Keep in touch

 Keep in touch

Thing 18 brings us back to social media! This time, we are looking at it organisationally instead of personally. I read the article suggested and examined my organisation's social media presence. 

My organisation has a website, X account, Instagram, YouTube channel, Facebook and LinkedIn. Most are pretty well updated, which is good. It's important to stay relevant and to keep this updated. People need to know what we do and what's going on. But, I do feel the YouTube channel could have more. There's a few videos but it definitely isn't as aesthetically pleasing and doesn't have the same feel of effort and interest the other socials do. I would like to see more in terms of content and also brighter, more enaging thumbnails. Maybe I just feel that way because that's the app I use the most. I would use YouTube over any of the other apps, so I immediately look for this platform and how engaging it is.

I also looked at the SSSC socials and I guess you know which one I went to immediately.... Yep it was YouTube. I looked at the other socials too, but I was always going to find YouTube more engaging. I liked the content and it's how I would engage in the future. My favourite resource was the 'who we are and what we do' playlist, even though it is only two videos. I like the animated style, it's bright and catchy and it's the type of videos that I like.

I think many organisations could do more with social media, but it is a balance. Certain things need to be protected and not everything can be posted and there needs to be fine tuning for public viewing. Identities and stories can be told but not exploited and I am aware of that. 

I'll continue to look out for new postings on my organisations socials and maybe they'll even take my advice.....