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We need to develop social antibodies, defenses against new harmful behaviors, or else we'll end up serving technology instead of it serving us.
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Read the whole blog post at: http://www.nirandfar.com/2016/03/why-people-check-their-phones-at-the-wrong-times.html
Why People Check Their Tech at the Wrong Times (and the Simple Trick to Stop It)Nir Eyal
Chances are you've witnessed and even took active part in a lot of indiscriminate gadget use.
But staying silent about bad technology habits is making things worse for all of us.
We need to develop social antibodies, defenses against new harmful behaviors, or else we'll end up serving technology instead of it serving us.
If we don’t build social antibodies, the disease of distraction will become the new normal.
To do this, we need to find out who's to blame for our distraction and what we need to do about it.
Read the whole blog post at: http://www.nirandfar.com/2016/03/why-people-check-their-phones-at-the-wrong-times.html
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14. "Dreamland" S2:E6 "Starting the Conversation"
Natalie: Who are we supposed to be engaging with?
Rhonda: Our stakeholders!
Natalie: What does that mean, though?
Rhonda: What do you think it means?
Natalie: The federal government who pay 5 billion dollars for a project. I call them a stakeholder.
Rhonda: Yes.
Natalie: Construction firms, financial institutions, expert consultants: stakeholders.
Rhonda: Tick.
Natalie: Some cranky retiree who suddenly discovered Facebook? I call him a pest.
Rhonda: We can't afford to ignore anyone.
Natalie: We can.
Rhonda: No. We need to inform, engage, consult. What's the other one?
Hugh: Collaborate?
Rhonda: Yes. With all of our stakeholders.
Natalie: In order to build what?
Rhonda: Engagement! Honestly, when is that going to sink in?
https://www.netflix.com/watch/80064344?trackId=200257859 @ 11:30
16. It's where attention has gone
"Adults 18+ spent on
average 45 minutes
per day on social
media during first-
quarter 2018, with
most of that time
coming from
smartphones."
- Nielsen Total
Audience Report
55. Be flexible
"A sound battle plan provides
flexibility in both space and time
to meet the constantly changing factors
of the battle problem in such a way as to
achieve the final goal of the commander."
- Dwight Eisenhower
65. Follow the leader
Watch utilities and operations bigger than you
Watch those in the same region
Watch those at the same latitude
Watch your peers, locally and elsewhere
Copy the good ideas you find everywhere
Let well-funded operations with big marketing teams do
the heavy lifting of generating good ideas: It's very social
to copy them! (Just put your own spin on it.)
87. Don't be afraid to use a crutch
Popular daily topics used by
"everyone"
#MusicMonday
#TuesdayThoughts
#WednesdayWisdom
#ThrowbackThursday
#FollowFriday
Sample topic-starters we
sometimes use:
#MunicipalMondays
#TuesdayTip
#WaterQualityWednesday
#TechThursday
#FlowFridays
96. It doesn't have to be hard, it just has to be
Start with the "AWWA Social Media Guidelines"
and build out from there
https://www.awwa.org/resources-tools/public-affairs/communications-tools/public-
communications-toolkit/awwa-social-media-guidelines.aspx
100. Questions?
Thank you for your time and
attention!
Ask questions anytime:
Brian Gongol
DJ Gongol & Associates, Inc.
515-223-4144
@djgongol
info@djgongol.com
101. Credits and references
Media usage from Q1 2018 Nielsen Total Audience Report
https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2018/time-flies-us-
adults-now-spend-nearly-half-a-day-interacting-with-
media.print.html
Data on social media use from "Social Media Use in 2018." Pew Research
Center, Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2018)
http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/03/01/social-media-use-in-2018/
Used in accordance with http://www.pewresearch.org/terms-and-
conditions/
Screenshots of specific social media uses are used for educational
purposes and are the property of their respective creators