Introduction to Social Media and Web 2.0 for those working in the Water and Wastewater industry. Presentation given on March 18th, 2009, in Springfield, Ill., at the IWEA-ISAWWA Annual Conference.

1. Go With the Flow with Web 2.0 Social Media for the Water & Wastewater Industry

2. What is Web 2.0 & Why do I Care?

3. Web 2.0 Tools

4. a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer Source: Merriam-Webster Online = Web + Log

5. 133 million blog records indexed since 2002 77% of active Internet users read blogs Source: http://technorati.com (2008) 2007 2008

6. Examples & Comparisons from our Industry

7. A wiki is a Web site that allows users to add and update content on the site using their own Web browser. Source: TechTerms.com

9. http://waterwiki.net

11. Source: http://pewinternet.org (2009)

12. Why joining Facebook is worth your while

13. Social Networks for the Water & Wastewater Industries http://www.waterspheres.com

14. a form of blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually 140 characters) and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user..

15. http://twitter.com/michellesegrest http://twitter.com/OmniSite http://twitter.com/Greenversations Examples of Tweets Related to Water/Wastewater

24. http://www.publicworksgroup.com/node/12

25. Pam Broviak, PE City of LaSalle 815-223-7041 [email_address] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pbroviak Second Life: Pam Renoir, CivilE Writer, Pam Ock Skype: pam.renoir Blog: http://www.publicworksgroup.com/blog LinkedIn & other networks: Pam Broviak Slides at: http://www.slideshare.net/publicworksgroup