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Use of Social Media in Public Health and
the Onsite Sewage Industry

2. Merriam Webster’s Definition
Social Media
sō-shəl mē-dē-ə
forms of electronic
communication (as web sites
for social networking and
microblogging) through which
users create online
communities to share
information, ideas, personal
messages, and other content
(as videos)

3. Social Media
What’s in it for you??

4. Getting to know you…
How many of you use:
• E-mail?
• facebook?
• twitter?
• Linkedin?

5. • Over 800 million active users
• Over 300 million access through mobile devices
• Huge network of useful (and not so useful) information
available 24/7

6. Sign Up or Log In

7. Personal Account

8. Organization Page

9. Groups- OEHA

10. Groups- NOWRA

11. Onsite Pages
Ohio Onsite Wastewater Association
Onsite Installer Magazine
Minnesota Onsite Wastewater Association
Wastewater Education
Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences
Soil Science Society of America
Bio Microbics
Infiltrator Systems

12. Environmental/Public Health Pages
National Environmental Health Association
Ohio Department of Health
Williams County Health Department
Columbus Public Health
Wyandot County Health Department
Union County Health Department
Sandusky County Health Department
Hamilton County Health Department

13. Fulton County Health Department

14. Columbus Public Health- News Feed

15. Columbus Public Health- Photos

16. Wyandot County Health Department- Interactive

17. Wrap-up
Existing large network of users
Some information available will benefit you professionally
Valuable venue to communicate with constituents

18. • Over 465 million accounts (107 M in US)
• Adding 1 million accounts daily
• 175 million “tweets” every day
• 140 character limit means updates must be concise

19. Speaking the Language
Tweet- an update posted to your twitter profile
Re-tweet- someone else’s 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

20. Sign Up or Log In

21. Home Page (Timeline)

22. Composing a Tweet

23. Using Hastags (#)

24. Hashtag Search

25. Re-tweeting

26. @ mention

27. Onsite Accounts
Ohio Onsite Wastewater Association @ohioonsite
Pumper Magazine @pumpermag
Netafim USA @NetafimUSA
SJE Rhombus @SJERhombus
American Liquid Waste Magazine @ALWMag
Anua @Anua_US
Infiltrator Systems, Inc. @infiltrator
Onsite Installer Magazine @onsiteinstaller

28. Environmental/Public Health Accounts
Ohio Environmental Health Association @ohioeha
National Environmental Health Association @nehaorg
World Health Organization @WHO
Ohio Department of Health @OHdeptofhealth
Ohio EPA @OhioEPA
Hamilton County Public Health @HamCoHealth
Lake County Health District @LCHealthDist
Miami County Public Health @MiamiCountyPH

30. Benefits
Existing large network of users (smaller than facebook)
Easy to share links to large volumes of information
Valuable venue to communicate with colleagues

31. • World’s largest professional network (over 150 million
members worldwide)
• New members joining at a rate of over 2 per second
• Members share information in more than 1 million groups
• Allows “twitter style” information sharing, along with an
online resume

37. Benefits
Network of PROFESSIONAL users
Share information with professionals in your field
Showcase your skills and qualifications for potential
employers

38. How do I manage all of this?!?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33778545@N07/4053418477/sizes/m/in/photostream/

39. Social Media “Dashboards”
TweetDeck

40. Social Media “Dashboards”
Seesmic

41. Social Media “Dashboards”
HootSuite

42. A few things to remember…
Share information with millions of users
Drive traffic to your website
Employer permission/social media policy
Guard personal information closely
Communicate in a professional manner

43. Thank You!
Jason Menchhofer, R.S.
Van Wert County Health Department
419-238-0808, ext. 108
jmenchhofer@vanwertcountyhealth.org
@jmenchhofer
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