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Basics of Social MediaDiana Silveira
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Agenda
• Other Sites to know: Instagram, Google+ and Tumblr
Most important Part of Tonight: Have fun!
• One Billion Users Worldwide
• 10 Years Old
• Connect with everyone to share photos, life events and more
Tip: Cover photos are 851 pixels wide and 315 pixels tall- think long and wide
Privacy and Facebook
• Default settings are public!
• Check back every so often- terms often change
Tip: There is no such thing a “Private”
About those Apps
What do your friends share about you?
Are you advertising for others?
Getting the Most from Facebook
Share something
Hide Annoying Posts and People
Questions?
• Communicate in 140 Characters
• Conversations via # “@”
Anatomy of a Tweet
Terms to know:RetweetHashtag@Twitter Handle
Hashtags
• # before a relevant keyword or phrase (no spaces)
• Click on a #word in any message shows you all other Tweets marked with that keyword.
• Hashtags can occur anywhere in the Tweet
• Popular hashtags become Trending Topics.
• If you Tweet with a hashtag, anyone may find it.
• No more than 2 hashtags per Tweet.
• Use hashtags only on Tweets relevant to the topic.
Example hashtags: #Sochi2014
Privacy on Twitter
At a minimum, turn off Tracking
Questions?
• Visualization Boards
• About Shared Interests instead of personal connections
• DIY, Decorating, Exercise, Food, Clothes, and more!
Image from: http://goo.gl/TXL4CQ
Privacy
There is no privacy – except for
secret boards
Questions?
• Online Business Networking
• For: Professional Development, Creating a Network and Job Searching
Why LinkedIn?
• Join Industry Groups and network
• Connect with past and current colleagues
• Job Hunting (even be recruited)
• Follow Industry Leaders & Companies of Interest
Your Profile
• Background (think cover letter)
• Experience • Add Honors, Awards • Recommendations
• Skills & Endorsements
• Volunteer Work & Causes (But Beware)
Manage your endorsements
Privacy
- Check out Privacy Controls- Opt for secure browsing- Browse Anomyously
Questions?
Other Social Networking Sites
• Google+
• Tumblr
• A free App
• 55 Million Pictures are uploaded daily
• 5 Million Videos!
How it works?
Settings
Google+
• Connects your identity to all Google Services
Tumblr
Bonus Security Tips
• Turn on 2-step Authentication on Facebook, LinkedIn and Google
• Never use the same password for more than one site
• Eye emails with suspicion
Questions
Contact
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