National Park Interactive Survey Results

Another private sector effort with regard to NPS social media usage is called "National Park Interactive." Christina Boehle updates both a Wordpress blog and a Twitter feed. Her blog contains two posts with great relevance to any discussion of NPS social media usage.

The first post is entitled "By The Numbers." Ms. Boehle sent out a questionnaire to the Chiefs of Interpretation of various National Parks. She says she received a 15% response rate, noting "This is only a small snapshot or window into what is happening with regards to social media in the national parks, but it will give you a better idea of what’s happening across the Service."

She summarizes her results using both narrative and graphic techniques. She includes selected quotes from various respondents. Facebook comes out on top in answer to the question, "If you had full access to every social media tool on the web, which one would you like to implement in your park / office?"

Ms. Boehle provides a convenient summary of links to various NPS social media resources.

You can click here for Ms. Boehle's blog post "By The Numbers."

Click here for Ms. Boehle's Twitter.