intro to social_networking
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Presentation given at 2011 Successful Aging Conference, Asheville, NC 5/3/2011TRANSCRIPT
Intro to Social Networking"How Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are changing the
world"
John DornerInformation Management [email protected] slideshare.net/jdorner
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500 MILLION Active Users
Launched February, 2004
40% of Global Users
visited yesterday
Average User• has 130 friends• more than 30 minutes per day • clicks "Like" 9 times per month• writes 25 comments per month• fan of 2 Pages each month
Egypt's social revolution
"enormous impact" Susan Rice, American UN Ambassador
Founded in 2001
WikipediaMore popular with
more educated and younger audience
Free (supported by non-profit)
CollaborativeMultilingual
365 million readers
28% of Global Users
visited yesterday
Purchased by Google in 2006
Launched February, 2005
2nd most visited
site in US(non-search)
20 minutes per day
Popular with 18-24 & 65+
27 MILLIONUS Users
190 MILLION Monthly Visitors
Launched July, 2006
Start or Join a Conversation
Why???
HOW???
blogger.comtumblr.comwordpress.com
Blogging
How do you get started?• Start small• Start with a friend• Join the right networks• Build your personal network• Use it to stay up-to-date• Give value
What's the most important thing to
remember?
HAVE FUN!!!
What could go wrong???
