Website Users Advisory Group Meeting

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Website Users Advisory Group Meeting

• May 18, 2009

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Agenda

• Presentations (5-10 minutes each)
• Open discussion of Facebook, Twitter, Blogger
• CMS Products
• Recap from last meeting
• Activity Reports
• Summer Web Projects
• Future Meetings

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Facebook

• Stacie EdingtonInternational Programs in
  Engineering Office

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International Programs in Engineering (IPE)

• Facebook
• Lessons Learned

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2009 Survey of U-M Students

• Do you have a facebook account?

University of Michigan, Division of Student
Affairs March 2009
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Which of the following do you actively use?
University of Michigan, Division of Student
Affairs March 2009
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Michigan Engineering Facebook Pages

• Biomedical Engineering Department
• Center for Entrepreneurship
• College of Engineering Admissions
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  Department
• Engineering Career Resource Center
• Engineering Global Leadership Honors Program
• Industrial and Operations Engineering Department
• International Programs in Engineering
• Michigan Engineering
• Multicultural Engineering Programs Office
• Multidisciplinary Design Program
• Office of Student Affairs
• Women in Engineering

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Helpful Hints

• Page versus Group
• Content Interaction
• Limited access to fans profile info
• Facebook does not replace website
• Photos, videos, events
• Meet the staff (especially peer advisors)
• Students go to facebook to connect and to be
  entertained

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How do people find the page?

• Find us on Facebook linkson website and email
• Favorite Pages Related Pages
• Create Events
• View InsightsNot everyonebecomes a fan

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Student/Staff Relationship

• IPE Office Facebook Guidelines
• Can accept friend request cannot request student
  as friend
• Respond in kind
• Do not comment on status
• Encouraged to use privacy settings
• IPE Student Peer Advisors
• Manage content Make suggestions for updates

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Questions?

• Stacie Edington
• International Programs in Engineering
• 245 Chrysler Center
• 734-763-9559
• sjed_at_umich.edu
• Friend me on facebook!

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Blogging

• Bill ClaytonCommunications Marketinghttp//for
  um.engin.umich.edu/

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Forum blog button on homepage
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Michigan Engineering Forum
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Blog

• Types
• Genre
• Blogosphere
• Mainstream
• The Michigan Engineering Forum

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Twitter

• Nicole Casal MooreCommunications
  Marketinghttp//www.twitter.com/UMncmoore
• Bill ClaytonCommunications Marketinghttp//www
  .twitter.com/UMbillclayton

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Twitter

• Resistance
• Usage
• Prominent users
• Tweet, Tweet

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Open Discussion

• Facebook
• Are you thinking of using Facebook now, if you
  havent already?
• What do you see it being good for?
• What do you see it being bad for?
• What ideas does the presentation give you for
  your own site?

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Facebook

• Recap from last meetings survey
• 20 people surveyed
• 100 knew about Facebook
• 3 people were already using it
• 16 people either were Very Interested (11) or had
  Some Interest (5)
• Compared with MySpace
• 95 of people knew about it
• Only 5 people were Very Interested (2) or had
  Some Interest (3)

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Blogger

• Do you think a blog would be useful for your
  office?
• What do you see it being good for?
• What do you see it being bad for?
• What ideas does the presentation give you for
  your own site?

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Twitter

• Do you think you want to use Twitter?
• What do you see it being good for?
• What do you see it being bad for?
• What ideas does the presentation give you for
  your own site?

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Twitter

• Survey recap
• 85 knew what it was
• 14 people were either Very Interested (4) or had
  Some Interest (10)

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Other questions/comments?
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CMS Products

• Blog Tool
• Facebook Badge
• Twitter Badge

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Show your blog postson your CMS website

• Create your Blog on Blogger, Wordpress or MBlog
• We can then replay the information on a page in
  the CMS or on a sidebar
• It will link to the blog on your website
• Note Replaying your blog from a feed can
  have problems if you cut and paste from a
  Microsoft Office program.
• Things like and are special characters

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Your Blog in the CMS
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Facebook or Twitter Badge

• Add a Facebook or Twitter button to your page.
• Only need to know the URL of your Facebook or
  Twitter page.
• Can add to right or left column.
• Can add title text if you want.

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Facebook or Twitter Badge
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Summer Cleanup

• Some of you will be getting handouts with the
  list of people who have access to your site
• Please make notes of who should no longer have
  access and who is no longer at the University
• Also if you dont know who someone is feel free
  to mark that as well.
• We do not want to send activity reports to people
  who are no longer here.

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Follow Up

• Activity Reports
• We will be sending them beginning in June.
• They will look like this
• Alumni Recruiter Feedback Form https//www-cms.eng
  in.umich.edu/admissions/match/index.html May 09
  2007
• Admissions https//www-cms.engin.umich.edu/admissi
  ons/index.html Aug 24 2007
• Either update the content or mark it as Not
  included in Activity Reports

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Summer Web Projects

• It is important to get on our calendar if you are
  doing web overhauls this summer.
• Contact ejeppele or nlroth by the end of the
  month!

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Meeting

• Our next meeting will be held in October
• We plan to discuss audio and video
• Announcements for next meeting time/date will be
  sent out soon

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Thanks for your help in making the website
better!