New Media and Social Media Workshop




     Foreign Service Institute – Department of State
            School of Professional and Area Studies
   Public Diplomacy Division Director: Matthew Lussenhop
   Instructors: Chris Degnan, Matthew Lussenhop, Eric Schwartzman
                       Course Number PY363

                         July 17, 2009
Housekeeping

         • Breaks and Lunch
         • Cell Phones
         • Introductory Course
         • Technical Problems
         • Curriculum
         • Handouts are Digital
         • Twitter Hashtag #sm@state
         • Spam Email Account
         • Web Browsers


                                       2
News Media Addict




                                                               Pussycat Dolls
                                       Academy Awards
  Britney Spears




                                                        Mayor Jerry Brown

                   Star Wars 30th Anniversary                                   3
Message Map




              Overarching
              Message



              Supporting
              Messages



              Data Points




                            4
Mainstream Media Training




                            5
Plenty of Options


                              Media Relations


                Customer                          Investor
                  Relations                         Relations




    Public Affairs                                     Labor Relations
                               Public Relations




               Industry                           Community
                 Relations                          Relations




                              Analyst Relations




                                                                         6
Mass Media Addict


                     Newspapers




     Television     Media Relations   Magazines




                        Radio




                                                  7
Junket Junkie




                8
Controlled Communications




                            9
Conforming to News Cycles




                            Photo by Olivander




                                                 10
News Break Strategy



                      Influencers




                  National News




                  Regional News



                      Local News



                      Trade Press



                  Target Audience




                                    11
Scoring Ink




              12
Illusion of Control




                      13
White Light Experience




                         14
Evolution of Media




                     15
Web Gave Life to New Media


                    Websites




                               Email




                                       SEO




                                             16
New Media as Mass Media




                          Photo by Adulau




                                            17
Control through Stridence




                            18
Journalists Relying on Company Websites




 Source: PR Week




                                          19
Email Blasts




               20
New Media Driving Purchasing Decisions




                           1
                               2
                                   3




Source: Universal McCann


                                         21
Search Gets Social




Source: Wikipedia

                     22
Page Rank is the New PR




                          23
Links as Third-Party Endorsements




                                    24
Social Web Arrives


                             Websites




             Monitoring                        Email




    Microblogging                                       SEO




            Content Social
                                           Blogs/Podcasts
                Networks




                             Pure Social
                             Networks



                                                              25
Web Gets Easy




                26
Marketing with Convenience

 • Ease of use
 • Content’s claim to the crown
 • User experience and reputation
 • Flash, PDFs, UI, Navigation
 • Ease of Use and Adoption
                                                    Photo by Spackletoe




                 Evolution of Customer Experience
                                                                          27
Convenience Online




               search   filter   review   share



Source: Sit or Squat

                                                  28
User Experience is Conversation


                                        Social Search




             User Ratings on Comments




                                                        29
What You Say vs. What You Do




Source: This Piggy Blog
                          Whopper   Big Mac   Subway
                                                       30
Higher Power




     Whopper   Big Mac   Subway
                                  31
Citizen Journalism




                     32
No Secrets




             33
90 Million Photo Journalists




Source: Twitpic


                                34
For Immediate Discovery




                                         • Search is immediate
                                         • Blogging is immediate
                                         • Shorter patience thresholds
                                         • Sharing is nice
                                         • Anticipate and respond

                   Photo by Juandazeng




                                                                         35
Web Surpasses Mainstream Media Channels




Source: Pew Internet

                                          36
Analog Dollars to Digital Pennies




Source: Newspaper Association of America
                                           37
Press Pool Evaporates




  Source: Papercuts


                        38
Discoverability and Amplification

                                                 New Media
                              Websites




             Monitoring                         Email




    Microblogging                                        SEO




             Content Social
                                            Blogs/Podcasts
                 Networks




                              Pure Social
                              Networks

   Social Media
                                                               39
Social Media Surge




