Connecting & Collaborating Through Social Networking
- 1. CONNECTING & COLLABORATING THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKING Daria Topousis
- 2. I work on Web 2.0 for NASA including communities of practice, collaborative tools, and some social networking.
- 3. Social networking: Communities with shared interests that interact online
- 4. The old ways of communicating are over.
- 5. The old ways of networking are over.
- 6. Web 2.0: It’s not just about technology
- 9. Professional network Find jobs, have professional conversations, find employees 36 million members in 200 countries A new member joins every second
- 12. Jobs
- 13. Work Discussions
- 15. Connect with friends and family Share pictures, links, status Users control privacy Join groups and fan clubs 175 million members worldwide ½ million join daily Over 30: fastest growing users
- 18. Connect with friends and colleagues
- 19. Share: Photos Videos News stories and blogs Status Online discussions Flair, gifts, etc.
- 20. Join groups
- 23. Facebook understands the power of users
- 25. Microblog of 140 characters Over 1 million users Doubled between January and March 3 million messages posted per day Interesting information, breaking news Get instant advice/input
- 27. Mars Phoenix Lander "Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!"
- 28. Chat about a TV show
- 31. Twitter Mashups
- 32. Twitter Glossary Tweet: Twitter message Twitterer or Tweeter : Twitter user Tweeple: Group of Twitter users @: Response or reference to twitterer RT: Retweeting—rebroadcasting information sent by another user DM: Direct message, which only recipient sees #: Hash tags establish keywords
- 33. Some guidelines Mix personal content with marketing or other content Follow users to gather followers Reply to tweeple who follow you or post interesting messages Balance the number of tweets you post
- 34. The online world has changed—get online and get involved. You can find more about me on: Twitter ( http://twitter.com/dariat ) Facebook LinkedIn Or send me an email at dariat@suddenlink.net