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CHRISTOPHER PARSONS Founder, Knowledge Architecture The Future of Digital Marketing Architecture and Engineering Social Media Survey 2011-2012 Preliminary Findings October, 2011
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CHRISTOPHER PARSONSFounder, Knowledge Architecture

The Future of Digital MarketingArchitecture and Engineering

Social Media Survey 2011-2012

Preliminary Findings

October, 2011

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The Bottom Line

Q: “Will Social Media Help My Firm Win More Work?”

A: “Yes, but I can’t prove it…

“However, there are other good reason besides revenue to use social

media tools. For example, recruiting, retention, learning, and

branding.”

“Social media marketing can put a runner on second. Your sales

function has to drive him in.”

yet.”

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CHRISTOPHER PARSONS

FOUNDER

KNOWLEDGE ARCHITECTURE

Mission

We empower architects and engineers to

create, capture, and share knowledge to leverage

their expertise and grow their organizations.

Tribe

A community of AEC professionals who

exchange best practices for organizing

information and sharing knowledge

Tools

Connectors, systems integration between common

industry software.

Conference

KA Connect 2012, a knowledge and information

management conference for the AEC industry.

April, San Francisco

BACKGROUND

FORMER CIO / IT DIRECTOR, 2 LARGE

ARCHITECTURE FIRMS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SAN FRANCISCO AIA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

Nexus Server, systems integration and data

warehouse platform.

Synthesis, a social intranet for architects and

engineers.

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How do architects and engineers

create, market, and apply knowledge

for competitive advantage?

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How do architects and engineers align

social media programs with knowledge

strategy?

How do architects and engineers create, market, and apply

knowledge for competitive advantage?

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How do architects and engineers create, market, and apply

knowledge for competitive advantage?

What is the state of R&D in architecture and

engineering firms?

How do architects and engineers align social media programs with

knowledge strategy?

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Methodology

Sources

Architectural Record – Top 250 Architectural Firms

CriteriaActive use of only tools only, did not count “squatting.”

Approach

Outside-in.

Ignored non-primary AE firms (i.e., Halliburton, Bechtel)

Only looked at the firm’s digital platforms, not individuals or industry/client groups.

Building Design + Construction – BD+C Giants 300

ARCHITECT Magazine - The ARCHITECT 100

Quantitative first. Flag outliers and best practices.

Qualitative Interviews and KA Connect 2012 talks follow quantitative.

Testing findings mid-stream.

ENR News – The Top 500 Design Firms (Planned)

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Summary

Status

266 Firms Profiled

150 Actively Using Social Media (56.4%)

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0 20 40 60 80 100

1 - 25

51 - 99

200-299

400-499

600-699

800-899

1000-1249

1500-1999

5000-9999

Firm Size (Employees)

Summary

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Summary

0 50 100 150 200

Architecture

Multi-disciplinary

Multi-disciplinary - EA

Multi-disciplinary - AEC

Multi-disciplinary - E

Firm Type (Number of Firms)

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Summary

0 50 100 150 200 250

LinkedIn

Twitter

Facebook

Blog

Video

Other

Tools In Use (Number of Firms)

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Summary

0 50 100 150 200

Our Work

Our People

Firm Culture + Community

Ideas + Inspiration

Design + Engineering

Research + Knowledge

Client Platform

Social Media Topics (Number of Firms)

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

2. Journalism 2.0

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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2. Journalism 2.0

Katie Gerfen

Senior Editor,

Architect Magazine

“The vast majority of our new leads for stories

come from Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

Once Architect has the lead, we still do

traditional reporting on the topic, but social

media has quickly become our go to source for

new ideas.”

-- SMPS SF Meet The Press 2011 (Paraphrased)

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

2. Journalism 2.0

3. Life @ …

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

2. Journalism 2.0

3. Life @ …

4. Social Social Responsibility

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

2. Journalism 2.0

3. Life @ …

4. Social Social Responsibility

5. Locally Connected

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

2. Journalism 2.0

3. Life @ …

4. Social Social Responsibility

5. Locally Connected

6. “Sell Your By-products.”

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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6. “Sell Your By-products.”

Books

Articles

Proposals

Presentations

Competitions

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

2. Journalism 2.0

3. Life @ …

4. Social Social Responsibility

5. Locally Connected

6. “Sell Your By-products.”

7. Intranet Farm Leagues

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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Intranet

Web

7. Intranet Farm Leagues

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

2. Journalism 2.0

3. Life @ …

4. Social Social Responsibility

5. Locally Connected

6. “Sell Your By-products.”

7. Intranet Farm Leagues

8. Connecting R&D + Thought Leadership

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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Marketing Projects

Knowledge Management (KM)

Research + Development (R+D)

Thought Leadership (TL)

What does the relationship between marketing and

knowledge look like in most professional service firms?

Knowledge(Practice)

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Marketing

ProjectsKnowledge Management

Research +

Development

Thought Leadership

What does a thought leader’s relationship between

practice, marketing, and projects look like?

Practice

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

2. Journalism 2.0

3. Life @ …

4. Social Social Responsibility

5. Locally Connected

6. “Sell Your By-products.”

7. Intranet Farm Leagues

8. Connecting R&D + Thought Leadership

9. The Rise of the Microsite

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

2. Journalism 2.0

3. Life @ …

4. Social Social Responsibility

5. Locally Connected

6. “Sell Your By-products.”

7. Intranet Farm Leagues

8. Connecting R&D + Thought Leadership

9. The Rise of the Microsite

10. Build a Stage for Clients + Prospects

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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“It occurs to me, Jim, that you spend too much time

trying to be interesting. Why don’t you invest more

time being interested?”

-- Advice from John Gardner to Jim Collins

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1. “Grow Bigger Ears.”

2. Journalism 2.0

3. Life @ …

4. Social Social Responsibility

5. Locally Connected

6. “Sell Your By-products.”

7. Intranet Farm Leagues

8. Connecting R&D + Thought Leadership

9. The Rise of the Microsite

10. Build a Stage for Clients + Prospects

Top 10 Trends + Insights

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Wrapping Up

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Who is your Core Audience?

Prospects

Clients

Team

Me

Everyone Else

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1. Was this useful? How could we improve it?

2. How would you like to consume the findings?

3. Your questions.

Questions

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CHRISTOPHER PARSONSFOUNDER

[email protected]

thank you

KA CONNECTwww.ka-connect.com


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