Social Media Basics and Benefits for Public Health
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This presentation offers an explanation of the basics of Facebook and Twitter, as well as some ways that local health departments can use these tools for community outreach.
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Social Media \s -sh l m -d - \ō ə ē ē ə
forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content
Webster’s Definition
How many in the audience today use:
How many of your departments use these tools?
Large network of users in every community
Can share information with partners
Valuable venue to communicate with constituents who care
Tweet- an update posted to a user’s twitter profile
Re-tweet- a tweet repeated by another user
Hashtag- a key word used to enable users to search for tweets about a specific subject (#pumpershow)
Mention- when one user refers to another user by username to give that user additional exposure
@OHdeptofhealth
@nehaorg
@HamCoHealth
@NSF_intl @OhioEPA
@ohioeha@WHO @MiamiCountyPH
@LCHealthDist
Existing large network of users (smaller than facebook)
Easy to share links to large volumes of information
Valuable venue to communicate with colleagues and others
How do I manage all of this?!?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33778545@N07/4053418477/sizes/m/in/photostream/
TweetDeck
Seesmic
HootSuite
HootSuite
Share information with your community
Drive traffic to your website
Employer permission/social media policy
Communicate in a professional manner
Jason Menchhofer, R.S.Van Wert County Health Department
419-238-0808, ext. [email protected]
@jmenchhoferwww.facebook.com/vanwertcountyhealthdepartment
Find this presentation online at:http://www.slideshare.net/jmenchhofer
