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How to blend traditional media with social media to educate and engage your audience. Kathy Barnstorff Media Relations Specialist NASA’s Langley Research Center . NASA Centers. www.nasa.gov. Connect & collaborate with NASA. NASA social media . NASA Twitter pioneer.
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How to blend traditional media with social media to educate and engage your audience Kathy Barnstorff Media Relations Specialist NASA’s Langley Research Center
NASA Twitter pioneer • Less than 20 days till I land on Mars! 9:34 PM May 7th, 2008
Want to host a tweetup? Center around event/conference Set up registration website Plan activities things to see and touch brief presentations people to meet Interact with tweeters Be techno-ready electricity, wi-fi, cell access
January 22, 2010 First “live” tweet from space
My biggest “retweet” It's Engineers Week ... hug an engineer today! (Or at least tell one he or she is making a difference.) 8:36 AM Feb 18th
NASA’s CIO leads by example “She [Linda Cureton] is a prolific blogger and proponent of the whole social media movement at NASA. She hasn’t shown any indications of stepping back on being a champion of these types of technologies.” John Slye Input market research analyst “Federal Computer Week” 9/22/09
Works in progress/challenges Second Life Livestreaming Metrics Resources Social media policy Staying ahead!