talking About Today?

• Strategy• Einstein Social Media Milestones• How Social Media is Being Used in Science/Healthcare• Review of Social Media Guidelines• Privacy• What’s in it for YOU

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DCPA Social Media Strategy and Rollout

• YouTube: April 2009 Visual, Expert Insight, Impact

19,323 visitors:89,008 views> Nearly 5 videos per unique visitor> Most Popular: SuperAgers, Harris Goldstein Immunology Lecture> 358 Subscribers

• LinkedIn: Dec. 2009: Brand awareness/networking/recruiting

1,009 employees/3,000 > Most engaged: avg. 5.3 pages vs. 2.7 Facebook

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DCPA Social Media Strategy and Rollout

• Twitter: Jan. 2010 : Influencers, Mavens

1,896 Followers> Influentials: journalists, healthcare/patient advocates, politicians,

decision makers> #2 among medical schools, according to Klout: #1 Stanford, #3 Johns

Hopkins, #4 Duke

• Facebook: May 2011: Conversation, Community, Evangelism

342+ “likes”> Medical colleges/research organizations, Bronx community, civic

groups

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Official Einstein Twitter Feed: Est. Jan. 2010>1896 followers, on 157 lists, 6095 tweets, avg 10 tweets per day

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Other OfficialTwitter Feeds

@EinsteinMedicin@AE_CancerCenter@EinsteinPhD@EinsteinLibrary@EinsteinStudies@EpgntxEinstein@myalbertcbe

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Twitter Engagement

• Guest-moderated MDchat, 1st online chat for M.D.s • Co-hosted diabetes twitter chat• Partnered with National Alzheimer’s Assn./MDchat on

chat with younger-onset early stage patients

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Einstein Facebook Page: Est. May 2011342 fans, 74,729 users exposed to the page

Average monthly active users (posting comments, likes) doubled since June

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Social Media ROI

• Stronger relationships with key journalists/influencers• Access to “players” in important sectors• Continuous learning and exposure to best practices

• Forging key off-line relationships• Invitations to conferences, events, in-person meetings• Extending geographic reach for Einstein brand

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Why Social Media Matters

“Man owes his strength in the struggle for existence to the fact that he is a social animal.”

-Albert Einstein

• Average Facebook user has 130 friends *

• More than 1 billion tweets per week *• 1 of every 6 hours spent online**

*Figures reported by Facebook and Twitter, respectively** According to comScore, research

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How Can Social Media Help YOU?

• Learn of new developments in your field• Form communities of interest• Join conversations/share opinions/generate ideas• Publicize projects• Move audiences to action

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SM: A Disease-Fighting Data Tool?

“The way that information moves is very similar to the way disease moves.”

- Dr. David Fisman, epidemiologist University of Toronto in the NY Times article “Social Media Join Toolkit for Hunters of Disease”

• Playboy Mansion attendees of party sponsored by DomainFest Global Conference report flu-like symptoms on Facebook

• Attendees dub illness “Domainerflu”

• L.A. County officials used Facebook to inform victims of where to seek treatment

• Social media descriptions helped officials determine that Legionnaires' disease was the cause

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A Tool for Patients

• More than 80% of Americans online for healthcare information*• 1 in 4 Internet users has watched an online health video** 

• 32% say trust in social media is “very high” ** • 1 in 5 Americans use social media to make healthcare decisions **

• * Pew Internet & American Life Project survey, published fall of 2010• ** February, 2011 study by National Research Corp. surveying 22, 877 adults

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Einstein Social Media Guidelines

Purpose of Social Media Guidelines

• Encourage legal and responsible use • Provide guidance for faculty, staff, students• Explain how to create official accounts• Provide guidance on personal use of SM

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Creating University-approved SM Accounts

• 2 administrators (1 in management)

• Both must have social media experience

• We can post items, if requested

About official accountsMust have university approval

Previously created accounts grandfathered

Application link found in Social Media Primer and Guidelines

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Einstein Clinical Trials Recruitment on Twitter

• Posts must comply with IRB guidelines• Posts can link to studies ads or information• Administered by Eileen Shore (

[email protected])• See details in social media primer

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Social Media Primer

• Simplified version of official guidelines

• Explains and encourages social media use• How university approved accounts are created• Tips on using social media wisely• Links to social media resources

• For beginners and experienced social media users

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Privacy: HIPAA and Social Media

• Same rules apply online and offline• Photos and descriptions especially troublesome• General advice okay but caution advised• Presume all social media conversations are public• Social media: a giant glass elevator – never know who

is listening

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Your Privacy

• Be aware and alert; not afraid

• Privacy varies from network to network

• Caveat: Network changes=privacy changes

• Find and check settings regularly for new options

• Monitoring is always an option: promotes learning

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Choosing Privacy

Choices you make here will affect who can see your public profile and contact information

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What Privacy Settings Mean for YOU

• Limit what individuals/organizations know about you

• Ability to selectively hide pictures and updates

• Separate private and public lives

• If in doubt, create personal and professional accounts

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So What Does Privacy on Social Media Look Like?

With almost every privacy setting turned on in Facebook, this is what a stranger sees.

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Reputation in Social Media

• Conversations are already happeningabout you

• Ratings sites can help determine how well you’re doing on social media

• Never respond when angry, commentslast indefinitely

• Response is reputation

The Gossips by Norman Rockwell, 1948

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Social Media FAQs:

Q: What information will be shared about me if I a page?

A: Your privacy settings determine what’s revealed

Q: Why should I like a page?

A: To be able to comment and post on a page and engage in conversation

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Social Media FAQs:

• Q: What does “following” someone mean?• A: Following allows you to see - in real time - the

messages posted by a given account

• Q: Why bother following those who don’t follow you back?

• A: Following someone whose work you’re interested in may lead to finding more information through their tweets

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5 Quick Tips

• Be helpful

• Be professional

• Be alert

• Be consistent

• Be yourself

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For More Information…

[email protected] www.einstein.yu.edu/social-media

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September 7, 2011

Navigating Social Media

Science at the heart of medicine

Official Guidelines and Best Practices

Paul Moniz, Director of Communications and Marketing

David Flores, Social Media Manager