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Transcript of Symposium on Parent Engagement - Session 2 "Using Real-Time Communications to Reach Parents"
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Symposium on parent engagement:
Using real-time communications to reach parentsBernie Rhinerson,
former Chief of Staff: San Diego Unified School District
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Websites Alone Are NOT Enough!
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Why Should Schools Use Mobile Device Communications?
Infographics from: http://www.smartinsights.com/mobile-marketing/mobile-marketing-analytics/mobile-marketing-statistics/
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School Information Needs to Go Mobile!
63% of adult cell owners now use their phones to go online, a figure that has doubled since 2009
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Mobile Device Communications
91% of American adults own a cell phone and many use the devices for much more than phone calls
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Mobile Devices Are Part of Our Daily Lives!
Infographics from: http://www.smartinsights.com/mobile-marketing/mobile-marketing-analytics/mobile-marketing-statistics/
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App Uses: Where Is My School?
Infographics from: http://www.smartinsights.com/mobile-marketing/mobile-marketing-analytics/mobile-marketing-statistics/
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Going Mobile At San Diego Unified
BOTHAre
Needed
• Website updated to adapt to smartphonescreens– Responsive Web Design
• Join the App world– The SD Unified App is in iPhone and
Android app stores for free
• Marketing the Mobile App
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Responsive Web Design for Mobile
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San Diego Unified - Mobile App
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News to the App with Website Integration
Website news links feed directly to Mobile App
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San Diego Unified –Mobile App Adoption
• Steady pace of downloads
• 2,847 – iPhone
• 836 – Android
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Mobile App Steps 1, 2, 3
• STEP #1 - Find the right Mobile App– Search the App stores– Look at other schools’ apps– Consider the Schoolwires Mobile Solutions
• Step # 2 – Integrate the App with your website– At San Diego Unified School District, we integrated the mobile app with
the district website on the Centricity 2 platform– This integration brought all of the real-time information from the website
to the mobile app• district calendar• contact information for staff• school directory with map feature• constant feed of district news that is continually updated
• Step # 3 - Launch & market your Mobile App– iTunes and Google Play app stores
• With a responsively designed website, your app will be promoted on smartphones
– Make it free and market the launch!
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Mobile App Marketing: Key to Adoption Success
• Marketing Challenge - User Attention Span and App Competition– On-Going Marketing Is A Must to Break Through and Increase Adoption
• Marketing Tips:– Parent meetings
• Educate your school principals to promote the app• Enlist some early parent fans to speak up at meetings about why they like the
app– Counter cards at schools
• Design a card to place on school counters and hand out at meetings• An eye catching card can provide easy-to-follow instructions for downloading
– Social media• Set up a Facebook Fan Page for your mobile app and promote it • Set up a contest to promote Likes on the page• Use your Twitter feed to promote the launch and post frequent updates
– Promo video• Make your own promo video and post it on your Web page and share it on
You Tube • Play it at parent meetings to start the conversation about the many uses for
your app– Email marketing
• Your launch email is just a start. Follow up with a series of emails that highlight different features of your app.
– Staff meetings• Don’t forget your district staff
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Social Media Communications Keeping it Fresh!
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Social Media Challenge: Constant Information Flow
• Social Media requires engagement
• Engagement requires constant feeding
• Constant feeding requires news
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Constant News Content
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District eNewsletter: Friday Notes
• Weekly eNewsletter
• 69,000 emails
– Parents
– Staff
– Community
• Advertising Supported
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News Fed To All School Websites
• Content Management System (CMS)
• New stories to district news via the Headlines & Features app
• News headlines appear on school homepages
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Scheduling Headlines
Each Headline is given a date and time to appear on the website
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Specific Web Page Feeds
• Headline feeds to specific pages
• With Tags and separate RSS feed
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San Diego Unified - Social Media
• Fed daily for best results
– 4,665 followers
– 3,106 likes
– Weekly reach 3,444
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Metrics: How Is It Working?
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Facebook Metrics Page
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Concluding Comments
• Going Mobile is a MUST for school-to-home communications
• Mobile transforms school communications
– Increased Parent Engagement
– Increased Community Engagement
– Increased Public Support for Education
• Social Media delivers information and engages parents
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