USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO
EXPAND YOUR AUDIENCE
 How The Montclair Kimberley Academy got started.
WHO AM I?!




                 twitter:@wstites
wstites@mka.org / william.stites@edsocialmedia.com
TAKE AWAYS

      Why use social media in
      your school/organization

      Challenges faced

      What tools to use

      Impact & Reactions
REASONS
Meeting your constituents where they are.




                  http://socialnomics.net/
REASONS
Meeting your constituents where they are.




                  http://socialnomics.net/
REASONS



Communication &
interaction
REASONS



      More authentic voice
REASONS



   Contribution to knowledge
   base
REASONS



Beyond the walls
WHERE TO START?
GUINEA PIG
CHALLENGES



The tools
CHALLENGES



Connectivity
CHALLENGES



      Training & Professional
      Development
CHALLENGES



Tagging & Copyright
CHALLENGES



Feeding the BEAST
FACEBOOK



Pages & Groups
TWITTER



The short(er) message
BLOGS



The long(er) message
YOUTUBE



The video message
FLICKR



The picture message
STATISTICS
Irish Studies

2010 Blog
941 Views
4008 Actions
12 Countries

YouTube
2426 Views
46 Countries

Flickr
3547 Images
22645 Views

Twitter
317 Followers
IMPACT & REACTIONS



Communication tool
IMPACT & REACTIONS



          Real connections
IMPACT & REACTIONS



            Real stories
IMPACT & REACTION



Partnerships
“I just wanted to offer my sincere thanks to you all for
providing what I know is Graham's most enriching and
memorable experience of his high school career.   I am
sure the trip will remain one of his most unforgettable
lifetime experiences as well.
 
We traveled with you all vicariously as we followed the
blog posts, tweets, photos and videos.  What wonderful
tools these were and what wonderful places you visited
and experienced.
 
Thank you again for your willingness to travel abroad with
20 teenagers (not something most of us would undertake). 
I hope you all have a wonderful summer.”
William Stites
     Director of Technology
The Montclair Kimberley Academy
        wstites@mka.org

          Blogger in Chief
           edSocialMedia
william.stites@edsocialmedia.com

 Twitter: @wstites / @irishstudies

Using social media to expand your audience v2

Editor's Notes

  • #3 Brief Bio Was each of you this time last year.
  • #6 Blogs/YouTube/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook - Commenting RSS - subscriptions & pushing content MASHUPS - Blog or device
  • #7 If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
  • #9 Making connections in areas that you would have never reach before with traditional marketing or means
  • #10 Guinea Pig - Irish Studies Proof of Concept Prior to 1999 cycling trips. 175 - students (average 16 per year)
  • #11 Static Content (iMovie/Photoshop/FTP/Web Server) to Dynamic Content (iMovie/iPhoto/Twitter/WP) No viewer interaction to complete interaction Closed content (Intranet) to completely open content (Global) Video Camera/Digital Camera/iPhone
  • #12 T
  • #13 When you’re on the road...
  • #14 In-house, organizations that specialize, professional associations, technical conferences
  • #15 Started as a pilot program, but prior to actually leaving two other programs adopted the blogging format as well. Not all the tools, but some
  • #16 Time People Reusing content
  • #17 1999-2009 1165 graduates 169 Irish Studies (15%) Own constituency
  • #18 1999-2009 1165 graduates 169 Irish Studies (15%) Own constituency
  • #19 1999-2009 1165 graduates 169 Irish Studies (15%) Own constituency
  • #20 1999-2009 1165 graduates 169 Irish Studies (15%) Own constituency
  • #21 1999-2009 1165 graduates 169 Irish Studies (15%) Own constituency
  • #22 This is the kitchen sink of reasons... where you throw numbers at people to impress. But the numbers tell the story Each service has different means for analytics
  • #23 Discussions, debates, curricular application
  • #25 The dirty message...
  • #26 Brian Lambkin & Paddy Fitzgerald @ the Centre for Migrations Studies IrishFireside