3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Over 340 Social Media Accounts
• Profiles represent refuges, regions & programs
• Over 700,000 people in the national communities
6. What We’ll Cover
• Where do you start?
• Using multiple platforms
• Listening to find community
• Best practices around interactions
• Implementing what we’ve learned at events
7. • Research and learning
• Build relationships
• Improve reputation
• Increase awareness
• Find a job
• Increase efficiency
• Fundraise
• Advocate
Start with what you want to
accomplish
8. Image: Flickr / Iowa Red Bulls
• Audience
• Goal
• Capacity/Time
• Outreach plan
• Long-term plan
Thinking strategically…
9. 4 Elements of Social Strategy
Listen
Identify community needs
Create
Post content
Measure Impact
Evaluate efforts
Engage
Talk with the community
14. Social media used by scientists
Collins K, Shiffman D, Rock J (2016) How Are Scientists Using Social Media in the Workplace?. PLOS ONE 11(10): e0162680.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162680
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0162680
15. A website or blog can…
Give way more context to your work
16. Creating a Website or Blog
• Biography
• Contact information
• Research: publications & projects
• Curriculum Vitae
• Classes or speaking gigs
• Resources, images, data etc.
• Personality!
17. Tools to create a site…
• Squarespace
• Wordpress
• Wix
• Weebly
• About.me
19. Where do you find legal photos?
• Your own photography!
• Creative Commons search
• Government and public domain photos
• Community driven – make a request!
• Morguefile.com
• Stock photography
39. Learn from Your Community
• Use their interactions to
inspire new content
• Correct misinformation
• Answer frequently asked
questions
• Find new ways to share
stories
47. • Strong visuals – (short video, photo, GIF)
• Information chunked with appropriate labels
• More context is given and links to other
resources
• Mobile-friendly
• Proper meta-data on your pages
(so they share well)
What Makes
Good Content?
55. Making the Most of Events
Before: Do your research around attendees
During: Engage with other attendees
After: Maintain contacts and share resources
56. Before: Tip #1 - Learn the Hashtag
Hint: Check the website or
even search on social media
57. Before: Tip #2 - Find Out if There’s a
Conference Group
FACEBOOK AND LINKEDIN MAY HAVE A CONFERENCE GROUP
58. During: Tip #3 - Follow the Hashtag
and Accounts that Use it
65. After: Tip #10 - Follow-up with People
Who Tweet Your Session
66.
67. Danielle Brigida
National Social Media Manager
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
@USFWS or @starfocus
danielle_brigida@fws.gov
Judy N, Flickr
Thank You!
Notes de l'éditeur
Listen – join the community, identify what they care about
Create – tweet to blog post – your tool box (don’t have to use everything) – frame in a way that resonates with them
Engage – respond to comments/messages (not just on your page), share user submitted content, correct misinformation
Measure Impact – quantitative and qualitative
START OVER
Informal does not mean fabricated or under-researched. It simply means you are giving more of a voice to your content than you would if it was a scientific paper.