year here fellows - digital media and communications
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Hello
What’s the difference between a Wookie and a Wiki?
Digital media and communications
#socialfellows
@intelispace
Slideshare
padlet.com/wall/yearhere
What this session is not going to do
Evangelise social media and tech
Advocate that we are ‘experts’
Offer ‘social media training’
Cover it all… there’s simply too much
What this session is going to do
Communication in the digital space
Share how Fellows use social media
Introduce a number of tools
Personal learning networks
World wide web
iPhone
http://en.wikipedia.org
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16 million adults in the UK don’t have basic online skills
90% of all jobs will require IT skills by 2015
8% of UK GDP for which the internet economy is accountable
66% of employers are dissatisfied with the digital skills
of their workforce
http://www.go-on.co.uk/challenge/uk-snapshot
Charities are among the organisations with the most to
gain from upping their digital skills
20% have little or no presence
50% need help with web design and social media
http://www.go-on.co.uk/challenge/uk-snapshot
“Digital will be, if it isn’t already, the preferred means of
communications with most stakeholders.”
Digital fluency, Review of social sector skills & leadership http://leadingsocial.org.uk
Digital: What Every Charity
Leader Should Know
• Income generation
• Stakeholder reach
• Collaborative working
http://www.lasa.org.uk/news/detail/opinion-leaders-argue-that-digital-is-key-to-sector-sustainability-in-new-r
http://www.slideshare.net/LasaCharity/charity-digital-leaders-report-final3-14649007
Five social media/communication themes to consider
1) Would I really act this way if I wasn’t engaging online?
Five social media/communication themes to consider
2) Be creative with your campaigns and do something new
#surrenderyoursay
Five social media/communication themes to consider
3) We need to ‘unlearn’ in order to allow us to ‘relearn’.
"Unlearning is required when the world or
your circumstances in that world have
changed so completely that your old habits
now hold you back. You can't just resolve to
change. You need to break a pattern, to
free yourself from old ways before you can
adopt the new.”
Cathy N. Davidson
Five social media/communication themes to consider
4) It’s understandable to feel overwhelmed: take small steps, experiment and be selective. Don’t try and reinvent the wheel.
Five social media/communication themes to consider
5) There has never been a better time to connect and collaborate
Twitter Blogs Copy Website Media
Suddenly afraid
because she couldn’t write the name of what she was: a wa wam owm owamn womn
Mother’s Reaction to My Travel Plans
Gainesville! It’s too bad your cousin is dead!
A Double Negative
At a certain point in her life, she realises it is not so much that she wants to have a child as that she does not want not to have a child, or not to have had a child.
Further tools
padlet.com/wall/yearhere
nt100.org.uk
