Online community building through the use of social media.

2.  Collaboration
 Shared ideas and Experiences
 Relationship building
 Common language and
knowledge
 Room for divergent views

3.  Sharing of knowledge and
information
 Building a consensus. Two or more
people sharing information for a
common goal
 Sharing of photos, videos, news
and of course information.
 Twitter -
http://twitter.com/launchbit

4.  Facebook
 Twitter
 Flickr
 Blogs
 LinkedIn
 You Tube

5.  Facebook: Request friends
 Twitter: Become a follower of other
tweets
 Flickr: Share and embed others
photo’s or videos
 Blogs: Follower other blogs. Leave
comments
 Slide Share: Share and comment
on power point presentations

6.  Online communities allow for
people with shared interest to
come together and share
information.
 Online communities also offers
outlets for different opinions.

7.  Universal Exposure
 Learning From Others
 Strategic Partnership
 Build Your Online Relationship

8.  You are able to reach people
around the world and it’s as
though your all in the same room
together, interacting on issues that
are important and interesting to
everyone.
 Reaching many people at one
location.

9.  As a member of an online
community you have the
opportunity to learn new ways of
doing things.
 Easy and inexpensive way to take
advantage of other people’s
expertise in a subject.

10.  Opportunities to form strategic
partnerships with other members in
your online community
 Use this partnership to optimize
your personal skills in a particular
subject.
 Working together to help each
other succeed.

11.  Continuous sharing of valuable
information will attract more
people to your online community.
 It’s just not about attracting
people to your online community
it’s also about maintaining them.

12.  Twitter
 Blogging
 Delicious
 Slide Share

14.  Builds online communities by
connecting you with the latest
information about anything you
find interesting .
 Have worldwide access of sharing
and receiving 140 character
messages from different people in
your area of interest

15.  Much of the information included
this presentation about online
community building came from
following Community Spark on
Twitter. Follow the link below to
read more.
 http://twitter.com/communityspar
k

17.  Constructing and following blogs are
one of the best ways to build your online
community because post tend to be
topic specific and yet, still provide a
good amount of content.
 Listed below are a number of blogs used
in creating this presentation. If you want
to learn more about online communities
check out:
 http://blog.therisetothetop.com/2010/05
/12-keys-building-online-community/

18.  Listed below are a number of blogs
used in creating this presentation.
If you want to learn more about
online communities or see an
example of one check out:
 http://blog.therisetothetop.com/20
10/05/12-keys-building-online-
community/
 http://apps.facebook.com/blogne
tworks/blog/printrepid?ref=mf

20.  Is a social book marking site.
 Allows users to build and categorize
content thus making collaboration
more organized and simple.
 For example, when I wanted more
sites tailored to online community,
Delicious offered several book marks.
Check out the link below:
http://www.delicious.com/search?p=
onlince+community+&chk=&context=
main%7C&fr=del_icio_us&lc

22.  SlideShare is a business media site
for sharing presentations,
documents and pdfs.
 Content spreads virally through
blogs and social networks such as
LinkedIn, Facebook and witter.
Individuals & organizations upload
documents to Slide Share to share
ideas, connect with others, and
generate leads for their businesses.

23.  Embed slideshows into your own blog or
website.
 Share slideshows publicly or privately.
There are several ways to share privately.
 Synch audio to your slides.
 Market your own event on slideshare.
 Join groups to connect with SlideShare
members who share your interests.
 Download the original file

24.  SlideShare, like Twitter and Blogs, is a
quick and easy way to share information
and build an online community.
 SildeShare was used as the deliverable
for this presentation. You can view this
PowerPoint in it’s entirety at
slideshare.net