1. Three Steps to using Social Media: How library associations can use social media for interaction with members and beyond!

2. Flickr:lemuelinchrist Step1. Planning: Meetings Discussions Team members PR/Publicity Committees REMEMBER: Plan, but don’t plan too much

4. Use the Just Do It philosophy Think of social media as a live document It’s really a CONVERSATION Start out small Do your research Do SOMETHING every day Use reminder tools! Step 2. Doing it: Flickr:judepics

7. Step 3. Keeping Up Professional reading is now online Use RSS aggregators such as Bloglines or Google Reader Keep up with technology OMG! Learn the vocabulary Watch YouTube & Vimeo videos and explore Common Craft Flickr:Veronica Belmont

8. Resources & Tips

9. Facebook – Facebook Pages Manual – Look at what others states do – Rely on PR or Web Committee – Scottish Library & Information Council: A Guide to Using Web 2.0 in Libraries Twitter – Use a twitter management tool such as tweetdeck.com or hootsuite.com Keeping up – Check out bloglines.com – Try Google reader – http://themwordblog.blog spot.com/ http://themwordblog.blog spot.com/ – http://lisnews.org/ http://lisnews.org/ – http://www.nonprofitmark etingguide.com/blog/ http://www.nonprofitmark etingguide.com/blog/ – http://www.nascio.org/ http://www.nascio.org/ – http://www.pr- squared.com/ http://www.pr- squared.com/ – http://stephenslighthouse. com/ http://stephenslighthouse. com/ – http://tametheweb.com/ http://tametheweb.com/

11. Thank you! Dr. Curtis R. Rogers Communications Director SC State Library 803-734-8928 crogers@statelibrary.sc.gov