Source: Friendfeed
                      40
Social Media Explosion




   Source: namechk

                         41
Social Media Identity Theft




   Source: namechk

                              42
Conversations are Media




Source: 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer

                                       43
Conversations are Intimate




Source: Universal McCann

                             44
Conversations have Demographics




                                      Generation Gap




Source: Forrester Research

                                                  45
Conversations are Aggregated




Google Reader

                                 46
Conversations Shape Reputation




                                             Rep u t at ion
Source: Shel Holtz
                     Mainstream News Media
                                                              47
News is Frequent Updating




                            48
Conversations Empower Consumers




                                  49
Trustworthies




    Source: 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer



                                           50
Trust in Government




    Source: 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer



                                           51
NGOs Most Trusted




    Source: 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer



                                           52
Benefit of Leveraging Channels




     Source: 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer



                                            53
Lack of Trust Triggers Desire for Government Regulation




      Source: 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer



                                                          54
Government is Responsible for Solving Global Issues




      Source: 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer



                                                      55
ROI of Trust




     Source: 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer



                                            56
Gaining Public Trust




     Source: 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer



                                            57
Who Says You Can’t Blog




      Source: Monsanto Blog
                              58
Unfiltered Conversation




                          59
Messaging through Sneeze Posts




      Source: Monsanto Blog




                                 60
Your Domain has Credibility




Source: UCLA Online Newsroom

                               61
Domain Links Build Credibility




Source: Toyota Online Newsroom


                                 62
Participatory PR




                   63
Go Where the People Are




                          64
Inviting them to your Domain to Socialize




                                            65
Aligning with Back Channels




                              66
Debunking Misinformation




                           67
Fool’s Game



                      Influencers




                   National News




                   Regional News



                     Local News



                     Trade Press



                   Target Audience

        Bloggers                     Podcasters


                                                  68
Just Say No




              Photo by Periodico LaDemocaracia




                                                 69
Conversations are Addictive




                              Photo by Why Not Studios




                                                         70
Price of Free


                1. Conversion leaks

                2. Investing time in
                   technology

                3. Unsupported
                   technology

                4. Interoperability

                5. Workflow
                   management

                6. Storage




                                       71
Rethink the Photo Opp




                          Photo by Leo Reynolds




         Brian Stauffer
                                                  72
Innovation is Risky




     Source: iPressroom
                          73
New Media Train Everyone




                           74
Surrender to the Conversation




                                75
Afternoon Break




                  76
Filling Your Own News Hole




                             77
Transparency and Authenticity




                                78
Customer Service Rep as Spokesperson




                                       79
Unintended Consequences




                          80
Retention Training Manual Leaked




                                   81
Coping with an Online Crisis: Comcast




                                        82
Direct to Consumers




                      83
Getting through the Filter




                             84
Revolution Rant




             Eisner
            Aristocrat   Revolutionary
                           Lassiter

                                         85
Share My Experience




  Source: On the Record…Online Podcast

                                         86
Recap

   Mainstream Media in Recession

   Quantity and Perceived Credibility of
    UGM Increasing

   Peers more Trusted than Official
    Spokespersons

   Government Currently Least Trusted
    Sector

   Frequent and Honest Communications
    Build Trust

   Multiple Information Sources Enhances
    Credibility

   New Media and Social Media offer
    Effective and Efficient Channels for
    Informing Conversations
                                            Source: 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer   87
Channel Map

                                                New Media
                             Websites




            Monitoring                         Email




   Microblogging                                        SEO




            Content Social
                                           Blogs/Podcasts
                Networks




                             Pure Social
                             Networks

  Social Media
                                                              88
New Media Priorities of Government Agencies




                                              89
Websites and Online Newsrooms




                                90
Or This:




           91
Website is the Center Point




                              92
Organizing Your Web Presence First




    1. Your website is the most credible
       source of information online about
       your organization.
    2. A press release distributed on a paid
       newswire service is the second most
       credible source of information online
       about your organization.
    According to a survey [PDF] of 1200 journalists by PR Newswire and PR Week.




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Media Relations Resource




                           94
Media Relations Resource: RSS by Category




                                            95
Media Relations Resource: Category Email Alerts




                                                  96
Media Relations Resource: CAPTCHA Codes




                                          97
Media Relations Resource : PR Contacts View




                                              98
Media Relations Resource: Sub Headlines




                                          99
External and Internal Communications Resource




                                            100