Social media has invaded courtrooms across the country. This presentation provides an overview of the impact of social media, why it’s important to the courts and how to integrate it into the court’s communication strategy. This is and updated version from my original presentation in 2009.

1. Getting Social Social media in the Courtroom Laura Click, Public Information Officer Tennessee Supreme Court

3. Social media is…

5. Why is social media important? > More than 800 million people use Facebook, which is greater than the entire North American population. Facebook, October 2011

7. Why is social media important? > Twitter has more than 100 million active users, which is more than the populations of California, Texas and New York combined.

11. Attorneys are talking about you…

12. Reporters are talking about you…

13. Reporters are talking about your trials..

14. People are talking about your trials…

15. People are talking about your trials…