1. Community Councils Annual Joint Meeting Social Media Workshop Martin Gallagher – Vice Chair, Queensferry & District Community Council

2. The revolution Some facts and figures (Socialnomics) The challenge for traditional mediahe challenge for traditional media ((The New York Times)he New York Times)

3. Communication vs Information Website Informative Broadcast One way communication Technical knowledge required Social Media Interactive Consultation & Engagement Simple to use - set up and go Accessible & Intuitive

4. YOUR Neighbourhood – South West

5. Why Facebook? Widen our audience Level of engagement Relatively low resource Popular medium

6. Name of page/group Members/Fans/"Likes" I've lived in Wester Hailes1,028 Calders Edinburgh215 Gorgie City Farm467 Sighthill Primary School250 Residents of Sighthill - Murrayburn - Wester Hailes53 EICA Ratho Climbers506 Stevenson College Edinburgh1,354 Hutchinson Vale69 Currie Balerno Rotary Club327 Edinburgh Napier University6,471 Oxgangs Primary School72 From There to Here: a Wester Hailes Story579 Firrhill Community Council15 Currie Community Council53 Colinton Amenity Association14 Sighthill, Broomhouse & Parkhead Community Council15 Juniper Green Village Association17 Balerno Village Trust65

7. Queensferry and District Community Council

8. Queensferry District Community Council Established April 2010 5 administrators, 500+ members Main point of contact from community Multiple uses for information and consultation

9. Questions How do I Get Access? Privacy What can I use it for? What happens if things go wrong? What medium is best?