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Peter Marland Director of Housing Services @ p etemarl. Jenna Condie Lecturer in Psychology @ jennacondie. Social Media: The Business Case & the Psychology. 1999. The first stock transfer following the Housing Act 1996
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Peter MarlandDirector of Housing Services @petemarl Jenna Condie Lecturer in Psychology @jennacondie Social Media: The Business Case & the Psychology
1999 The first stock transfer following the Housing Act 1996 ERCF funded (£5.5M) to address negative value of the stock and to offer a route to a privately funded sustainable solution
Stock Transfer 1999 • >300 empty properties (30%) • Rent Arrears >£160K (600 tenanted units) • High Crime • ASB very high (often not reported) • Resident Dissatisfaction very high • No demand for properties • People waiting to move out • Experiment expected to fail
2013 “Openness and ease of access to its services” • Empty properties 0.1% • High demand for stock • Allocations – local lettings policies • Arrears reduced by over 50% • ASB significantly reduced • Crime significantly reduced • Racial Harassment (almost non existent) • Top 18 RSL (HQN, Inside Housing)....2007 • Award winning company “Impressive customer service improvements over the last year through a commitment to continuous improvement via the Pioneer Way”
Social Media Luddites • Social media is No1 activity on the web • You tube is the worlds second largest search engine • 39m Facebook users in UK (1 Billion Globally) • 50% Worlds population is <30 • 92% of <2’s have digital footprint • FB users…25% check accounts >5 times a day • 50% internet access through phones • 1 Million websites integrated into Facebook • Average FB user has 130 friends • Can we afford to be on the side-lines? • How can we influence our online reputation? Think about the business case !!!
@ukmediapsych #mediapsych Applying Psychology to Social Media dullhunk
Social Groups Community zarrion101
Connect with Customers Cost effective Raise Awareness Manage our on-line reputation Message customers immediately Challenges !!!
Evaluating social media for tenant engagement • University-industry partnerships • MSc Media Psychology student dissertations • Measures and methods • Future research projects – what next?
Ethics • Privacy, disclosure, and safety • For tenants and staff
Reflexive practice • E.g. Analysing discourse to avoid positioning social housing tenants as ‘benefit cheats’:
Enhancing Communication • Behaviour change e.g. energy use • Digital storytelling • Empowerment: person to person communication • From Complaining to contributing • Openness and sharing experiences Participatory Culture
Social media is more about psychology and sociologythan technologyBrian Solis (2007) Image: Flickr: Florin Hatmanu
Thank you for listening @petemarl @jennacondie Peter Pioneer-Homes AshtonPioneer Peter.Marland@ashtonpioneerhomes.co.uk J.M.Condie@salford.ac.uk