Social Media. Does your organization need it?
Do you have customers, clients, or citizens or other audiences with which you want to communicate?
Do you wish your message could reach a wider audience?
Do you sometimes need to get information disseminated quickly?
Are you looking to engage and enable your base?
Do you want to build a community?
If you answered “YES” to any of these questions, you need social media.
Click here to watch an amazing video: Social Media Revolution
Social media is the future of communication. People who would otherwise be at your meetings are now online. You have be BE where they are. Other governments and non-profits are starting to pay attention to social media. Look here, here, here, here, here and here.
A look at what Fairfax County is tweeting about.
Screen print captured on 9/20/2009
Screen print captured 9/21/2009
These and other public officials are starting to use the power of social media to keep their constituents informed about their programs, events and ideas.
