The Impact of Social Media on Organizations: A Leader’s Guide

1. The Impact of Social Media on Organizations:
A Leader’s Guide
Jill Vitiello, Vitiello Communications Group
November 19, 2009

2. FDA Hearings on Social Media
November 12 & 13, 2009
• 69 speakers
• 12 panelists
• 2 days
“What's happening is these new media are
emerging at an increasingly rapid rate, and are
being regulated by an agency that moves very
slowly. In essence, you have a regulatory
communication crisis developing.”
-- Mark Senak, Fleishman-Hillard

3. Healthcare Leaders Need to Know
“The fact that we’re here at a two-day
public hearing is proof of the recognition
that industry should be engaged.”
-- Mark Gaydos, Sanofi-Aventis
Let’s engage!

4. Flashback
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5. Teens Prefer iPods
90% 79% 82% 84%
80%
70% 56%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Spring Fall 2006 Spring Fall 2008
2005 2007
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6. Technology Changes Rapidly
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7. Is It a Fad?

8. Test Your Social Media IQ
Personal and professional Most active users of
use of social media social media:
100 CEO and Chief Marketing Officer
80
Update daily
Respondents’ relationship
Update weekly
Percent
60
with social media:
Update rarely
40
Interested,
engaged
20
and overwhelmed!
0
Respondents Organizations Nearly 80% would spend
more time learning to apply
Facebook LinkedIn Twitter
social media in their organizations
if they understood its
value proposition
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9. Three Trends
Social
Media
Generation Y
Information
Technology
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10. Social Media
“Social media is already redefining the way
people live and do business.”
-- Lori Safko and David K. Brake, authors, The Social Media Bible
The World Wide Toolbox:
Social networking Virtual Worlds
Publish Gaming
Photo sharing Productivity applications
Audio Aggregators
Video Microblogging
Livecasting Search
Virtual worlds Mobile
Interpersonal Rich Site Summary/
Really Simple Syndication (RSS)

11. Generation Y
“Technology is like air.”
-- Don Tapscott, author, Grown Up Digital
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12. Information Technology
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13. When Trends Converge
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14. The Teenage Brain
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15. The Conversation Prism
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16. Traditional Communications Model

17. Traditional Media Is Declining
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18. Social Media Is Soaring
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19. Twitter Growth 2009
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20. Twitter Followers Become Consumers
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21. Twitter: Customized News Feed
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22. Twitter: Cub Reporter
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23. Twitter: Citizen Journalist
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24. Twitter: Global Reporter
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25. Twitter Use by Age Group
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26. Evolution of Social Media
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27. Some Leaders Are Saying
Social media is just
another tool.
You don’t develop a
strategy for a tool.
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28. Others Are Getting Started
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29. Johnson & Johnson

30. Mayo Clinic

31. Mayo Clinic Uses Social Media
10,183 fans on 8,845 followers on
500 videos on

32. PharmaVOICE: Pharma Tweets

33. HBA’s LinkedIn Group

34. Cisco

35. Comcast

36. Viral Marketing

37. Social Media ROI
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38. Ambassador of Change

39. 7 Basic Steps
1. Learn about the trends influencing communications
2. Join the conversation
3. Identify potential champions within your company
4. Form a team of key influencers
5. Build a case
6. Pilot test ~ don’t try it all at once
7. Assess and recalibrate your strategy

40. Do teenagers rule the world?
Yes, and here’s what
you can do about it:
• Embrace social media
• Engage Gen Y
• Enable partnership with IT

41. Getting Started: The Big Three

42. The Big Three: Twitter

43. The Big Three: LinkedIn

44. The Big Three: Facebook

45. Your Questions

46. Thank You!
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Jill Vitiello, President
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